Win Free Custom Portrait Drawing
Real quick I just want to remind everyone that tomorrow is the last day to re-steem my previous post for a chance to win your own custom portrait drawing. So far there are only 10 names in for the drawing.
Digital Arting
After several talks with
I have been boiling with anticipation to make some digital art. I finally got the chance to really give procreate a try on my Ipad, and I have to say, I am impressed. This application has tons of potential.
This is definitely new territory for me.Through most of the first half of painting the face I was still trying to put together a decent flesh tone palette for this painting. I feel like by the end of this painting I had discovered pretty much all of the features in procreate, except a color selector, even though I didn't use a lot of them.
Nike That Shit!
As you can tell in the video it took me a little while to get my footing and figure out the best way to approach this unfamiliar territory. I found out the same thing that I always do; the best approach is to just do it. Nike that shit. They truly have said it better than all. If you are in new territory, just trust yourself and start. Make adjustments along the way. Trial and error.
I think the reason people don't try new things is because they are scared to fail or look stupid today. I am the person that would rather fail, or look stupid today and have the knowledge or skills tomorrow. Most of the time I find that everything turns out alright......
Apple Review
"Fuck Apple products" has pretty much been my slogan for a long while, and though part of me still feels that a little bit I am going to have to say I am at least very impressed with some of their tools.
Several months ago my younger sister's fiance gave me an Ipad pro, and the first thing I found was the Garage Band app which is pretty amazing. The song in this video is part of one of the songs I put together while exploring layering loops. Playing with Garage Band is the only thing I have used the Ipad for until just a few days ago when I downloaded Procreate and bought the Apple Pencil.
I will say that Apple is a punkass bitch for rigging up the pencil to charge the way it does so you can either break it and replace it or spend the money for the adapter. Bitches I say. Anyway, on the positive I was blown away when I turned the pencil on its side and it shaded like a real pencil. That was pretty boss, but I was a bit saddened when I turned the pencil around to use the eraser and it didn't erase. Food for thought apple, "Make the eraser end of the pencil erase shit."
Procreate is a hell of an application for 10 bucks. I loved all the different brush options. The layers and blending modes are great. I thought I was going to have to transfer files to Gimp to complete them, but I can pretty much do anything and everything within the program. I was thrilled that the app recorded the process. That is going to save me so much time making drawing tutorials cutting out most of the labor of filming and editing video.
I would say the Combo of Procreate and the Apple Pencil gets 8.5 out of 10 stars.
I think overall it turned out decent. I'm already looking forward to the next time I can do some painting. I would love to hear what you think of my first go. I welcome any critiques or tips..... even brutal ones........
