Beneath the Sea
I really love the details in this from the different layers and paint strokes. Also the tiny bits of salt for texture.
Seamless Patterns
Class: Drawing Seamless Patterns in Procreate (Disclosure: I get a free month of Skillshare if you sign up with this link.)
My seamless pattern in five color variations featuring palm leaves and plumerias using the techniques taught in the class.
Blue and orange
Dark background
Light pink background, this was the “original” colorway
Dark pink background. Since one of the flowers was the same color as the background, it turned that particular plumeria into a smaller flower with the light pink center. I thought that was a pretty cool effect to unintentionally get another flower size and style in the pattern.
An inverse of the original with red palm leaves and green flowers.
Here’s the project you can make in the class by following along the instructions step-by-step. It’s a hibiscus based pattern.
The original colorway
With a dark background
The retro inspired palette
The blue colorway
The class teaches how to make the seamless pattern and also how to use some more features of Procreate such as Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Color Balance, and Snapping and Magnetics.
Textured Citrus
Class: Beginner Procreate class on Skillshare (use this link for 2 free weeks of Premium; I get one free month per sign up) by Cat Coquillette
This was probably my favorite project. It’s also the last project and I had a great time going through them all. Definitely recommend this class to anyone who wants to learn Procreate. I also appreciated the tips on selling artwork online, like what canvas size to use to get a high quality print.
The version following the class instructions step by step.
Another iteration adding some citrus flowers and leaves.
A last one.
Hand Lettering
Class: Beginner Procreate class on Skillshare (use this link for 2 free weeks of Premium; I get one free month per sign up) by Cat Coquillette
I’ve done hand lettering with brush pens and paper in the past, so I was pretty excited for this lesson. So the lesson itself isn’t with a brush pen style paintbrush on Procreate, but I applied what I knew previously about brush lettering to this lesson. Basically making the downstrokes of the letters thicker and the upstrokes thinner as seen in the word “love” in my iterations below.
The first version following the lesson step by step.
Playing around with a different background color.
The text with the dark background feels more noticeable due to the higher contrast of the text colors and the background color. When I first tried this, I really liked it. It feels interesting.
Accidentally discovered how to make very straight lines with assistive drawing when I was playing around with the settings.
Mandala
Class: Procreate for Beginners Skillshare (use this link for 2 free weeks of Premium; I get one free month per sign up) by Cat Coquillette
The third lesson is drawing Mandalas! I would’ve never thought to try this on my own before, so I’m glad the lesson pushed me to try something new. After learning how to use assistive drawing to fill the illustration with radial symmetry, I found drawing these to be mysteriously calming. Maybe that’s why these are so common for adult coloring books? This lesson has the largest number of iterations I did after the initial lesson - I really enjoyed them.
The class project using the retro mandala palette provided by Cat
My second version, taking inspiration from the tropical leaf project
A third version branching out from the leaf type of the second version.
A completely different take on this incorporating a technique of drawing small circles.
Bringing it back to the flower type, exploring making my own color palettes.
Another iteration with a slightly different color palette.
Another purple palette version.
Last iteration with a pink and red palette.