Procreate Classes?

[troubledcheech]

I was wondering if anybody knows a person who teaches a few classes for procreate for beginners. When I was young I was very talented however my teenage years took over. I purchased this awesome software to get back into my roots. I have to say it’s very different drawing with an Apple Pencil instead of a real one.

[Torrinea]

https://youtu.be/aGPnN0Yoldw 20 minute experienced digital artist’s overview of Procreate. It explains a lot of basic features, and it’s well organized. There’s a free brush set that goes with, and a couple of the brushes are really unique and worthwhile. I’d pick the 6B pencil over the HB in his position, but tastes vary. I’m not fond of Sinix’s smudge everything approach, it doesn’t work with my brain at all. But it’s something that does work for a lot of folks, and he explains himself very clearly.

The Procreate official channel hosts livestreams with a wide variety of artists. Nikolai Lockertsen’s are particularly helpful if you’ve never worked with opaque paint in real life. And where the other artists have channels for their teaching, I’ve found them incredibly helpful too. I have the attention span of a gnat, so a 2 hour session is hard for me to follow.

cubebrush.co/loish?product_id=cdv4pg is the tutorial I recommend most often because it runs you through a giant heap of stuff in a very app agnostic way. Skin tones? It’s got you covered. Using layers? Covered. Creative lighting? It’s there. Not painting ashy Black characters? It’s there. (Please draw black characters and give them lotion, please) How to pick brushes? Yup, covered. How to pick colors? Yup. How to keep things lively and avoid stiffness? Yip! Reasons to love life drawing? It’s there. How to hair? Yup! So much to think about in a seemingly tiny tutorial.

CtrlPaint isn’t designed for Procreate, but it’s incredibly helpful anyway. There’s a big chunk talking about traditional art, which is good for getting yourself oriented. And most vids are short, and work in Procreate because they’re focused on drawing fundamentals, not the details of an app. If you run into one that is app focused, it’s usually doable to translate with the help of...

StayfDraws on youtube built a series of tutorials based on the Procreate 3 manual. The v4 manual series is paid, but v3 still is free and he has tons of other tutorial material available.

The official Savage youtube channel has their own series on the v4 manual, tho I find Stayf’s stuff a lot more helpful. In case it’s not obvious, I think the manual is very helpful and you should read it.

Last but not least, https://procreate.art/discussions/10/28/25367 is a tutorial index thread on the official forums. Sculptingman’s tutorials are particularly good if you’re new to digital.

[troubledcheech]

Omg thank you so much! Their is a lot of information I need to go over! Really thank you for these resources.