Sneak Peak & Brush Tips! πβ¨
Added 2020-01-13 20:51:41 +0000 UTCHappy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend π€β¨
Here is my newest digital painting I finished over the weekend! I felt inspired by florals and wanted to draw something that symbolized growth. I'll be uploading a process video for all Big-Hearted Butterflies+ ($5) and a layered PSD for all Devoted Dragonflies ($10)!
I also thought I would share some of the brushes I used for this drawing! They're all Procreate default brushes so they don't come from a fancy brush pack or anything, and they're basically all I used to create this drawing! π
Here's a little breakdown of how I used them:
- Round Brush: Blocking in large areas of color/value
- Brush Pen: All the refined rendering and "carving" in the skin, face, and some of the hair
- Studio Pen: Tiny delicate details like hair strands
- Soft Brush: Capturing areas of soft light
- Kunayi: Blocking in textured areas like her coat and the background
- Membrane: Used only as a smudge brush - gives almost an oil painting look!
- Thylacine: Another smudge brush, used in only a couple areas to give a textured smudge
- Snow Gum: Petals and leaves!
- Splatter: Used on areas that could use some more texture, like the coat
- Driven Snow: Added textures, great to add on edges of rim light for a dusty, speckled look
And that's it! I like to experiment with different brushes a lot to give my work some variation every now and then. I hope you found it helpful to know which ones I used and enjoy using them in your own work! π€β¨
Love,
Lydia ~
Comments
Wow this is amazing, thank you!
Catvin
2020-05-09 18:23:39 +0000 UTCI love that idea of creating a brush tutorial and showing the different techniques in a video format! I'll have to write that down π I totally know what you mean though, for the longest time I literally only used 2 brushes because I felt overwhelmed by all the options and didn't know what to do! I hope you find these ones helpful though! :)
Lydia Elaine
2020-01-15 01:45:47 +0000 UTCYay!! So glad it could help you! Textures are one of the hardest things to accomplish with digital art in my opinion because everything is generally really smooth, so it took me a while to figure it out too hehe. I use Procreate the most, but I also have the xp-pen tablet and a Wacom cintiq with PS if I ever need it!
Lydia Elaine
2020-01-15 01:43:58 +0000 UTCIt's great to see the breakdown of the brushes - maybe something else for a video tutorial sometime? I will have to come back to this post later when I have time to experiment myself, I never know what brushes to use and it's way too easy to just stick to the one or two you know and love! Beautiful pic!
shindo3art
2020-01-14 19:58:35 +0000 UTCThank youuuu! I really needed this! Just saw it on Instagram and came check the tips. I've been struggling with getting good textures recently (though honestly I've been struggling with everything, lol). I'll try to use these brushes in the way you suggested! Also, do you only use Procreate or do you use another program too like PS?
Fay Evini
2020-01-14 19:30:36 +0000 UTCThank you so much! πβ¨
Lydia Elaine
2020-01-14 01:25:33 +0000 UTCThis one is so beautiful, you are doing better and better
Isabelle Algrin
2020-01-13 22:33:12 +0000 UTC
