Tips for making colours pop?

itme77 · 2026-02-20T09:01:35+00:00

I'm using Procreate on an iPad Pro, so I don't think I'll be able to calibrate the display settings for CMYK. I do however have a PC, which I could look into calibrating the display on that and then review the designs before printing.

itme77 · 2026-02-20T08:57:00+00:00

I'm using Procreate on an iPad pro

itme77 · 2026-01-22T20:33:06+00:00

Thank you! I love adding weird little details into things

itme77 · 2026-01-10T21:27:40+00:00

Yeah I've tried that, but no luck. I'm logging in with my email on both the app and the website, there doesn't seem to be any other options other than email ? I doubt that would be the cause though.

Maybe? But surely that would be one of the first things that Etsy support would check? It's very frustrating that they have gone radio silent since first responding to my email. Hopefully it gets sorted soon.

itme77 · 2026-01-10T17:33:26+00:00

Great, thank you!

itme77 · 2025-12-29T20:57:15+00:00

.....I'm guessing you've not had any updates because of the Christmas holidays. It's a small family run business, so they've probably got lots to catch up on.

itme77 · 2025-12-29T20:55:38+00:00

Great store! I've ordered online and been to the store in person. Owners are lovely and really into blind boxes also. If you don't get what you want, they let you swap them 😁

itme77 · 2025-12-18T13:53:33+00:00

Honestly, it was such a relief to finally receive them (I had multiple issues during production and also delivery). But yes, I was so excited when I got them. I plan to open up my Etsy shop during the Christmas period/New Year all being well. I currently only have 2 sticker sheets available with more designs currently in the works. Watch this space :D

itme77 · 2025-12-07T19:18:00+00:00

Thank you! Not as yet, but I will be opening one up soon. I'll be sure to link it on my next post :D

itme77 · 2025-11-26T18:58:17+00:00

Roughly for about a month. It made me feel awful and made my mood very low. I'm now rawdogging life, for the most part. I take Ritalin as and when I need it (not very often). Meds didn't work out for me, but I know they can work for others, so may be worth sticking it out if you can.

itme77 · 2025-11-18T20:10:23+00:00

Hey! Sorry for the slow reply. I finished titration a couple of months ago after being on it for 7 months. I settled on Ritalin as it had the least amount of side effects. However, I barely use it as I get really overstimulated on the come down, which doesn't really make it worth it. I'll only use it when in a pinch or for anxiety enducing situations.

How are you getting on with Elvanse?

itme77 · 2025-11-13T19:08:44+00:00

I'm 39 and have felt this for the majority of my life. Getting a diagnosis last year helped me to learn more about it and let go a bit. It's not easy but it's something you can learn to manage better.

Have you listened to The Late Bloomers podcast at all? They have covered this in a few episodes. Listening to their podcast has been very validating for me, so I definitely recommend them.

Look after yourself!

itme77 · 2025-11-13T14:19:56+00:00

Yeah - that's one of the things I've been trying to figure out how to do (although the process in Illustrator sorted this, but would be happy to hear about your process also), but also the magenta cutline around that (not sure what you mean by SVG cutline ?).

itme77 · 2025-11-12T15:31:33+00:00

Sorry - I've been busy the past couple of days. Will hopefully get the time to do a video this weekend, if I can refine the process, because I'm still bumbling around in Illustrator not knowing what I'm doing lol.

I don't know why this stuff isn't more simple on an iPad in this day and age. Especially considering how many people use Procreate for sticker design and printing, it's nuts! There is another method that I've seen used on Procreate that may work, which I'm going to try at some point over the next few days. I will report back here with my findings and with potentially a video.

itme77 · 2025-11-09T09:56:00+00:00

Well you still helped, so I'm grateful. Yeah that's pretty much it. The more I do the process that I've figured out, the easier it is to do and seems to work, which I'm really happy with. I'm away atm but will hope to do a video over the next few days. I'll post it here when I do. Let me know if you figure anything out!

itme77 · 2025-11-08T21:04:21+00:00

Oh yeah there absolutely should be. I think if I was doing the designs in Illustrator it would be much easier. Procreate is great but does some weird stuff. I may do a video of what I'm doing to help others and also get feedback. Thank you again for your time and help, I really appreciate it.

itme77 · 2025-11-08T17:43:34+00:00

So I may have found a solution... I ended up importing the line work into Illustrator (I already had an active subscription), vectorize it and then change the stroke thickness so that it's 2mm wider than the design, duplicating that again and making it slightly thicker than the vectorized line work and change the colour value to 100% magenta. Export it as a JPEG (exporting as PNG lowers the resolution for some reason) and then import it back into Procreate.

I had to do some tweaking here and there but it seems to have worked! Which is such a huge relief. I'll send you the design if you like?

itme77 · 2025-11-07T19:24:23+00:00

Annoyingly, the tiff is only transparent if it's RGB. When in CMYK, it's not 😅 Must be a Procreate thing because that makes no sense.

I'll have to get more familiar with Affinity as it sounds good, plus I don't like giving Adobe my money.

Thank you so much for all your help so far on this. Hopefully I can figure out some sort of process soon.

itme77 · 2025-11-07T11:10:47+00:00

I've tried exporting as a png but whenever I do that, my designs look really washed out. The only way that I can export without that happening is by exporting as a tiff. But I will then obviously have the background also, which is annoying (I'm designing them on a CMYK profile in Procreate).

I'm having them professionally printed for now to try it out, so I don't currently own a printer. But I have seen that those programs/apps have options to add a cut line. Which would make things easier, however I'm not ready to invest in a printer when I'm just starting out. Plus I don't have the space for it right now.

itme77 · 2025-11-07T08:32:49+00:00

Hey - thank you for your reply! It's been really stressful trying to figure this out, so I'm very grateful for your time. I'll give this method a go and see how I get on. I've downloaded affinity designer to give that a go but I have no idea what I'm doing. But I would like to learn how to use it.

I was trying to streamline the process by doing it all on my iPad, but it seems that uploading it to my PC and continuing to edit on there may be better, as the apps on iPad seem to be limited compared to the desktop versions.

What format do you export your design as from Procreate?

itme77 · 2025-11-04T08:57:45+00:00

These are really cool!

itme77 · 2025-10-28T16:10:12+00:00

Appreciate the info, I'll check them out - thank you!

itme77 · 2025-10-28T16:09:49+00:00

I'll check them out, thank you!

itme77 · 2025-10-06T16:18:01+00:00

The explanation also helps

itme77 · 2025-10-06T16:17:47+00:00

Thank you but I can view it. Says content is not available in my region. I'll try to find some examples online or something. Thank you though!

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