Typical canvas size for a digital paint?

[Raffix]

how large is your canvas for a typical digital painting/full body concept piece?
i've been trying with around 2.5k x 2.5k pixels and 250 dpi. is that around about correct?

muchos gracias mes amigos :D

[DeadlyFreeze]

There isn't a right or wrong the only general rule of thumb is to work at 50% or 25% percent of your canvas size.

If what ever your doing is going to be printed then you should with at 300 dpi, if you aren't just go with a 72.

[GriNGo]

I always tend to work A4 or hal A4f size, at at least 450 dpi. That way i can enlarge when going to do a final print if desired. File sizes tend to get big that way though (100+megs), so take that in mind.

[Datameister]

I'd go as big as your computer can handle, personally. Issues with memory and performance aside, there's no downside to working with a larger file, and there are plenty of benefits. I've been doing a lot of 1600 x 900 sketches lately, which works, but I definitely wouldn't go any smaller than that.

Remember that the DPI varue only matters if you're going to be printing. A 2390 x 1000 image will look exactly the same on the computer no matter whether it's at 72 DPI, 300 DPI, or 5250993094 DPI. It's just that each of those will successively be much smaller when printed. Now, if you've got an image that's 48" x 36", changing the DPI will change the size on the computer, since you're defining your size in terms of inches, not pixels. And conversely, changing the DPI will not affect the printed size - just the resolution, the level of detail.

[Raffix]

ahh thanks a lot everyone - i was getting dpi muddled up with canvas size.

[Datameister]

No worries, it's easy to get confused about this stuff. =)