
Learn to shade and texture digital art with pattern brushes in procreate to achieve a real feel, while creating your own brushes and testing them on food-themed illustrations.
Explore textures, shading, and brush design in Procreate, create stem, line, and texture brushes, and test them on shading a fish before building brushes for a final class project.
Explore shading with texture by defining texture as visual and tactile surface patterns found in nature. Compare gradients with textured shading to add depth and realism in digital illustrations.
Explore shading principles using the shader brush to create highlights, midtones, shadows, and reflections with smooth gradations for a 3d effect, and learn shape-based shading and drop shadows.
Practice shading by observing a reference photo and using alpha lock, a grey shader brush at 40% opacity to build mid-tones, shadows, reflection, and drop shadow.
Learn to create simple Procreate brushes, including a stamp brush and stem brush, using symmetry, drawing guides, and brush studio to build a pattern brushes set.
Name and save a star shape brush, set a reset point, adjust spacing to create a stem brush and decorative line brush, and reuse settings for pattern brushes in Procreate.
Discover the three types of pattern brushes in Procreate Brush Studio, from shape-based brushes and grain textures to dotted shape brushes that use stippling to shade and texture.
Create a fixed texture brush from a base shape with a dot grain source, set the texture to texturized, and adjust the scale for density.
Explore moving and fixed texture patterns in Procreate, showing how density is created and renewed with every lift using grain and dot textures, and shading with multiple pattern brushes.
Shade a fish using Procreate pattern brushes, experiment with moving texture, fixed texture, and fixed dotted shape brushes to add shadows, grain, and interesting textures.
Create a custom dot brush in Procreate by photographing a textured dot, inverting for transparency, and adjusting curves, then apply scatter and rotation for shading with pattern brushes.
Create a fixed texture brush in Procreate from a photo of crumpled black paper, transform it into a seamless grain in brush studio, and explore moving versus texturized options.
Combine a shape with a fixed texture in a custom Procreate brush, adjust grain and dot spacing to create darker textures, and explore creating another brush from freehand shapes.
Create custom pattern brushes in Procreate by turning drawing guides into seamless textures, adjusting scale and brush properties, and exploring different placements of shapes for varied shading and texture.
Experiment with shading using pattern brushes in Procreate, duplicating brushes, adjusting grain to moving, and layering to build mid-tones and drop shadows for a textured, screen printing inspired look.
Prepare the canvas in procreate by applying a light paper texture and background color, then add layers, set opacity to about 40%, and block in blue shapes to form silhouettes.
Create a sardine can illustration in Procreate by building base shapes, shading with blue tones, and applying pattern brushes and textures.
Shade the bottle with a darker base on a new layer using the custom dots brush to add dimension, then create a red-orange top with beige reflections and drop shadow.
Apply shading and texture to the beans can using Procreate pattern brushes, layering colors, and building shadows, highlights, and drop shadows with dotted and cracked paper textures.
Shade a tomato soup can in Procreate with pattern brushes and dotted textures, using brown shading on a light base, then add a subtle drop shadow.
Shade the oranges using heart texture and pattern brushes, adding shadows where the fruits meet, midtone depth, texture dots, highlights, and clean line work to enhance realism.
Learn to render a pepper paste with white highlights and gray shading using pattern brushes in Procreate. Layer colors, adjust dot patterns, and reference photos to shape shadows and reflections.
Create a hamburger illustration by layering textures and colors with pattern brushes in Procreate, shading meat, cheese, salad, tomatoes, and jam to achieve depth and color variation.
Explore shading and texture with pattern brushes in Procreate by building base shapes, layering colors, and applying a dotted paper texture for light, shadows, and jam tones.
Explore shading and texture in Procreate by experimenting with pattern brushes, dotted textures, shadows, and color combinations to create expressive illustrations, then apply a personal approach to a final artwork.
Master textures to reduce the digital look and apply shading with Procreate brushes, including stem, line, and pattern brushes, then color food and packaging illustrations and finalize the artwork.
Elevate your digital illustrations from good to great by mastering the art of creating a "real feel" in your artworks through adding shading and texture with pattern brushes in Procreate.
What You'll Learn:
Shading Principles: Gain a comprehensive understanding of shading techniques that go beyond the conventional digital approach, providing your illustrations with a realistic touch.
Procreate Brush Creation: Learn to create Procreate Brushes - from a simple stamp brush to complex pattern brushes made from hand made base shapes. In this class we will create 13 unique Procreate Brushes - and you will get the skills to create more!
Exploration of Pattern Brushes: Discover the various types of pattern brushes and learn how to use them effectively to enhance depth and texture in your digital artworks.
Illustration Playground: Find the joy of exploration on a fun illustration project! We will create 8 illustrations of food and food packaging and test our brushes the find the best color and pattern combinations, then use our discoveries on a one-of-a-kind final piece of artwork.
Resources
The class comes with some cool resoruces
9 Worksheets with pre-drawn elements and shapes
The Pattern Brush Set I create during the class
The Artmother's Ultimate Brush Set
The color palette I'll be using during the class
Base shape photos to support beginners
Sketch sheet
Finished Sketch sheet file for reference
Who is the class for?
This class aims to take you to more depths on your illustration journey. This means that a general illustration practice and a working knowledge of the Procreate digital illustration app is required.
Very beginners might find the class challenging.
Confident beginners can exit their comfort zone and find new paths on their journey.
More Advanced Procreate-ists might enjoy the class best!
Requirements:
A working knowledge of the Procreate App
An iPad with the Procreate App
By the End of the Class, You Will:
Possess an extensive collection of unique pattern brushes - created by YOU!
Have a finished illustration showcasing your newfound skills.
Acquire the ability to utilize pattern brushes for creating realistic shadows and textures in future artworks.
I am so excited to see you in class!
Let's get started!