Procreate is the premier digital art application available for iPad Pro. Compatible with Apple Pencil, Procreate provides professional-grade painting app.
Procreate makes learning to paint straightforward for beginners or experts alike, with tools like drawing assist and quick shape that let you quickly produce perfect shapes.
It’s easy to learn
Procreate is an accessible digital art app designed for beginners or advanced digital artists looking to take their skills further. With its user-friendly interface and numerous tutorials available to guide beginners through basic drawing techniques as well as more complex ones such as 3D modeling, it provides everything needed to bring ideas into reality.
Before beginning Procreate, the first step should always be understanding its inner workings. You should know the differences between pixels and brushes as well as using various tools from its toolbar, how layers function and creating effects – then only can you begin creating masterpieces!
There are also a variety of online courses designed to teach Procreate, with my personal favorite being “Digital Drawing in Procreate for Beginners”, a four-part tutorial series that takes beginners through its essential tools and features. Each tutorial builds on its predecessor so you’ll gradually build up your skills until it comes time to create a piece of artwork!
Art With Flo’s Treasure Chest’ is another invaluable tool, featuring free bundle of 70+ Procreate brushes and resources, divided up into 147 videos (each lasting about 30 minutes) that cover different lessons. There are also downloadable tutorials and exercise files you can practice independently.
Procreate is an amazing program to learn paper cut art through, so if you want to become proficient at creating paper cut artworks then take the Skillshare course ‘Blooms & Shrooms: Draw Fun & Funky Art with Procreate’ from Australian concept artist Rhea on Skillshare. She provides video lectures, downloadable resources, exercises and exercises. Rhea also has her own YouTube channel teaching digital drawing and painting on iPad using Procreate; additionally she released premium brush packs as well as art journal templates just for Procreate users!
It’s powerful
Procreate is one of the most advanced drawing apps for iPads, enabling you to work with layers and create professional-grade designs with professional ease. It includes various brushes for use with Apple Pencil as well as time-lapse recording which lets you record your process and later review it; perfect for tutorial videos or sharing work via social media platforms like YouTube.
Procreate offers another feature to augment your artwork: text. This is particularly helpful for storyboard artists and comic book illustrators who need to write captions for their images. Procreate’s text tool offers various fonts with features to customize size and alignment as well as add kerning/tracking if you wish, for more natural text output.
Procreate allows for multiple ways of importing images into its app, from your Photo Library and Files apps, as well as taking photos with an iPad’s camera directly and instantaneously transferring it. Procreate supports several file formats – PSD, PNG and TIFF among them – and supports exporting files in CYMK for print-ready files.
Procreate has an intuitive and gesture-controlled user interface, offering 200 customizable brushes for users to use or create. In addition, Procreate can save and restore multiple layers. Finally, its brushes simulate those used in real life so users can draw with Procreate as easily as with paper or pencil sketchbook.
With Procreate 5.3’s update, a fast and fluid color picker was introduced. You can hover your Apple Pencil over any chosen hue to pick it out before dropping it on canvas for faster and simpler coloring than ever before. This makes coloring even faster and simpler!
Procreate makes an exceptional image editor thanks to its rotation feature, perfect for architectural drawings or any number of uses. Zoom levels can also be adjusted accordingly while auto cropping provides space saving on iPad devices.
It’s affordable
Procreate isn’t free like Photoshop; however, you can purchase it from the App Store for a one-time fee that grants unlimited use without ongoing subscription charges. Procreate supports various file formats including PSD, JPEG, PNG and PDF and has a time lapse feature for creating tutorials or videos on YouTube; additionally it also saves in CYMK format which is essential when printing-ready artwork is created.
Though you can use an iPad for Procreate, an Apple pencil or stylus is highly recommended to mimic real pen and pencil drawing and painting. Newer iPad models feature advanced processors which help Procreate run smoothly; for example, iPad Pro 2022 contains an M2 chip which significantly enhances how this program functions.
Procreate provides artists of all levels access to an expansive selection of brushes ranging from basic brush sizes and textures, all the way through smudge tools and erasers for greater creativity.
This program is easy to use, featuring built-in tutorials and training, while also enabling you to customize your workspace by adding icons for frequently performed actions and tools to the QuickMenu, an essential shortcut for performing common tasks quickly.
Procreate allows you to easily adjust the canvas size according to your needs, as well as save it in various formats like PSD, TIFF and PNG for easy rework in other software or print media. Furthermore, its vast library of brushes and drawing tools make Procreate an ideal program for almost every kind of project.
Procreate’s canvas rotation feature makes it very helpful when painting landscapes or portraits. This tool is an excellent choice for landscape and wildlife photographers looking for fast editing tools; students wishing to create realistic portraits also find Procreate invaluable.
It’s versatile
Procreate is unique in that it can be used with either your finger or an Apple Pencil – though the latter is recommended due to its superior pressure and tilt sensitivity that will enable more detailed artwork creation. Furthermore, its smaller tip makes it easier to grip for extended use periods.
As soon as you start using Procreate, take some time to understand its interface and how it works. Get familiar with each brush type and their settings – simple concepts such as spacing and size all the way up to advanced settings like how colors wet mix or features that help smooth out curves when drawing lines can all be found here! You can even edit brushes in detail by clicking them directly in the brush library!
Procreate offers more than brushes; its various tools offer plenty of opportunities to explore. Smudge and eraser tools, for instance, can be very effective at creating unique textures or adding lightness. Layers and masking tools offer further effects for more versatility in your art creation process.
Procreate is distinguished by its ability to replicate traditional materials. For instance, its watercolors blend and stain just as they would in real life, and its markers stain as expected – something which may make transitioning from working with physical materials to digital art much less intimidating for new users.
Procreate’s Symmetry Guide can also assist in creating symmetrical drawings. It offers vertical, horizontal, quadrant and radial guides to guide your creation process. Once comfortable with these tools, more complex features like QuickShape may be explored; however, they only exist on iPad Pro models with either an M1 or M2 chip so make sure it can support it before trying it out!
Utilizing Procreate Actions menu you can also export your artwork in JPEG and PNG formats as well as creating time lapse process videos of its creation process.
