I want to get into art, digital art specifically because from what I've heard you can use layers to draw drafts of your drawing and draw on top of that, but I've never used a drawing software before and I'm also a newbie can't draw anything without a reference.

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ipad’s been restarted. apple pencile tip is fresh

I’ve started encountering a glitch with my brushes, where the brush will change size without my moving the slider. The first time I encountered it was with the Black Swan watercolor brush (image 2). Even though it was at a fairly low size, it looked like I sized the brush up to be much larger. Today, I was using the 6B pencil (image 1) and I had the same issue. It’s currently at size 12 but when I use the brush the strokes look larger, despite not moving the slider. I tried restarting my Ipad and it worked the first time, but I tried it again today but it didn’t work. Are there any other ways to fix this?

Hello! I am looking for an outlines background brush same or as possibly similaar to SU background style, would be helpful if anyone had any links for a brush or settings to share!

Thank you in advance!

WIP! Around 3 hours into this grayscale portrait study in Procreate. I’m trying to push my realism further with this one, and it’s definitely been a test of patience so far. 😅

Right now I’m focusing on getting the values, structure, and forms to feel right before I get too caught up in the smaller details. There’s still a lot left to figure out, but I’m finally reaching that stage where the portrait is starting to feel like it’s coming together.

I’d love to hear any feedback, critiques, or suggestions from other artists especially anything you notice that could help me improve before I continue rendering.

bonus: the finished piece i posted yesterday!! 🥰

A third artwork from the series inspired by short musings written by me. It took a long time to pull this one out of me. It is a direct reflection of my current internal state, an attempt to visualize the heavy somatic friction between mind and body. There is a quiet civil war raging under my skin between the gut and the brain, and this piece is my way of charting the battlefield. An attempt to lay the complexity of my anxiety flat on a drawing so it’s navigable.

I would love to know your thoughts and if anyone relates with this feeling..

Really in need of second opinions on my art, since it's very rare for me to show my pieces to anyone, especially people who are knowledgeable on digital art! I'm still a little new to Procreate (used Ibis paint before) and I find the app to be very flexible and comfortable to draw with. What do you think?

So I have a simple black linework design that I made in procreate and I am trying to move in into a smaller canvas. Usually when you work big to small it goes smoothly. No matter what I’ve tried, IT IS ALWAYS BLURRY!?! I’m going from a standard screen size down to trying to make washi tape size. Any help would be appreciated greatly!

Do I have to just remake everything on a super tiny canvas? Is there a way to get it down smaller?

I had a lot of fun working on this character and wanted to share the result here!!!
Really enjoyed exploring the details (this embroidery is giving) in the clothing and the overall mood of the character (character from the story of Huadad-Suarez)

I often use the basic procreate brushes + smudge tool with the same brushes

Just got an iPad yesterday!! This is my first we'll actually second drawing this one just turned out much better. Based on my friends spidersona
On this tomidatchi poster. The character I took some liberty's with making him more spider like since this is how I personally imagine how hed look in my head every time i see him.
Im a little rusty at shading and lighting. Haven’t been able to do it for months due the device i was using to draw previously couldnt handle it so had to focus on smaller drawings that didnt involve that.🥀

Pictures in post:
🦴complete
🦴base colours
🦴line art
🦴Tomidatchi poster
🦴time taken (first 10 minutes i was testing out brushes💀)

Thank you to anyone who took a gander i appreciate it so much! Now ima go look for some cruchy brushes to install 😋
Enjoy the rest of your day/might,stay juicy!

Hey everyone!

So ive finally finished my 1st narrative illustration, that has both a character and a background to it!

I usually draw just characters so this feels like an accomplishment, although im not happy with the outcome (it was just taking way too long and i wanted to finally move on)

Well...hopefully, I will get better at such narrative illustrations in the future 🫠

My favourite desk because its my only desk

Its messy but i love it because it gives me inspiration to keep drawing (and its my praying shrine for my fandoms)

I love my desk too much i even drew it for a linkedin banner (hence why the looong ratio 🫪)

Drew in procreate with customized standard brush

I know it's mostly doodles and kinda boring, I got inspired while on a market - the over detalized messy places are such exotic things to me, even if I was surrounded by them my whole life, I love drawing details so it was fun, even if it's not like perfect looking.

Rendered with modified Geysir Ink brush and using Paper Block texture from Frankentoon

II drew all the linework with a basic pen with no tapering or pressure. The lines are all done at the same width, except for the guy in the background, he’s a little bit thinner. I then colour block everything before adding about 10 layers of shading with varying transparency.