Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate
Digital trace in Procreate
A course by Fernando Aponte , Tattoo Artist
About the video: Digital trace in Procreate
Overview
“During this lesson I'll show you how to transform your sketch into a digital trace in Procreate for your course project. ”
In this video lesson Fernando Aponte addresses the topic: Digital trace in Procreate, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate. Learn to design tattoos with an old-school feel, exploring how to adapt your digital illustrations to the client's needs and chosen area of the body .
Partial transcription of the video
“Digital trace in Procreate I'll show you my process for digitally tracing in Procreate. First we open a new file in Procreate. Features are going to be 300 DPI to have a good file for printing and we are going to use an approximate measurement of letter size. Centimeters. 21 cm wide × 28 cm high. 300DPI. In this file we are going to import a photograph of our sketch. Let's lower the saturation a bit and the contrast to have it clearer. In this case, as my design has a central element, which is symmetrical, I am going to use the mirror function in Procreate. We go to the Tools function, Canv...”
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Course summary for: Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate
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Category
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Software
Procreate -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Tattoo Design

Fernando Aponte
A course by Fernando Aponte
Fernando Aponte studied visual communication and design with a major in illustration, before consolidating his professional career as a tattoo artist, which has lasted over a decade.
Although based in Mexico City, he is constantly traveling across Europe and Latin America. He is specialized in both traditional US and Japanese styles, but also enjoys experimenting and adding new elements from the rich Mexican culture to his work.
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