One of the big benefits of using an app like Procreate for your art is having the power of technology behind you. In this tutorial, we’ll be talking about how that power can be used to save time creating your art. How so? By optimizing your use of Procreat’s gesture controls. This lets you use …

Blend modes are a great way to add different color effects in Procreate. That said, if you end up with a lot of layers, you might wonder what will happen if you merge layers with two different blend modes. Will your Procreate layers be able to merge? What will happen to your blend modes? Let’s …

If you’re a Procreate artist like me, you get so into your work that you’re zooming and rotating your canvas all over the place. You’re trying to zoom, but your finger pinch turns into a rotation. Suddenly, your canvas is zoomed in and upside down. Is that just me? Don’t get me wrong, I love …

Procreate gives you awesome ways to add text to your art, whether you want to use a typed font, or hand drawn lettering. But, what if you want that text to be outlined? Well, you’re in luck! In this tutorial, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about adding outlines to your text. …

Drawing in perspective can add dimension and realism to your art, but it can often feel overwhelming. Placing vanishing points, drawing straight lines, making sure everything is in the right place. Luckily, Procreate’s drawing guide makes perspective drawing fun instead of overwhelming. To activate Procreate’s perspective tools, turn on your drawing guide in the Actions …

Procreate has a lot of amazing features, but I’d argue that the brushes are one of the most important. They are such an important foundation! How can you create amazing art without brushes?! It’s clear that brushes are important, but how much will it cost you to get these valuable tools? Are Procreate brushes free? …

In my experience using Procreate, blend modes are one of those awesome features that I’m always forgetting about and rediscovering. Blend modes have a lot of potential to make your art pop, yet it’s SO easy to get into an art flow and simply forget to use them. Well, let’s change that! In today’s tutorial, …

Procreate’s stabilization section of the brush settings include options to adjust the streamline, stabilization, and motion filtering of your Procreate brush. All three of these categories can have a big impact on how your brush works, so they’re important to understand. Within Procreate’s stabilization brush settings tab, you can find sliders for streamline, stabilization, and …

Alpha Lock is one of Procreate’s powerful tools that can feel daunting at first. What happened to the layer? Why can’t I draw in certain areas? Is this permanent? Alpha Lock always seems to raise any number of questions. Don’t worry, I had these questions when I first started using Procreate too! Procreate’s Alpha Lock …

The neat thing about digital art programs, like Procreate, is that you can merge technology and art in a way that you can’t do with traditional art. One of these awesome mergings is being able to insert photos into Procreate, directly into your art canvas. To insert a photo into Procreate, tap on the wrench …