Procreate Guide

Tags: Procreate Digital Illustration App , Digital Art

Learn the basics of digital art on your iPad with these step-by-step lessons for Procreate, a powerful digital art app!

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- Students will understand how to use Procreate's powerful art tools.
- Students will learn a workflow
- step-by-step
- that works for many types of art - comics
- manga
- cartoons
- & more!
- Students will be able to use Procreate's built in recording features to create fun time-lapse drawings and paintings - great for sharing on social media!

What you'll learn

Students will understand how to use Procreate's powerful art tools.

Students will learn a workflow

step-by-step

that works for many types of art - comics

manga

cartoons

& more!

Students will be able to use Procreate's built in recording features to create fun time-lapse drawings and paintings - great for sharing on social media!

* Requirements

* iPad (iPad Pro required for the .procreate files included. Jpegs are included for non-iPad Pro users.
* Apple Pencil (or a stylus compatible with your iPad)
* The Procreate app from the App Store.
* Be ready to learn!
* NOTE: Many
* if not most
* of the techniques taught in the course work on other drawing and painting applications
* such as Photoshop
* Clip Studio
* Paintstorm
* etc
* but Procreate 4 will be used on an iPad throughout this course.

Description

This in-depth, step-by-step course will show you all the basics of working with Procreate on the iPad. Procreate is a powerful application that rivals and, in some cases, outperforms the much pricier competition. I even use it in my professional work for comic book publishers like Image Comics and Top Cow.

You'll learn how to use...

...Procreate tools to create line art or colored illustrations - all in real-time! No time-lapses here!
...Skills that can carryover into almost any type of art - from comic books to manga to cartoons or web-comics.
...Procreate to get you up to speed quickly with easy to follow lessons from a professional.

Whether you are looking to draw or color just for fun or for work, this course will save you a tremendous amount of time by teaching you what it takes to make art with Procreate and have some fun while you're doing it!

In additions to the hours of video lessons, the course also includes:

a copy of the actual Procreate file used throughout the course, so you can dissect and learn about it from the inside! (You can even watch, rewind, or fast-forward the time-lapse included with the file!)
Custom, specialized brushes to import into Procreate on your iPad.
Tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts!

More bullet points!

Work at your own pace. There's no need to rush, since there's no time limits.
Learn simple, but effective techniques for making art with Procreate on the iPad.
If digital art has been intimidating or if you just couldn't figure out where to start, this is a great place for you!
The workflow I teach is designed to be simple and efficient - something anyone looking to work in production art will appreciate!

I've created multiple courses over the last four years and taught thousands of students worldwide. You can expect top notch video & audio quality with views of my iPad screen AND my hands, so you can see exactly how everything is done from multiple perspectives - including Procreate's many useful gestures.

NOTE: Many, if not most, of the techniques taught in the course work on other drawing and painting applications, such as Photoshop, Clip Studio, Paintstorm, etc. This course will feature Procreate 4 on an iPad Pro. The Apple Pencil is only compatible with iPad Pro.

So join me! I hope to see you there, and I'd love to help you get started down the path to becoming a great digital artist.

Who this course is for:

People who need a great place to begin learning about digital art from a professional.
People that want to use Procreate to enhance their own traditional art.

Course content

5 sections • 29 lectures

Introduction 4 lectures

Introduction Preview 05:27

An introduction to the course, what to expect, and a little about the instructor.

Using the Gallery & downloadable files. Preview 09:23

An overview of the common functions of the Procreate gallery. All of the available downloadable files are also below. If you can't open the zip file, please use the external resources links instead. The files are the same. I've included instructions on installing them in the next lesson.

How to import my Procreate file and brushes Preview 02:57

Hi all,

iOS doesn't do a great job of handling Dropbox-hosted links, so I've created this video to explain how to get around this if you are having problems.

--KMR

File types explained Preview 04:25

A brief explanation of the file types that Procreate supports.

Procreate tools 9 lectures

Color Preview 05:38

An overview of the Color tool in Procreate.

Using layers Preview 09:33

An overview of the Layers window in Procreate.

The Smudge & eraser tools Preview 02:53

An overview of the Smudge & Eraser tools in Procreate.

The brush tool Preview 07:14

An overview of the Brush tool in Procreate.

Useful gestures Preview 03:53

Some commonly used gestures.

The transform & selection tools Preview 08:06

Setting the pressure curve (optional) Preview 03:20

This is an optional lesson on adjusting how to change the pressure curve in Procreate.

Importing brushes Preview 01:00

This lesson describes how to import the included brushes.

Review Preview 00:21

Course reviews are the life-blood of Udemy instructors! I'd love to keep making these courses, and reviews help tremendously!

From blank canvas to inked drawing 3 lectures

Rough stuff Preview 10:44

How I use sketching layers.

Tighten it up Preview 10:52

How I finalize the initial sketch.

Inking your pencil drawing Preview 10:46

How to get started with inking your pencil drawing digitally.

Adding color to your drawing! 9 lectures

The Joy of Flatting - Part I Preview 11:54

Part one of the flatting process.

The Joy of Flatting - Part II Preview 12:16

Part two of the flatting process.

The Joy of Flatting - Part III Preview 05:08

Part three of the flatting process.

Adding shadows with a painterly style Preview 13:03

A simple, but effective way to add shadows.

Light it up! Preview 12:07

Adding light to your drawing.

Cut & grad method Preview 09:21

A common coloring method.

Color holds (changing the color of your lines) Preview 08:05

How to change the color of lines drawn in Procreate.

Special effects! Zap! Bam! Ka-pow! Preview 13:08

How to make glows, fire, and special effects like lighting or energy blasts in Procreate.

Review Preview 00:19

Don't forget to add a review! :)

Wrappin' it up 4 lectures

Adjusting things Preview 09:09

The Actions Menu Preview 11:25

Outro Preview 01:37

Congrats! You made it! I hope you enjoyed the course! I've had a lot of fun with Procreate over the last few months, and I hope you will too. It's such a great app - I hope you make a lot of fantastic art with it!

If you're ready to learn more about working with Procreate or working with color generally, I have some next steps for you!

Subscribe on YouTube for lots of free tutorials on digital color:

https://www.youtube.com/c/KMichaelRussell

Or you can hop right into my follow up course - The Advanced Guide to Digital Art with Procreate, right here on Udemy. Get it for only $9.99 with this link:

https://www.udemy.com/procreate-guide-advanced/?couponCode=PC01BONUS

If you need another coupon that works for a specific course from me, just let me know!

Find me on Twitter & Twitch (weekly live streams) below:

https://twitter.com/kmichaelrussell
https://www.twitch.tv/kurtcolors

Best, Kurt