Learning Procreate
1h 26mIntermediate2023-01-10
Authors
Karen Larson
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Strategist
Course details
Learn everything you need to know to get started on mobile painting and drawing using Procreate, a premier digital drawing tool for the iPad. Instructor Karen Larson reviews the tools, techniques, and tips needed to create your own digital art, graphics, and lettering. No previous drawing experience is required—this course is useful for artists of all skill levels. Explore the Procreate interface and discover how to create custom brushes in the Brush Studio. Learn to maximize your creativity and flexibility with layers, experiment with transparency and blend modes, and work with shapes and guides. Karen also explains how to recolor and adjust your artwork with effects, and export it from Procreate for sharing. Plus, get tips on animating illustrations and creating custom calligraphic lettering in the bonus chapter.
Skills covered
ProcreateDigital PaintingAppleLearningAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Inspire unlimited imagination with Procreate
- Choose the best hardware
Fundamentals and Tools
- Create a canvas
- Save and organize your Procreate art files
- Exploring Procreate's interface
- Use hand gestures to navigate
- Draw, paint, smudge, and erase
- Edit your brushes using the Brush Studio
- Using the Color Palette panel
- Introduction to layers
- Explore the Mask and Alpha Lock layer selections
- Layer opacity and blend modes
- Squares, circles, and rectangles
- Use drawing guides
- Create your own symmetrical drawings
- Make digital sketchbook pages
- Painting on a 3D surface
Image and Color Adjustments
- Adjust your color and add effects
- Resize and distort your artwork
Export and Share
- Export and share your artwork
- Export a time-lapse video
Bonus
- Animate your illustration
- Lettering in Procreate
Conclusion
- Go create