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GerritV

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Wow! The lines in this are fantastic.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback, kazmac !

To be honest, I'm starting to really like Procreate. Even if I don't use the majority of its bells and whistles, already a wee bit of tweaking some of its brushes has uplifted my drawing experience.
This particular sketch was my first use of the Technical Pen, with some minor changes in the Taper settings. Hence my appreciation for your comment ;-)
 

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I published a cookbook whose artwork was done entirely on an iPad + Apple Pencil (with Clip Studio Paint Pro and Affinity Publisher for screen tones, text, and layout). Here's one of the introductory spreads that precedes a step-by-step illustrated recipe.

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LibbyLA

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I’m very much a novice with Procreate and I haven’t spent a lot of my life doing painterly activities, but I enjoyed this paint-along with Teela Cunningham after doing quite a few of her tutorials. I’m finally beginning to feel like it’s okay to trace a reference photo to use a sketch template then play with coloring it. It’s not original, but it gets me past the part I don’t like (drawing). I’m trying to develop an interest in something I can do purely for relaxation.

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GerritV

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I’m very much a novice with Procreate and I haven’t spent a lot of my life doing painterly activities, but I enjoyed this paint-along with Teela Cunningham after doing quite a few of her tutorials. I’m finally beginning to feel like it’s okay to trace a reference photo to use a sketch template then play with coloring it. It’s not original, but it gets me past the part I don’t like (drawing). I’m trying to develop an interest in something I can do purely for relaxation.

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If working these flowers wasn't relaxing, I wouldn't know what is. Lovely drawing ?
 

kazmac

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Very nice work @LibbyLA Thanks for mentioning those tutorials again. I need to get over the tracing stigma as that will help with my art. It does help you learn to draw.

Besides, a comic artist I admire who did all the fine art training (and is amazing) admitted some of his recent work was traced (Possibly the awesome art he did for a few dvd covers.)

Your Sakura blossoms are beautiful.

Thanks again for your post.?
 

LibbyLA

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Very nice work @LibbyLA Thanks for mentioning those tutorials again. I need to get over the tracing stigma as that will help with my art. It does help you learn to draw.

Besides, a comic artist I admire who did all the fine art training (and is amazing) admitted some of his recent work was traced (Possibly the awesome art he did for a few dvd covers.)

Your Sakura blossoms are beautiful.

Thanks again for your post.?
I have been working through many Teela tutorials plus her free Procreate courses (first the one for the previous version, now the one for the latest version), her watercolor lettering course (I don’t really care about lettering, but the lessons on watercolor floral techniques are great), and her watercolor florals course. Her weekly free tutorials are all over the map as far as techniques. Sometimes it’s flat, sometimes watercolor, sometimes loose, sometimes illustration-like. It’s interesting to try different things, although I don’t do them all.

I struggle with contrast so that’s something for me to work on. I also fight with color. I like jewel-tone, clear, bright colors but sometimes the colors just don’t seem “right”. However, I feel like I’m finally beginning to experience some breakthroughs. Since I’m doing this for relaxation and my own enjoyment (not for others or to make money or do a job), I need to get over perfection and just enjoy the process. If it looks loose or even cartoonish, so what? if I can just get to the point of enjoying the process instead of fighting it, I’ll be happy with that.

My first iPad was an iPP 9.7 and I got it partially to play with art. I’ve had the iPP 10.5 and the iPP 11 2018 and am only within the last few months really making some effort to actually DO something about art.
 
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GerritV

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Very nice work @LibbyLA Thanks for mentioning those tutorials again. I need to get over the tracing stigma as that will help with my art. It does help you learn to draw.

Besides, a comic artist I admire who did all the fine art training (and is amazing) admitted some of his recent work was traced (Possibly the awesome art he did for a few dvd covers.)

Your Sakura blossoms are beautiful.

Thanks again for your post.?
Just a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:

Step 1: draw a square grid over the reference image (size depends on the image size), and draw another square grid on a blank page (size depends on the canvas dimensions). Start copy/drawing, square per square.

