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Unleash your creativity by turning your iPad into a powerful digital art studio. Take a Procreate course from our broad range of real-world experts, and learn the fundamentals of this popular iPad app. You’ll be introduced to the basics — and beyond — of how to use Procreate’s intuitive tools to sketch, draw, shade, color and animate. Improve your skills through hands-on exercises and simple, easy-to-follow lessons.
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Voni Lim
Create Your Own Procreate Stamp Brush Pack + 7 FREE Floral Stamp Brushes 49:57
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12/31/2023
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Sarah Holliday
Character Illustration: Drawing Expressive Gestures & Poses in Procreate 2:08:32
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12/31/2023
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Stephanie Fizer Coleman
10 Procreate Quick Tips for Artists & Illustrators 45:58
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12/31/2023
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Vashti Harrison
Illustrating in Procreate: Drawing a Shareable Timelapse 1:06:11
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12/25/2023
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Brenda Bakker
Create Soft Botanical Watercolor Paintings in Procreate 2:00:58
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12/25/2023
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Floortje Visser
Procreate 5: The Basics of Digital Painting 1:26:12
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12/23/2023
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Liz Kohler Brown
Ink Illustration Techniques in Procreate 2:01:03
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12/23/2023
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Sandra Mejia
Ink and Color in Procreate® for Illustrators 37:42
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12/23/2023
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Prince Rajasekar
Drawing 25 Cute characters like a Pro : In Procreate 9:27:20
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12/23/2023
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Sandra Mejia
Create Patterns and Pattern Brushes in Procreate 39:34
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12/23/2023
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Gabrielle Brickey
Character Illustration: Drawing Portraits of Women in Procreate 3:45:12
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12/23/2023
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Liz Kohler Brown
Acrylic Landscapes on the iPad in Procreate 1:33:06
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12/23/2023
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Frequently asked questions about Procreate Digital Illustration App
Procreate is an iPad-exclusive mobile application for creating digital illustrations, which you can purchase on the Apple Store. With the Procreate app, artists can digitally sketch and paint using the Apple Pencil and their fingers to create strokes, effects, and textures. Artists can export their digital illustrations from Procreate in any file format they need for their digital and print projects. Procreate’s tools are known for being user-friendly, making it easy to create, save, and organize your digital designs in your own Procreate library. Because the app is designed for mobile, it’s easy to use on-the-go — all it requires is an iPad and Apple Pencil.
Procreate is a raster-based program, meaning it relies on pixels to make up a digital image or design. Pixels are tiny squares of color that are combined in a grid to create a whole digital image. The more pixels used to create the image, the higher the image quality will be (and the larger the file size). As you enlarge a raster-based file, it becomes easier to see each individual pixel. Because of this, a raster-based image gradually loses quality as you increase its size. Common raster file types include .jpg, .png, .gif, and .tiff. A vector-based program uses lines and curves, rather than pixels, to make up a digital image or design. These programs rely on mathematical formulas that define the relationship between lines and curves of an image. This means vector-based files can scale up to any size without losing quality, as each line and curve will scale up accordingly and proportionately. Common vector file types include .ai, .eps, and .svg.
Procreate is a raster-based mobile app for digital illustration, while Adobe InDesign is a vector-based desktop application for design. Procreate is also an exclusive mobile app, meaning you can only use it on an iPad device. Adobe InDesign is a desktop application that you can download onto a desktop computer or laptop but is not compatible with a mobile device. Procreate is a raster-based program, meaning its designs use pixels. It cannot support vector-based files, so if you upload a vector file into Procreate, the program will convert it into pixels. InDesign is a vector-based program, meaning InDesign files use lines and curves instead of pixels and are scalable to any size without losing quality. For this reason, many prefer InDesign to create artwork for print. Because Procreate’s tools are geared toward digital painting and drawing, it is more often used to design illustrations and artwork for digital platforms.
Procreate is extremely user-friendly and easy for beginners to learn, especially compared to other digital design software programs. Procreate’s tools are optimized for mobile devices with a touchscreen, so many features require only a single finger or two-finger tap to use. The user interface is intuitive, designed to be uncluttered by heavy menu visuals, in order to allow the user’s art to take up prime real estate on a tablet screen size. All it takes is a swipe or a tap to pull up menu options, browse brush sizes and types, or navigate between layers and saved projects. There are many great Udemy courses to teach you how to use and customize the many brush types, textures, layers, colors, and other effects that Procreate offers.
Procreate is an excellent tool for careers that involve a lot of digital painting, drawing, illustration, and graphic design. Professional illustrators, artists, and graphic designers can use Procreate to craft their digital works, save their designs and ideas, and export their pieces of art into multiple file formats for use. Career paths that involve digital illustration for film, video games, digital books, and card games may use Procreate. It can also be an excellent tool for making digital art for branding, marketing, and advertising that will be used on websites and promoted across digital channels.