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5 Free Classes to Boost Your Procreate Skills

Discover all the secrets of Procreate from illustration experts who work with the app daily

The future of digital illustration is without a doubt leaning towards Procreate, the iPad drawing app that has become a favorite of creatives and artists throughout the world. Although it is quite intuitive, this software includes tools that might be new to you and these five free Procreate lessons will help you improve your illustrations.

To watch each lesson, just click on the title in red and enjoy!

Open Class: Interface and tools

This lesson in the Illustrated Portraits with Procreate course is the perfect starting point for getting acquainted with the Procreate interface. Illustrator and graphic designer Elena Garnu gives you a tour of its main tools and shows you how to use each.

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Open Class: Initial studies: light, shade, color and texture

Using a sphere, Natália Dias explains several basic concepts of light, shadow, color and texture that will be extremely useful when shaping your digital illustrations. This lesson in the Female Character Portraits in Procreate course focuses on how to apply these principles using the iPad app.

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Open Class: Base color and shadows

Isadora Zeferino's work is characterized by the positioning of elements and the use of vibrant color palettes. In this lesson from the Illustrated portraits with botanical elements course, she explains how to play with layers in Procreate to apply color and create highlights and shadows.

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Open Class: First stop - Letters for dummies

One of the first things to learn if you want to work on or include lettering in your illustration projects is the shapes of letters. This lesson from the course Illustrated portraits with botanical elements, taught by Nubikini, shows you the main parts of letters, so it's easier for you to draw them correctly.

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Open Class: File Usage and Timelapse Recording

One of the features that most attracts illustrators to Procreate is the possibility of creating timelapses that allow you to show, in just a few seconds, the entire process of creating your illustration. In this lesson of the Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate course, Samuel Rodríguez explains how to record and use the timelapse feature.

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These lessons will only be available until October 19, 2020. If after that date you wish to consult them, you can do so by signing up for each course.

You may also like:

- Exercise: How to Add Realistic Lighting to Your Illustrations.
- Challenge: Pixel Art in Procreate.
- 10 Apps for Restless Illustrators.

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