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Painting Spider-Man / IPad Pro /Apple Pencil / Procreate
Another process painting. With an interesting story behind! Valentine’s Day was approaching and I thought I should do something in the spirit. So I chose this reference, my favorite movie, my favorite scene, my favorite Spider-Man. THE Spider-Man. Sorry guys but rebooting the series twice so far?? I just don’t ...
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Tutorial: How to paint a simple Space Scene in Procreate
I’ve been always a sucker for everything Space: astronomy, technology, movies. It was a matter of time before I tried to paint something spacey! In fact, it took too long! Anyways, better late than never, here’s my little piece. Normally such stuff is a …piece of cake in photoshop! It ...
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How to fake vector-based, letter designs in Procreate (yes, it is possible!)
Those of you who have been following me for a while, should know that I do most of my work on an iPad Pro. I progressively started replacing my pc with my iPad about three years ago, and now I use my iPad 95% of the time. I do almost ...
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Catching Fire – Procreate Painting Demo
Catching Fire. Heavily referenced by Katniss, however she is not supposed to look like her. Anyways, this post is all about using and manipulating fire in a digital painting. Painting was done on an iPad Pro, using Apple Pencil and procreate app, but the process can be applied in photoshop ...
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Painting Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar
Painting Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar today, and demonstrating how to use my custom crack (and other) brushes in an artwork. Pirates of the Caribbean 5, aka “Dead Men tell no tales” was an amazing movie and the least I can do is pay a small tribute. 🙂 Like most ...
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Painting Gal Gadot as WonderWoman
My hand was itching to make a few strokes the other day and I ended up painting Gal Gadot as WonderWoman. I haven’t been able to draw traditionally lately, and it seems a lot of time will pass until I will have the time and energy to do so. Sorry ...
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Tweaking Procreate Fire Brushes to Make Them Realistic
When I started out with digital art, I worked on photoshop with a Wacom Intuos (wow, what a shocker! 🙂 ) It was a great combo and I loved it. At least for a while. Some years later, however, being a mum of two, it was impossible to set up ...
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Ioanna Ladopoulou
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