Rooms

Isometric Colorful Room

You can draw this in Procreate! In this easy step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a colorful isometric room illustration from start to finish. It’s a great way to get familiar with isometric perspective while designing a fun, cozy space. So, grab your iPad and Apple Pencil and let’s get started!

Brushes used:

  • 6B Pencil
  • Studio Pen

Canvas Size:

  • 3500 x 3500 pixels

Skills Learned:

  • Using the Isometric Grid: Learn to use the isometric drawing guide and adjust grid settings for precise perspective.
  • Sketching Basic Shapes: Break down furniture and objects into simple geometric forms aligned with the grid.
  • Creating Clean Line Art: Use inking brushes to refine shapes, incorporating playful, rounded edges for a stylized look.
  • Applying Color Efficiently: Use reference layers and drag-and-drop fills to quickly color different elements.
  • Adding Shadows for Depth: Use clipping masks and multiply layers to create soft, directional shadows for realism.
Characters

How to draw Eyes

In this week’s tutorial I’d like to show you easy ways to draw eyes for your characters. These are perfect for your children’s book illustration style characters or semi realistic characters. I’ve created a handy practice sheet you can use to try out different styles.

Also, I found this super handy and inspiring website where you can find loads of character design sheets. Just check out their visual library 👍🏻 https://characterdesignreferences.com/

I have also attached a cheat sheet to this post that I made last year for the how to draw a stylized portrait tutorial.

Creatures

10 Easy Drawings

Looking for quick, simple, and fun Procreate drawings? Here are 10 super easy Procreate drawing ideas for when you are bored!

Brushes used:

  • Studio Pen
  • Monoline
  • Soft Brush

Canvas Size:

  • 2500 x 2500 pixels

Skills Learned:

  • Using Liquify for Shape Adjustments: Master reshaping and refining objects with Procreate’s Liquify tool
  • Employing Clipping Masks and Alpha Lock: Gain control over layers by confining details like patterns and shading to specific areas.
  • Customizing Backgrounds and Adding Textures: Learn to complement your drawings with subtle gradients, shadows, and textures for depth.
  • Working with Symmetry Tools: Efficiently create intricate designs, such as umbrellas and suns, using radial and vertical symmetry.
  • Layer Organization and Advanced Effects: Manage layers with features like reference, layer masks, and blending modes to create glowing effects and polished compositions.
Creatures

Cute Raccoon

Let’s bring a charming, slightly scruffy raccoon to life in Procreate! Using a mix of soft textures and bold strokes, this tutorial walks you through sketching, inking, coloring, and adding rich fur details for a warm, hand-drawn look. Whether you’re a beginner or refining your style, this lesson will help you create a playful, expressive raccoon illustration by using reference photos as a source of inspiration (and information)

Brushes used:

  • Basic Sketcher
  • Studio Pen
  • Round Chalk
  • Carbon Stick
  • Hatcher

Canvas Size:

  • 3500 x 3500 pixels

Key Skills Learned:

  • Building a Balanced Sketch
    Use simple circles and rough guidelines to construct a raccoon with cartoony proportions and expressive facial features.
  • Layering Base Colors with a Soft Look
    Instead of stark black and white, warm orange and brown tones create a more inviting feel, blending for natural depth.
  • Adding Fur Textures for a Hand-Drawn Effect
    Use chalk and charcoal brushes to create scruffy, layered fur that gives the raccoon personality.
  • Enhancing the Eyes for Expressiveness
    Large, round pupils and soft shading add depth and a lifelike sparkle to the raccoon’s gaze.
  • Refining with Highlights and Whiskers
    Finishing touches, like delicate whiskers and subtle background textures, complete the illustration with a polished yet organic look.
Food

Birthday Cake

Creating a unique, personalized birthday card is so much fun! This tutorial is super easy and will help you create your own unique piece of cake. It will have colorful, decorated layers, lots of candles and you’ll learn how to work with text in Procreate.

Brushes used:

  • Studio Pen

Canvas Size:

  • 2300 x 3000 pixels

Skills Learned:

  • Creating a Cake Base with Layers: Learn to draw multiple tiers of a cake with clean shapes, using the move and transform tools for resizing and layering.
  • Using Liquify for Customization: Master the Liquify tool to adjust drips on the cake.
  • Alpha Lock for Detail Work: Discover how to use Alpha Lock to add shadows, highlights, and depth without coloring outside shapes.
  • Clipping Mask for Patterns: Apply clipping masks to add diagonal patterns and details to the candles.
  • Adding Outlined Text: Learn how to create an outlined text effect in Procreate.

Birthday Gifts

This week it’s my birthday! So I thought it would be nice to create something in that theme. In this tutorial we’ll create a playful, colored pencil style birthday card design. Perfect to send as an e-card for example.

Brushes used:

  • Flotastic Sketcher

Canvas Size:

  • 2300 x 3000 pixels

Happy Bauble

This fun and easy Procreate tutorial walks you through creating an adorable, sparkly holiday bauble while mastering a variety of techniques. It’s packed with tips and tricks to level up your skills in digital drawing and painting. Let’s have fun!

Brushes used:

  • Monoline
  • Studio Pen
  • Soft Brush
  • Glowing Brush
  • Light Pen

Canvas Size:

  • 2500 x 2500 pixels

Skills Learned:

  • Creating perfect shapes: Hold your Apple Pencil in place and use the one-finger tap method for precise circles and edges
  • Layer management and clipping masks: Organize and isolate elements by stacking layers and applying clipping masks for shading and highlights
  • Mastering light and shadow: Add depth with Multiply for shadows and Screen for highlights
  • Using Liquify for shape adjustments: Reshape elements like eyes seamlessly with the Liquify tool
  • Adding glow and sparkle: Create dynamic lighting effects and glowing stars using the Luminance brushes and blending modes like Color Dodge.
Characters

Cartoon Girl Character

In this tutorial, I’ll show you a super easy and fun way to draw a cartoon-style girl character in Procreate. I’ll take you through every step, from setting up your canvas to adding the final touches, and share some of my favorite tips to make the process smooth and enjoyable. With just a few brushes and some simple techniques, you’ll have a cute character in no time! Let’s get started!

Brushes used:

  • Monoline
  • 6B Pencil
  • Studio Pen

Canvas Size:

  • 2500 x 2500 pixels

Skills Learned:

  • Shaping Features with Liquify: We’ll use the Liquify tool to tweak shapes like cheeks and eyes to get that perfect cartoon look
  • Keeping Layers Organized: I’ll show you how to layer everything neatly and use clipping masks for shading, highlights, and adding details
  • Drawing Fun Facial Features: Learn my tricks for creating cartoony proportions with simple guides for the eyes, nose, and mouth
  • Using Layer Masks Like a Pro: We’ll use non-destructive editing techniques so you can make adjustments without worrying about mistakes
Characters

Paper Cutout Scarecrow

It’s time for some paper cutout fun again! We’ll create this cute fall themed scarecrow together. I hate it that Summer is over, but this gal sure improves my mood 🤪

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