Procreate stuff
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ysobelNew version now has a release announcement of "next week" [edit: might be available already?]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9QdA_SDnLY is a video going through all the brushes, including effects from pressure and also tilt and barrel roll. (I turn off tilt variation options, because not moving arm or wrist means tilt automatically changes through a stroke ... I may have to disable azimuth for the opposite reason, because I can't change pencil orientation. I don't have the Apple Pencil that supports barrel roll so can't do twists.)
TIL that a pademelon is a small marsupial, not a melon at all... (The new brushes are named after flora/fauna/locationsetc in Tasmania, which means the names aren't functional (no "gel pen" or "smoke" or "medium airbrush", now it's "chocolate" or "sandpiper" or "night heron") ... which means I have no chance at remembering what's what aaaaa
Anyway there are some reeeeally cool brushes and brush options.
(The old brushes will still be available and included, so e.g. old tutorials can still be followed, but I'll probably use the new ones more.)
General note -- a lot of the paints and pastels seem a little 'large' on the canvas when working on smaller canvases (under 3500 px or so) because the brushes are designed to sit in the middle between large and small pieces. Size those brushes down a bit if they feel too big on the canvas and you may prefer the results.
Pencils: Lofty is a colored pencil. Try layering it with light pressure, color over color, etc. Pelion: a charcoal pencil. Swansea: mimics China Marker.
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Pens: Kestrel is a ballpoint pen. Try with light pressure and tilt, as well as different speeds. Effects are realistic. Vinyl is a 'parallel pen' - tilt a lot and watch the opacity shift and texture get revealed.
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Inks: Shearwater is a 'wet' pen - imagine drawing on damp paper. Vary pressure a lot. Whistler is a Japanese calligraphy brush. Wapping is inspired by work of Ralph Steadman.
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Markers: Sleepyhead is an old elementary school classroom marker.
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Pastels: Fairywren is a wax crayon. Try layering different colors with light pressure. Bandicoot: a little bit of soft mixing is possible with higher speed a light pressure - can adjust Dilution in wet mix (duplicate brush first!) to increase this effect.
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Oils: Platypus is a palette knife. Try using it in the same manner as a real palette knife. When tilted sideways an pulled 'through' an area with varying pressure, you can achieve the illusion of paint 'curling' on the edges and creating highlights.
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Paints: Achilles is inspired by the original Nikko Rull brush and it's a handy alternative. Lenah: try with a lot of different pressure in same stroke, passing over areas to add wetness and soft edges or harder edges.
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Watercolors - vary pressure a LOT with all of these and play with tilt, speed, etc. to see all the effects that are possible. Some will mix more with paint already on the canvas if you use lighter pressure.
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Charcoals - all of these are best when using black to avoid the color dynamics getting weird (unless that's what you're after, in which case, have fun!). Pipeline is vine/willow charcoal and can give great results if you're drawing with light pressure and thinking about how that medium works in the physical world. Hippolyte will give you little scattered bits of charcoal on the edges with heavy pressure.
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Lettering: Kettering is fixed in its angle to facilitate lettering for comics word balloons - try it for that purpose and see how you like it.
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Comics: Silica is a stippling brush that will give you more dense dot patterns with heavier pressure.
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Design: Peregrine is a mechanical pencil, meant to be used at a small size. All three grids at the bottom of the list can be overlaid for different patterns - they line up.
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Street Art: Try De Anza with super light pressure to add a touch of grit/ texture to anything you draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9QdA_SDnLY is a video going through all the brushes, including effects from pressure and also tilt and barrel roll. (I turn off tilt variation options, because not moving arm or wrist means tilt automatically changes through a stroke ... I may have to disable azimuth for the opposite reason, because I can't change pencil orientation. I don't have the Apple Pencil that supports barrel roll so can't do twists.)
TIL that a pademelon is a small marsupial, not a melon at all... (The new brushes are named after flora/fauna/locationsetc in Tasmania, which means the names aren't functional (no "gel pen" or "smoke" or "medium airbrush", now it's "chocolate" or "sandpiper" or "night heron") ... which means I have no chance at remembering what's what aaaaa
Anyway there are some reeeeally cool brushes and brush options.
(The old brushes will still be available and included, so e.g. old tutorials can still be followed, but I'll probably use the new ones more.)
General note -- a lot of the paints and pastels seem a little 'large' on the canvas when working on smaller canvases (under 3500 px or so) because the brushes are designed to sit in the middle between large and small pieces. Size those brushes down a bit if they feel too big on the canvas and you may prefer the results.
Pencils: Lofty is a colored pencil. Try layering it with light pressure, color over color, etc. Pelion: a charcoal pencil. Swansea: mimics China Marker.
--
Pens: Kestrel is a ballpoint pen. Try with light pressure and tilt, as well as different speeds. Effects are realistic. Vinyl is a 'parallel pen' - tilt a lot and watch the opacity shift and texture get revealed.
--
Inks: Shearwater is a 'wet' pen - imagine drawing on damp paper. Vary pressure a lot. Whistler is a Japanese calligraphy brush. Wapping is inspired by work of Ralph Steadman.
--
Markers: Sleepyhead is an old elementary school classroom marker.
--
Pastels: Fairywren is a wax crayon. Try layering different colors with light pressure. Bandicoot: a little bit of soft mixing is possible with higher speed a light pressure - can adjust Dilution in wet mix (duplicate brush first!) to increase this effect.
--
Oils: Platypus is a palette knife. Try using it in the same manner as a real palette knife. When tilted sideways an pulled 'through' an area with varying pressure, you can achieve the illusion of paint 'curling' on the edges and creating highlights.
--
Paints: Achilles is inspired by the original Nikko Rull brush and it's a handy alternative. Lenah: try with a lot of different pressure in same stroke, passing over areas to add wetness and soft edges or harder edges.
--
Watercolors - vary pressure a LOT with all of these and play with tilt, speed, etc. to see all the effects that are possible. Some will mix more with paint already on the canvas if you use lighter pressure.
--
Charcoals - all of these are best when using black to avoid the color dynamics getting weird (unless that's what you're after, in which case, have fun!). Pipeline is vine/willow charcoal and can give great results if you're drawing with light pressure and thinking about how that medium works in the physical world. Hippolyte will give you little scattered bits of charcoal on the edges with heavy pressure.
--
Lettering: Kettering is fixed in its angle to facilitate lettering for comics word balloons - try it for that purpose and see how you like it.
--
Comics: Silica is a stippling brush that will give you more dense dot patterns with heavier pressure.
--
Design: Peregrine is a mechanical pencil, meant to be used at a small size. All three grids at the bottom of the list can be overlaid for different patterns - they line up.
--
Street Art: Try De Anza with super light pressure to add a touch of grit/ texture to anything you draw.