Procreate - Illustrate Butterflies And 3 Ways To Animate

Let's create semi - realistic butterfly illustrations and bring them to life through animation!

This course is all about creating three beautiful butterfly species and exploring three unique animation techniques within the Procreate drawing app.

it's beneficial to have a basic understanding of Procreate. However, fear not if you're a beginner because I'll walk you through my step-by-step process.

In the resource section, you'll find a guideline sketch for the butterflies, which serves as a versatile tool for illustrating various butterfly species and can also inspire you to create your own style-specific guidelines.

Butterflies we’ll illustrate & animate in the class:

• Blue Morpho

• Tiger Swallowtail

• Heliconius

Resources available to download:

• Guideline Sketches

• Brushes

• Colour Palatte

• Reference Images

  
  

These butterfly illustrations can have a range of applications, here are a few examples:

1. Surface Pattern Designs

2. Art Prints

3. Stickers

4. Journaling

5. Personal Projects

6. Planners

7. Social media gifs

8. Selling clipart or elements on online platforms like Marketplace, Etsy or own website

In this class you’ll learn:

• How to Illustrate 3 types of butterflies in Procreate

• How to Use reference image to add details

• How to add shading and highlights using overlay blend mode

• Use guideline for illustration

• Add texture and details

• 3 ways to animate butterflies

• Working with the Procreate app

• Techniques you can apply while illustrating any butterfly of your choice!

Who this class is for:

• Intermediate Level: Anyone who knows the basics of Procreate

You’ll need:

• An iPad

• The drawing app, Procreate

• An Apple Pencil

My drawing tools:

• 11-inch iPad Pro (2nd Gen)

• Apple Pencil (2nd Gen)

• Procreate, Drawing App (5.3.6)

By the end of this class, you’ll have created 3 beautiful semi realistic butterfly illustrations with tips and tricks on illustrating any butterfly of your choice.

Here is a selection of some more butterfly names to assist you in choosing your project:

1. Monarch

2. Zebra Swallowtail

3. Adonis or Spring Azure

4. Bhutan Glory

5. Cabbage White

6. Viceroy

7. Common Buckeye

8. Heliconian

9. Glass Winged

10. Sara Longwing Butterfly

11. Zebra Longwing

12. Painted Lady

13. Commom Postman

14. Paper Kite

15. Peacock

16. Longwing

17. Goliath

18. Ulysses

19. Emerald

20. Fritillary