When I did my paintings and illustrations by hand, I always had to have a dedicated working space large enough to take up half of my room. In Procreate, everything is just a few clicks away. So every once in a while, you have to splurge out another couple $100 just to be able to paint again. And what’s even worse … brushes get worn-out and watercolors don’t come in endless supplies. Add a high-detail scanner and a quality computer with software capable of precisely die cutting your “analog” work … And before you know it, you’ve spent way over $1000 before you even started painting. Discover how to add the final touches to your illustration with Photoshop, how to export your image, and prepare it for print.A set of decent brushes, watercolors, and some quality paper can set you back $200 or even more. Move onto harmonizing your composition, by merging your layers, adding drop shadows, shapes, texture, and more. Learn how to create abstract shapes by chopping and rearranging letters, giving full command to your creativity. Then, add color to your portrait illustration, while looking at some shortcuts he uses to add and change color options on Procreate. Next, begin to draw your portrait using your references, with Samuel guiding you through his step-by-step process to build the structure.
This is when you’ll explore composition, to create an ideal shape hierarchy and prepare the groundwork for a perfectly balanced composition.
Start creating your thumbnail sketches by incorporating the visual elements of your research, putting as many ideas as possible into play. You’ll search through typography, color, and more, to get a full visual sampling for your project. He goes through his method for collecting and organizing his research while discussing some examples of portraiture.
You will also see how to set up your document to record a time-lapse video of your work in progress.įor Samuel, collecting references is an important part of the build-up to your art. You will begin to use Procreate with an introduction to the most important aspects of the app, including hand gestures, brush preferences, and tools navigation. Next, he will show you his approach to illustrating a portrait, going through his thumbnail sketches and analyzing how they evolve into finished pieces. He will also share some of his references, with some surprising ones, such as Nintendo. He will share all the different types of art careers he has had throughout his 25 years’ experience, and how he recently achieved his dream: becoming a full-time self-employed artist. Get to know Samuel, how his passion for illustration started off on the streets as a graffiti vandal, to studying at a formal Art Academy.
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