Step 2: draw a grid of 3 x 3 rectangles (Rule of Thirds!) that covers the reference image, and another on a blank page. Start copy/drawing, but this time also start studying the shapes and their proportions more carefully.

Step 3 (optional): draw a bounding box around the subject, and extend the main lines of the shapes in the reference image to the bounding box lines. Repeat the bounding box on your canvas, as well as the anchor points on its perimeter. Now start 'connecting the dots'.

Step 4: skip the grid, just imagine it. Perhaps start with a few guidelines (main construction lines, axes, vanishing points...). Now concentrate on the proportions and the shapes (or negative shapes!) in the reference image and start drawing them.

Above all, enjoy the process (© @LibbyLA)

notes
- I hope the above makes sense
- I am by no means an art teacher

- YMMV
;)
 

LibbyLA

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Just a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:

Step 1: draw a square grid over the reference image (size depends on the image size), and draw another square grid on a blank page (size depends on the canvas dimensions). Start copy/drawing, square per square.

Step 2: draw a grid of 3 x 3 rectangles (Rule of Thirds!) that covers the reference image, and another on a blank page. Start copy/drawing, but this time also start studying the shapes and their proportions more carefully.

Step 3 (optional): draw a bounding box around the subject, and extend the main lines of the shapes in the reference image to the bounding box lines. Repeat the bounding box on your canvas, as well as the anchor points on its perimeter. Now start 'connecting the dots'.

Step 4: skip the grid, just imagine it. Perhaps start with a few guidelines (main construction lines, axes, vanishing points...). Now concentrate on the proportions and the shapes (or negative shapes!) in the reference image and start drawing them.

Above all, enjoy the process (© @LibbyLA)

notes
- I hope the above makes sense
- I am by no means an art teacher

- YMMV
;)
Thanks for that reminder about using grids. Procreate makes it easy to do the grids. Lazy (efficient?) me would bring the photo in, create the grid, take a screen shot
 
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LibbyLA

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I think this is called “getting out over my skis” (tackling something that’s beyond my skill level. Note to self: choose subjects with several very different colors...

I had a good time with it once I got over trying to match the subtle variations in color. I need to learn to love “essence of”.

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kazmac

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Just a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:

Step 1: draw a square grid over the reference image (size depends on the image size), and draw another square grid on a blank page (size depends on the canvas dimensions). Start copy/drawing, square per square.

Step 2: draw a grid of 3 x 3 rectangles (Rule of Thirds!) that covers the reference image, and another on a blank page. Start copy/drawing, but this time also start studying the shapes and their proportions more carefully.

Step 3 (optional): draw a bounding box around the subject, and extend the main lines of the shapes in the reference image to the bounding box lines. Repeat the bounding box on your canvas, as well as the anchor points on its perimeter. Now start 'connecting the dots'.

Step 4: skip the grid, just imagine it. Perhaps start with a few guidelines (main construction lines, axes, vanishing points...). Now concentrate on the proportions and the shapes (or negative shapes!) in the reference image and start drawing them.

Above all, enjoy the process (© @LibbyLA)

notes
- I hope the above makes sense
- I am by no means an art teacher

- YMMV
;)
All solid techniques. I’ve tried those and will try again at some point. Thanks.?

Blending colors is something I need to learn to which is why I lean toward drawing on gray backgrounds when attempting to recreate a photo.

I’ve found when I copy comic art my art improves if I follow through immediately after drawing the comic panel.

@LibbyLA thanks for the descriptions of the tutorials. And great work on your recent piece (Poppies?)
 
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kazmac

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Copying a panel from Greg Smallwood’s first Moon Knight arc. ❤️his style (He can draw crisp lines, but also veers into
more sketchy, abstract panels like this.) It’s been a while since I’ve tried to draw his comic art.

I hope he comes back to Marvel at some point. Need to try more as he also colors his art (and that will help me with shading too.)

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I was using DrawingLessons app, but now it's not supported since it wasn't updated. Any other good apps for lessons on the ipad while using said ipad?
 
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