Mr Lin’s beginner course is a systematic, step-by-step digital painting program built to take complete beginners from zero to finished character illustrations. It opens with the basics of PaintTool SAI 2, from setting up the canvas and layers to brushes, selections, blending modes and symmetry, then moves into pen control exercises with straight lines, curves, arcs and S lines. Next come lessons on drawing each part of the body, capturing shapes with levels, grids and skeletons, and human body fundamentals covering structure, mass, movement and perspective. The longest part of the course is dedicated to line art: facial features, hands, feet, muscles, hair and hairstyles, and a wide range of clothing from folds and Rococo dresses to everyday wear, suits, Hanfu and ancient-style costumes, ending with character illustration design. The course then covers color and volume, color harmony and rendering demonstrations for the face, hair, skin and clothing, followed by a pseudo-impasto section with black and white treatment, coloring and five full-body demonstrations. Homework review sessions run throughout, and the course closes with graduation project revisions.
