Procreate for Beginners: Digital Illustration 101
Course 1: The Essentials of Procreate: Practical Phase
By Brad Woodard , Graphic Design and Illustrator
About the video: Practical Phase
Overview
“In this first course, we learned a bit about getting started with Procreate. Take what you learned and install the Procreate app onto your iPad, connect your Apple Pencil, and set up your very first project in Procreate. When creating your first project, make sure to customize everything to your liking including the resolution, dimensions, color profiles, etc.”
In this video lesson Brad Woodard addresses the topic: Practical Phase, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1: The Essentials of Procreate. Download and set up the app.
Partial transcription of the video
“COURSE 1 - LESSON 6 Practical Phase Let's take what we've learned and make a project. We are at the end of course one, which means we have the app installed, our Apple Pencil is connected to our iPad, and we're ready to start our first project. This is really exciting and I wanna walk you through some illustrations I've already created, so you can get an idea of how I built the illustrations here in Procreate, how I layered everything, and hint at some of the tools I used, so that'll be a little sneak peek into what other things we'll learn as we go throughout this class. Let's start with B...”
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Course summary for: Course 1: The Essentials of Procreate

Brad Woodard
By Brad Woodard
Brad Woodard is an illustrator, graphic designer, and co-founder of the creative agency Brave the Woods. After graduating with a BFA in graphic design, he worked in multiple studios, a creative startup, and an advertising agency before starting one of his own, which specializes in branding and commercial illustration.
Inspired by his childhood adventures, Brad’s style is bold and graphic. He enjoys designing for kids and for those who are kids at heart. His work can be found in bookstores, toy stores, and department stores and, together with his creative co-founder, he has worked for clients including USPS, Ford, Penguin Random House, eBay, and Microsoft.
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