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Tutorial: How to make a Digital Painting look Traditional
A bit of shameless self-promotion today. Which is my least favorite thing to be honest, I hate to say “go buy my stuff and you’ll be awesome, blah, blah, blah…” But many people have been asking about my process lately, so this mini-tutorial is the least I can do. My ...
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How to create an emboidery graphic in procreate
A bit of shameless self-promotion today. When I created my custom emboidery procreate brushes, I got many questions about the promo image. So, here is a tutorial today, where I will be showing how you can create a similar graphic in procreate. Step 1: Background With the ”texture4” brush from ...
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How to create a Grunge Effect in procreate
Another procreate tutorial for you today! Starting off with a small disclaimer: This post is about creating a grunge effect in digital painting. It does not fully cover how to apply a grunge effect in photography. (although the same philosophy applies there as well) So, what is grunge? Grunge is ...
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Should you use Custom Brushes?
Another popular debate today, regarding digital art. Should you use custom brushes? I did a digital painting the other day and I was very reluctant as to whether I should use custom brushes for the serpent skin texture. In the end, I indeed decided to use them. Not because I ...
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Dispersion Tutorial in Procreate (+free brushes)
Creating a dispersion effect is a super easy, fun (and rather impressive I might add!) way to make an impact with your artwork. The technique is very common in photoshop. In today’s tutorial I will be explaining how you can create a dispersion effect in procreate, using custom brushes. Links ...
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How to create a Rain Brush in Procreate
How to create custom brushes is a question I get asked all the time. So here I am, spilling all my secrets! Today I will be showing you how to create a simple rain brush. Generally, there are many ways to create a brush, but I will be showing this ...
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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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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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Ioanna Ladopoulou
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