Brushes used:

• Basic Sketcher
• Monoline
• Studio Pen
• Soft Edge Faded
• Spackle it!
• Hair Textured

Canvas Size:

• 3500 x 3500 pixels

Brushes used:

• Flotastic Sketcher
• Smeary Brush
• Opaque Round Brush
• Darken Line Brush
• Lighten Line Brush
• Flo Darka Brush
• Rake Brush

Canvas Size:

• 3500 x 3500 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Sketching a foundational structure: Start with simple shapes to outline the bird’s head, body, wings, and feet
• Layering and color separation: Use separate layers for different color zones (e.g., yellow and blue areas)
• Detailing with texture and highlights: Use textured brushes and subtle highlights to make the bird’s features more vivid and painterly
• Creating a cohesive background: Use soft, minimal strokes in muted tones to complement the main subject without drawing attention away

Brushes used:

• Basic Sketcher
• Soft Brush (Airbrushing)
• Studio Pen
• Basic Flo Brush
• Flow Darka Brush
• Flow Lighta Brush
• Darken Line 2 Brush
• Lighten Line 2 Brush
• Overlay Brush
• Barky Brush
• Standard Blender

Canvas Size:

• 4000 x 3000 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Sketching and Proportion Planning: Begin with a rough sketch to identify large shapes and refine them gradually, considering key landmarks like the eye, beak, and body positioning
• Creating Base Colors and Texture: Establish base colors with opacity-controlled strokes
• Layering and Detailing: Apply the darken and lighten line brushes for shadow and highlight detailing, focusing on feather patterns and fine line work for a realistic look
• Edge Softening and Feather Effects: Use the smudge tool strategically to soften edges and mimic the natural texture of feathers

Brushes used:

• Flotastic Sketcher
• Monoline Brush
• Soft Brush
• Square Chalk
• Flotastic Brush
• Smudge Tool
• Light Pen
• Darken Line Brush
• Flo Darka Brush
• Flo Lighta Brush
• Flotastic Inker
• Overlay Brush

Canvas Size:

• 2300 x 3000 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Constructing a cat sketch: Begin with simple shapes like circles and ovals, and outline major body parts such as the head, body, ears, and tail, refining with basic geometric lines
• Creating a textured cityscape: Employ drawing assist for precise building lines and multiple color layers to form depth, adding gradient shading for dimension
• Forming natural, textured clouds: Blend with rounded brush strokes and the smudge tool to create realistic cloud gradients and transitions, incorporating various shades for depth
• Adding subtle details and highlights: Use the flow lighter and darker brushes for shading and highlights on the cat, emphasizing light sources with bloom effects to enhance glow and dimension

Brushes used:

• Basic Sketcher
• Studio Pen
• Monoliner
• Flotastic brush
• Soft Brush (Airbrushing set)
• Smudging Chalk Mixer
• Darken Line Brush
• Lighten Line Brush
• Light Pen

Canvas Size:

• 3500 x 3500 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Setting up perspective grid and drawing guides: Align the drawing guide with the scene’s perspective, creating a vanishing point and horizon line that simplifies and stylizes the layout of objects
• Creating line art and simplifying details: Trace essential shapes using perspective lines, emphasizing clean, bold lines to achieve a stylized look. Organic shapes are drawn on a separate layer to add expressive touches
• Enhancing depth with multiply and screen layers: Multiply layers add shadows, while screen layers provide highlights, creating color variation and realistic lighting effects in the illustration
• Final lighting and shadow adjustments with masks and duplicates: Use layer masks on multiply and screen layers to add depth, emphasize sunlight, and achieve a glowing effect around light sources, giving the final piece a dynamic, sunny ambiance

Brushes used:

• Base Painter
• Shader Brush
• Flow Darka
• Flo Lighta
• Darken Line Brush
• Lighten Line Brush
• Standard Blender
• Overlay Brush
• Light Shader
• Dark Shader
• Soft Airbrush

Canvas Size:

• 3500 x 3500 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Setting Up Reference and Canvas: Easily set up a reference image by dragging it into a split screen or using Procreate’s built-in reference feature
• Creating a Base Shape: Use the Base Painter brush to create a solid base layer, starting with dark, muted colors for an opaque pumpkin shape
• Shading and Layer Masking: Apply Alpha Lock and use the Shader brush to add depth, darkening the lower areas for dimensional shading without affecting the background
• Refining with Texture: Utilize Flo Darka and Flo Lighta to add subtle details and texture, giving the pumpkin a realistic appearance while building up soft creases
• Adjusting and Blending: Use the Liquify tool and smudge tools for final adjustments, then add highlights and refine edges for a smooth, natural fade into the background

Brushes used:

• Basic Sketcher
• Inka
• Blackburn Brush
• Soft Airbrush
• Rainforest Brush
• Monoline
• Eaglehawk Brush
• Soil Brush
• Wild Grass Brush
• Grunge Brush
• Studio Pen
• Light Pen

Canvas Size:

• 2300 x 3000 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Sketching a spooky cemetery composition: Start with rough placements for trees, a sickle moon, tombstones, and pumpkins to create the eerie scene’s foundation
• Creating twisted, creepy trees: Use varying brush sizes to make branches thicker near the trunk and taper off towards the ends, adding to the creepy, twisted effect
• Blending and adding texture: Blur and layer light and dark tones using the Gaussian Blur and various brushes to give your scene depth, mist, and glowing highlights
• Designing and glowing jack-o’-lanterns: Invert colors on the pumpkins, add sinister faces, and use blending modes like “Add” and “Color Dodge” to give them an eerie glow
• Detailing tombstones and grass: Add texture with grunge brushes and layer subtle highlights and shadows to integrate tombstones and grass into the scene

Brushes used:

• Basic Sketcher
• Studio Pen
• Soft Brush
• Spackle it!
• Shader
• Corrugated Iron
• Rosette
• Diagonal
• Tessellated
• Micropio
• Thespot
• Campy

Canvas Size:

• 2500 x 2500 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Building shapes with simplified geometry: Start with circles, rectangles, and triangles to form the scarecrow and pumpkins, keeping shapes blocky for a cut-paper aesthetic
• Creating layers for depth: Use multiple layers for individual elements like hair, clothes, and accessories to easily manage and manipulate shadows and textures
• Refining sketches with opacity: Lower the opacity of your rough sketch to trace over cleaner lines on a new layer, refining shapes and adding details
• Adding realistic shadows and highlights: Apply Gaussian blur and shift shadows slightly to create the illusion of paper layers
• Using texture brushes for a handcrafted feel: Incorporate brushes like Diagonal and Rosette to give the artwork texture and make each paper piece feel unique

Brushes used:

• Basic Flo Brush
• Flo Darka
• Flo Lighta
• Darken Line
• Lighten Line
• Lashes Brush
• Standard Blender

Canvas Size:

• 3000 x 2000 pixels

Skills Learned:

• Building up shadow and light: Gradually layers shadows with darker colors and overlays, focusing on natural eye creases, the pupil, and the edges of the iris to bring depth to the drawing
• Refining details with precision brushes: Uses the “Darken Line” and “Lighten Line” brushes to create crisp, clean lines for the iris and eyelashes, adding texture and definition
• Creating a colorful iris: Incorporates a mix of bright colors like purples, greens, blues, and yellows to form a vibrant, rainbow-like iris, blending hues smoothly for a lifelike effect
• Adding highlights for realism: Enhances the 3D effect by adding reflective highlights on the tear duct, lower eyelid, and iris, making the eye appear moist and shiny
• Smudging for softness: Softens transitions between shadows and highlights, using rounded motions to maintain definition while achieving a smooth blend