A simple guide by @dakz.studios

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The goal: Make a simple, personalized illustration in Procreate out of your personal souvenirs with someone or for a special occassion. At the end of this tutorial you will have a high definition image ready to be printed on a tshirt or a tote bag or as a poster !

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1) What you need 🛠️

• An iPad or a tablet that supports Procreate
• An Apple Pencil (recommended)
• Procreate App (between 10-15 euros, or 13 USD)
• Basic Procreate knowledge
• Reference images
  • 10-15 photos of the special items or moments you want to illustrate
  • TIP: this is easier if they are objects or monuments or symbols rather than people !

2) How to make it (step by step) 🪜

Step 1 — Set up your canvas 👩🏾‍🎨

• Open Procreate and create a new canvas (with the “+” button on the top right)

• Click again on the “create custom canvas” button on the top right to personalize the dimensions (depending on what size surface you’d like your image to be printed on)

  • A2: 4950 x 7020 pixels OR A3: 3508 x 4960 pixels
  • DPI: 300

• Choose a background color (white or a soft neutral is easiest)

Step 2 — Choose color and style 🎨

• I recommend keeping the image monochromatic, so choose one color
  • TIP: think ahead of the color of t-shirt or bag or background your illustration would be printed on
• You may use different brushes. I personally used the Pipeline brush in the Charcoal section for a chalky look. Other options may be :
  • Monoline in the Calligraphy section for a clean marker line
  • Dusky in the Pencil section for a sketch-like look

Step 3 — Create your border 🔳

• Create a new layer

  • TIP : ALWAYS CHECK YOUR LAYERS: before drawing check you are always on the right layer. Trust me, you’ll regret having to redo everything because your layering wasn’t correct

• In Actions (wrench icon) → Canvas, toggle on the Drawing guide and then tap on Edit Drawing Guide. This will take you to the Drawing Guides screen.

  

• Tap the Symmetry button on the bottom of the screen.

  

  • When you first open Symmetry, the Vertical Symmetry Guide is shown by default.

  • Tap on the Quadrant option so the vertical AND the horizontal symmetry is on.