Traditional Drawing Techniques with Procreate

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
2 hours
Lessons
16 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Laura Pérez

Do you want to learn traditional drawing techniques, but also want to use Procreate to achieve a clean digital finish? Cartoonist and comic book author Laura Pérez, who has worked with clients like The Washington Post, National Geographic, and American Airlines, goes over her digital workflow and explores some essential techniques for using this powerful app.

In this course, Laura teaches you how to draw in Procreate using different pencils, brushes, and other tools that imitate the traditional drawing technique of pencil and paper. Learn how to make your own brushes, see Laura's creative process for drawing expressive black-and-white characters, and achieve a fresher and more relaxed style in your work.

Description

Learn how to draw expressive characters on your iPad without sacrificing the hand-drawn look

Start things off by getting to know Laura, her career as a cartoonist, and her interests and influences before going through the structure and materials in this course.

First, discover Laura's creative process, how she searches for references and ideas, and how to bring them to life by sketching in a sketchbook.

Laura teaches you the most useful drawing tools in Procreate. Discover and harness the power of brushes: how to improve your stroke, how to use textures to enrich your drawings, and how to create your own.

Get to know some drawing concepts that focus on characters. Explore shape, composition, and the basic structure of the body. Learn how to work with spots and chiaroscuro before developing characters with different facial expressions and body poses.

Learn some tools that allow you to experiment, see how to fix mistakes, and discover how to create elements that accompany your illustration. Give your illustration a special mood and surprise yourself with spontaneity.

Finally, Laura teaches you how to export your drawings and gives you some last tips on how to get your foot into the publishing world.

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