Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement
Knowing the tool
A course by Martín Tognola , Illustrator
About the video: Knowing the tool
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you how to use the animation tool that Procreate has, while we will create a small animation step by step. So we can see what their functions are and what each thing is for. We will go over the settings and configuration.”
In this video lesson Martín Tognola addresses the topic: Knowing the tool, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement. Learn how to use animation as a narrative tool to emphasize an idea and develop a concept.
Partial transcription of the video
“Knowing your Tools In this lesson, we'll learn how the Procreate animation tool works. To do that, we're going to create a little animation. And in the process, we'll learn all about our settings. And we're going to set it according to our needs. To do that, we'll create a new file, as with any drawing. We'll start from scratch, 1080 x 1080 pixels. It'll be a square canvas, useful, with a good definition for publishing via media, on a website. And it's also useful as it's Instagram standard definition, a social media where we can share our project. We're interested in the canvas size, which...”
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Course summary for: Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Martín Tognola
A course by Martín Tognola
Martín Tognola is an Argentinian illustrator who has been living in Barcelona for more than half of his life. He has over 25 years of experience in the industry and specializes in print publications and editorial content. His work can be found in major newspapers, magazines, and ads around the world. As the media transitioned to the digital era, Martin adapted by adding animated loops to his repertoire.
His client list includes The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Out Barcelona, BMW, Samsung, Citibank, and Budweiser. Since 2015, he has regularly collaborated with The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph Magazine, and La Vanguardia where he publishes an animated GIF every week in the digital issue and illustrates the opinion column written by journalist Jordi Évole.
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