Really it’s just a preference on the look that I am going for today. I know you are thinking why not just fill it? I know it would be simpler and far less time consuming but I find that this, and you can see, coloring it just gives it a way different texture.

I am literally going to go in and color in. I am going to go in now and color like a kindergartner basically. I turned on the opacity on my sketch layer and now I am going to go over and do my good copy. Sometimes simpler is better! Even though I do love detail sometimes just keeping it simple and really clear lines and clear shapes really works better. That’s better! Not having that break in between just makes it simpler. Let’s move these boots up higher because that will look cute. I will actually use my pencil and then also erase as I am trying to perfect the shapes of things. I am so enjoying the freedoms you have with that. It doesn’t get too messy because you can keep cleaning it up while you go. I do a lot of erasing and that is why I love drawing in Procreate because it is just so simple to edit and erase what you are doing. This really is still a rough sketch and I want to get everything right with my rough sketch because it just makes everything easier after.

And I will still go back and get the lines of the coat how I like them. That is so much better and I will resize it too and then put in a little pocket and maybe put a little froggy in there.Īgain, you want to pay attention to detail and size.Īfter I have the main character sketch I like to add some background to make the image more interesting.

References are always handy when you are drawing things that are real, like an umbrella. Before it was looking like one of those umbrella’s that you would stick in your cocktail! There that is looking so much better. This helps to give your umbrella a better shape for it to look realistic. I’ll actually look at a reference image of an umbrella, which is always a good idea. It may look weird on the video but I find it helps when I need to see something closeup. I like to zoom in and out a lot while I am drawing. That helps to make the drawing a little more interesting. That will be way cuter! I am just playing with shapes establishing the size of the bear to the size of the bird. Let’s make him hold a butterfly…maybe not…that doesn’t quite work for me. Now we are just going to add some details.

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