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Procreate

I have tried out Procreate for a little while now, have learned how to use layers, alpha lock, clipping masks and such. It’s certainly great what you can do digitally, the way you can play around easily. I have made some nice sketches, a pastel painting and an Art Nouveau piece. There are lots of courses on Skillshare, some great ones are by Liz Kohler Brown. Thanks to her courses I have not only done some beautiful illustrations, I have also got tons of different brushes for free — and some fonts.

Now I need to figure out how creating with Procreate can compliment my sketchbooking, the analogue kind. Right now Procreate is fascinating, but I don’t yet know where it will lead me, where it should lead me. I don’t want to forget my sketchbook over Procreate.

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