Procreate

Today I’ll be sharing a handy design trick that I’ve used in the past to make patterns using various design applications over the years, and it’s a trick that works with Procreate for the iPad too! In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to take an object and turn it into a pattern tile…

In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to apply a paper texture in Procreate so that your artwork looks like its made of paper. This can be applied to a design you’ve already created, or it can be done in such a way that allows you to paint with a paper texture. As a…

Those who love to paint, sketch and draw may be delighted to know that the Procreate app lets you sample colors from an image and add them to a custom color palette that you can use whenever you want. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how you can make a color palette from an…

When working with images and paintings in Procreate for the iPad, you may be wondering if there’s a way to sample color from somewhere in your image so that you can paint and draw with it elsewhere. Well, you’re in luck, because the solution to this is simpler than you thing. All you have to…

Procreate makes drawing with a tablet and stylus pen a breeze. This is especially true if you need to draw something that is perfectly symmetrical, as Procreate for the iPad does indeed have robust symmetry and mirroring tools built in. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to mirror in Procreate so that you…

Having the ability to erase parts of your image is a fundamental task for any image editing software, and Procreate does not disappoint in this regard. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to erase in Procreate by using the Eraser Tool and adjusting its settings to our needs. In Procreate, the Eraser Tool…

Procreate for the iPad allows you to create all kinds of fun designs that can be used in many different ways. Today we’ll be going over an example of how it can be used to make sticker mockups. In this tutorial we’ll be going over a workflow that will enable you to make stickers in…

Using Procreate as someone who comes from a background of desktop design applications comes with a modest learning curve. Functions that typically work the same across various design apps — such as selecting multiple layers at a time — are fundamentally different in a mobile environment. In this tutorial we’ll be unlocking one of those…

Knowing how to color fill in most design applications is usually a matter of using the bucket tool. However, in Procreate there is no bucket fill tool, and for good reason. In this tutorial we’ll be going over all of the ways in which you can fill in Procreate — including individual objects, entire layers,…

Making the transition from desktop design software to mobile alternatives can be tricky at times. This is because of how fundamentally different the hardware is. Even simple functions, such as copy and pasting, can throw you for a loop when you’re new to mobile design software — particularly Procreate for the iPad. There’s actually three…