Documentation

The tutorial explains Capy Canvas through a character illustration. Reference pages cover individual tools and settings.

These draft guides describe the intended workflow and include features that are still in development.

Getting started

Illustration tutorial

Work through the stages in order using the same document. Each stage builds on the layers from the previous one.

Start with the tutorial introduction

  1. 01

    Sketching

    Draw a pencil sketch and keep the color rough on a separate layer.

  2. 02

    Line art

    Ink above the sketch without changing the underlying drawing.

  3. 03

    Masking

    Separate the base colors and make their boundaries editable.

  4. 04

    Rendering

    Add shading and texture on clipped layers, then revise the result.

Reference

These pages explain the controls used in the tutorial and the settings for adapting them to your work.