Tips & Tricks | Art With Flo (2024)

FAQs

What are the tips and tricks on Procreate? ›

Pinch and Twist to Rotate: Similar to zooming, put two fingers on your canvas and twist them to rotate. Undo: Tap two fingers on your canvas to undo your previous action. Redo: Tap three fingers on your canvas to redo actions. Clear: Clear a layer by rubbing right and left on your canvas with three fingers.

However, most people should be able to get the hang of Procreate within a few hours to a few days. With practice and persistence, you'll be creating stunning digital art in no time!

Procreate Pocket for iPhone is $5.99. As of this writing, Savage has no plans to introduce an Android or Windows version. Procreate's main tablet-only competitor is the substantial Adobe Fresco, which is free for the basic app.

Procreate

Ease of use and creative opportunity make Procreate a TikToker's dream. It is an illustration and animation app that allows you to create digital drawings with relative simplicity on an iPad or iPhone. Procreate works with both touch and the Apple Pencil and is perfect for on-the-go sketching.

Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Procreate include files and design. We have compiled a list of solutions that reviewers voted as the best overall alternatives and competitors to Procreate, including Sketchbook, ArtRage, Krita, and PaintTool SAI.

Although Procreate was initially designed for digital illustrators and graphic designers, it has gained popularity in other fields, including tattooing, due to its ease of use and user-friendly interface.

Learn with Procreate

Whether teaching yourself or others, the Beginners Series is your resource for discovering the fundamentals of Procreate. Get to grips with brushes, tools, gestures and more in this easy and practical series.

It's blazed a trail for other digital art apps since 2011 and continues to innovate. It's a great program for beginners and pros alike because of its simple interface and wide range of capabilities, from digital painting and 3D model support to animation.

I feel it supports the whole range from beginner to advanced. There isn't any feature creep which means the app isn't cluttered and very easy on the beginner to the point where you don't feel overwhelmed, but as you can see when you visit the gallery some of the other members are doing amazing stuff with it.

Is Procreate easy for beginners? ›

Procreate isn't a hard program to use, but it does have a bit of a learning curve. It's not a problem for artists who are used to dealing with complicated software, but some beginners may feel overwhelmed at first. Luckily, there are all sorts of ways to learn how to use Procreate.

Conclusion. Overall, I'd say Procreate is worth its $12.99 price and is pretty handy both for simple sketching and doodling and for some creative illustrative pieces. It's also pretty intuitive for an Adobe user like me.

Everyone loves Sketchbook for its elegant interface and natural drawing experience, free of distractions so you can focus on capturing and expressing your ideas.

You can find a link to download my color palettes in the description of my You Can Draw This videos, you can access the description area by clicking the little arrow underneath the video (on the right side) when you are on a mobile device. If you are on a desktop, you'll just have to click 'show more'.

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Adobe Illustrator Draw

Adobe Illustrator Draw allows users to draw elaborated illustrations and organize all your works with this official Adobe app.