Felt Landscape
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a colorful, felt-inspired landscape in Procreate. It’s a fun and easy process, and I’ll guide you through every step. With two brand-new brushes from the Procreate Treasure Chest, you’ll build textured hills, mountains, clouds, and more. By the end, you’ll have a soft, fabric-like design that you can apply to all sorts of projects. Grab your iPad, follow along, and let’s get creative!
Brushes used:
- Felt Texture Brush
- Blotchy Felt Brush
- Tinder Box Brush
- Oberon Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2000 x 2300 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating felt-like textures: Use the Felt Texture and Blotchy Felt brushes to simulate fabric textures
- Building shapes with layers: Separate layers for hills, mountains, and other elements allow for easier texturing and shadow effects
- Adding realistic shadows and highlights: Utilize multiply and screen layers to add depth, adjusting opacity for subtle blending
- Using Alpha Lock for precision: Apply textures and colors directly to specific shapes using Alpha Lock
- Incorporating stitching details: Add stitch effects around hills and water edges for a finished felt look
Desert Campfire
If you’ve ever wanted to draw a peaceful desert campsite under a starry sky in Procreate, this tutorial will walk you through every step. We’re using only the default brushes, so no need for extras! I’ll show you how to blend colors for the perfect sky, add glowing stars, and create a warm, inviting campfire scene. Make sure to share your work when you’re done—I love seeing all the different variations you come up with. Let’s dive in!
Brushes used:
- Studio Pen
- Medium Airbrush
- Soft Airbrush
- Nebula Brush
- Glimmer Brush
- Brush Pen
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 2000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating Gradient Backgrounds: Blending colors smoothly to form a desert sky with varying shades
- Adding Nebula and Stars: Using Luminance brushes to craft glowing clouds and starry effects
- Layer Masking: Shaping and adjusting layers for fine-tuning elements like clouds and cacti
- Creating a Campfire Glow: Implementing subtle lighting effects to make the campfire and surrounding area feel warm and inviting
Spiderweb
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a delicate spider web with dew drops, all set against a beautifully blurred background. I wish summer could last forever, but Autumn is truly creeping closer now and spiders are getting bigger and bigger after eating so much during the last months. I’m always intrigued by how they build their webs and how much patience they have. We’ll practice being patient during this tutorial as well, crafting our own lovely spiderweb with dew. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I di
Brushes used:
- Soft Brush
- Soft Airbrush
- Medium Brush
- Studio Pen
- Script Brush
Canvas Size:
- 4000 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating a Blurred Background: Use gradient light effects and Gaussian blur to craft a soft, dreamy backdrop that highlights the web
- Drawing a Spider Web with Radial Symmetry: Employ the symmetry tool for precise web lines and manually adjust them for a natural droop
- Adding Dew Drops: Apply a modified script brush for varied droplet sizes, layering them for a realistic effect
- Enhancing with Layer Masks: Utilize layer masks to selectively fade parts of the web and adjust droplet transparency
Cute Otter
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to draw an adorable otter in Procreate, perfect as a gift or to share online. The tutorial begins with simple shapes and uses the Round Chalk Pencil brush, ideal for adding texture and detail. The Liquify Tool is then used to adjust the basic shapes, followed by adding cute features like ears, eyes, and a shell. The final steps involve coloring and adding highlights, sparkles, and texture, making the otter come to life with a warm and playful look.
Brushes used:
- Round Chalk Pencil
- 2B Compressed
- 4B Compressed
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Using the Liquify Tool: Adjusts basic shapes to create the otter’s head and body structure
- Creating Fur Texture: Short, angled strokes add realism to the otter’s fur using the Round Chalk Pencil
- Layer Masking: Adds and refines details, like water ripples, without affecting other elements
Painterly Avocado
Grab your digital painting brushes! It’s time for some more expressive painterly fun. This time we’ll use a reference photo and paint this lovely avocado. It’ll be fun!
Brushes used:
- Oil Paint Brush
- Broad and Smeary
- Smeary Damp
- Random Strokes Brush
- Lighten Brush
- Multiply Brush
- Tapered Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Blending with the Broad and Smeary brush: This technique creates a natural transition between colors and enhances the painterly texture
- Experimenting with light and shadow: Utilizing brushes like Multiply and Lighten to play with value without losing texture, adding depth and realism to the artwork
- Final touches with texture overlays: Adding subtle texture using overlay layers and the Random Strokes brush to bring a cohesive feel to the painting
- Layer masks for controlled texture: Using layer masks to selectively add texture and highlights, maintaining control over the final look
20 Fun Doodles Vol.2
Brushes used:
- Dry Ink Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating Simple Shapes: Learn how to draw basic shapes like sausages, triangles, and curves to form the foundation of your doodles
- Adding Facial Features: Discover techniques to add cute faces to your doodles, including eyes, mouths, and expressions
- Using Line Weight: Explore the impact of varying line thickness to emphasize different parts of your doodles and add texture
Combine Your Doodles
In this video we are going to combine the doodles that we created. I’ll show you how to manage your layers and how to color your work once you have combined all of your doodles. But of course you can also add your own style!
Brushes used:
- Dry Ink Brush
- Script Brush
- Flat Marker Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Combining Layers: Learn to select, resize, and reposition doodles for a balanced composition
- Tracing Line Art: Use reduced opacity to trace doodles, starting with the front layers and working backwards
- Adding Details: Enhance doodles with extra elements like light rays and movement lines, and vary line weights for interest
- Coloring Techniques: Create separate layers for each color, and use tools for precise color application and adjustment
- Shading and Highlighting: Apply shadows with a Multiply layer and highlights with a Screen layer, adjusting colors and brush settings for depth and character
20 Doodles for Patrons
The 20 doodles I recently released at YouTube were very popular, so I thought it would be nice to bring you 20 more fun doodles! In this video we’ll create all the separate doodles and in the other video we’ll combine our doodles and turn them into a complete art piece. Have fun!
Brushes used:
- Dry Ink Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating Simple Shapes: Learn how to draw basic shapes like sausages, triangles, and curves to form the foundation of your doodles
- Adding Facial Features: Discover techniques to add cute faces to your doodles, including eyes, mouths, and a variety of expressions
Isometric Book House
Let’s create a lovely isometric book house illustration! In this tutorial, you’ll master various features of Procreate while creating a whimsical book-themed house. I’ll guide you through essential techniques, such as using the isometric grid for precision and the alpha lock feature for coloring. Along the way, you’ll also discover how to create depth with layer clipping masks and lighting effects with the bloom feature. It’ll be so much fun!
Brushes used:
- HB Pencil
- Studio Pen
- Medium Nozzle
- Soft Brush
- Light Pen
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Utilizing Alpha Lock and Layer Masks: Learn how to efficiently use alpha lock for coloring within specific areas without affecting other parts, and how layer clipping masks help in adding effects that only apply to certain sections of your illustration
- Mastering the Isometric Grid: Discover how to activate and customize the isometric grid for precise drawing, ensuring your lines follow the exact angles needed for isometric designs
- Creating Lighting Effects with Bloom: Gain expertise in using Procreate’s bloom feature to add realistic lighting effects that enhance your illustration, giving it a magical and dreamy atmosphere
- Adjusting Layer Blending Modes: Understand how different layer blending modes, like “add,” can be used to intensify lighting effects and bring dynamic contrast to your artwork
- Designing with Freehand and Assisted Drawing: Balance between hand-drawn lines for a unique touch and assisted lines for precision, adding character and accuracy to your artwork