Using my iPad Pro for surface pattern design! 🌻 My first impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2024
- I'm SUPER EXCITED to have this fun new tool in my surface pattern design arsenal! I've been looking at getting an iPad for quite a while now and I can't wait to figure out how to best use it in my surface pattern design workflow. In this video, I walk through my very first impressions of my iPad, and my initial thoughts about how I'll be able to use it for all kinds of pattern-making goodness.
I know that there are lots of you who use your iPads regularly for your surface pattern design work, so I would love to hear your best tips and tricks!
By the way, here's the tech resale website I mentioned: swappa.com/listings/apple-ipa...
And the watercolor brushes im using are the Drifter Studio Amazing Watercolor Painting Kit: www.etsy.com/listing/77325022...
Aaannddd the screen protector i got for my iPad: amzn.to/3xXbbTW
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0:00-3:09: my new iPad!
3:10-4:38: tech specs
4:39-7:06: first impressions
7:07-13:59 : first time using procreate
14:00-20:08 : first procreate patterns!
20:09-24:54 : other benefits
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Welcome to the magical world of Procreate! :) Your experience in painting with watercolors traditionally gives you a huge boost in making realistic digital watercolors. And even with “just getting started” with procreate, your work looks amazing! I love your traditional work, and I’m sure I’ll love your digital patterns too! As always, thanks for sharing your journey!
That’s so kind of you to say!! But I 100% agree that my traditional work has been soooo helpful as I start to figure out my digital style. I think I would be really overwhelmed if I was starting from ground zero!
Congratulations!! And keep going!!:) I love ur channel and ur art!!!❤
Thank you so much!! 🫶🏼
@@pepostudios Your'e very welcome!!❤️
This is awesome! Glad you’re enjoying the process 🎉. I really enjoy Procreate a lot, super functional and intuitive. I’ve also been playing with Adobe Fresco, which you can import any PS brushes in you may already have. They work back and forth when you export your layers, plus having adjustment layers without altering the original layer. … really wished Procreate has that, unless I’m not seeing that. Anyhow… So happy you got an ipad!! 🎉🎉🎉
That’s a great question about the adjustment layers! I definitely want to play with Fresco. That’s great to know that you can import your PS brushes!! That’s definitely a pro tip!!
YAY i'm so happy and excited for you!
Thank you so much!! 🙌🏼🥰
Such a fantastic tutorial, I love it ☺☺
Thank you! 🫶🏼
So much fun!
Agreed!! I’m so excited to keep learning 🥳
I love drawing on the iPad! So exciting and can’t wait to see all you do 😊
It’s super fun! I’m really excited too 🙌🏼
🎉🎉🎉🎉 I discovered that my son was not using his iPad and it so happens that he also had procreate downloaded and it is in fact a game changer! So I’m right there with you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hahaha, that’s amazing!! Isn’t it so much fun to use?!
Yay! You'll have fun! I love painting in Procreate. I am trying to learn Affinity designer
I definitely think I need to add Affinity Designer to my toolkit!!
Congrats on your first ipad! I love it for creating art as an option for pattern design. What watercollr brush set did you use? Love them!
Ah, i knew I forgot to put a link to something in the description!! Thanks for the reminder! I’m using the Drifter Studio Amazing Watercolor Painting Kit. The creator has a bunch of tutorials on his TH-cam channel and he has made some really beautiful artwork with his brushes!
Yay!!! I just bought mine last week too! I have to admit to not setting it up yet hahaha! Wanted to get it before the new ones come out and price goes up.
I purchased the cat coq bundle for procreate as well! I really liked your tutorials for photoshop for repeat patterns, do you think you will make some for procreate? I'm worried my paintings won't look as good in procreate because I use watercolor blooms to make my art. I would like to use it to make calligraphy quotes and incorporate my work or create a new style.
I probably will make some kind of tutorials way down the line once I’m better at this stuff! Haha. I think there are definitely ways to make your watercolors look super realistic in Procreate. You might have to play with different brushes and techniques, but I’m sure you will figure out something that works for you and your style!!
Thank you so much for sharing such helpful information. I’m just starting my journey into surface pattern design. I know you use photoshop vs. adobe illustrator. Can you tell me why and what you feel are the downsides to AI?
I really enjoy your TH-cam videos. Your content is full of helpful information! Many many thanks!!❤
I’m so glad you’re finding my videos helpful!! 🫶🏼 I personally prefer Photoshop and other raster-based programs because I really like the painterly/handmade/hand-painted look, and I feel like when you use vectors, you inevitably lose a lot of that. Don’t get me wrong, there is soooo much beautiful vector artwork out there! It’s just not really my style! AI is still a really powerful program, though, and one of my favorite things about learning the “Adobe language” is that a lot of the skills you learn by using one software are super applicable in other Adobe applications too. Does that answer your question?
@@pepostudios very helpful!! Thank you! I feel like I may lean towards Photoshop as well. My journey began with painting watercolors so keeping the hand-panted vibe in my patterns is important to me as well.
Many thanks again! Have a wonderful day! ❣️
Thank you for sharing - I have just ordered my refurbished ipad Pro. It's smaller than yours, as I was thinking that the bigger one might be too big. Mine is 11inch and has 256GB. I bought it also to learn how to use Procreate as it looks like an amazing program to learn and play around with. Was setting up the ipad straight forward? I also wanted to invest in the Affinity suite. Thanks for the recommendation of Mel Armstrong's classes. I have bookmarked them in my Skillshare. She has so many! It's a bit overwhelming. Do you create your patterns big enough so you don't need to vectorise?
I think the 11” will be great in terms of portability! Setting up the iPad was super straightforward 🙌🏼 I’m also curious to play with Affinity Designer! Haha it’s true that Mel has a bunch of classes, but honestly just do one at a time and you’ll learn sooo much. Also - yes! I typically create my patterns on a very large canvas and using a very high dpi so I can keep them in raster.
@@pepostudios I am completely new to surface pattern design and am watching a lot of different tutors. I just hope my ipad has enough space!
@@Helenkawhitedesign I bet it will! You might have to move files around once it starts to fill up, but that’s totally doable!
I work in watercolours and Procreate. I love both but even when I work with traditional materials, Procreate comes in handy. Sometimes it can be tricky to cut my painted elements from the background in Photoshop, especially if they're very detailed or the paper is heavily textured. I now use Procreate to cut them all out with the eraser tool. The end results are so much better than when I do it in P/S.
Love it! I’ll definitely play around with using Procreate with my traditional artwork too. It seems like a super versatile and very powerful tool!
I've been binge-watching your videos since yesterday. lol. Can we use Procreate to digitize our traditional watercolor work like Photoshop or Illustrator? I don't have Photoshop or Illustrator. But I do have Procreate.
Omg, I’m so flattered!! Hope you’ve been enjoying my videos haha 😆 You know, that’s a great question and it has been on my list of things to figure out! I know there are people who do it, I just haven’t done it myself yet! I’ll definitely play around with this and odds are good that I’ll post some kind of update once I’ve figured it out!
@@pepostudios I hope you can figure it out. You have a great way of explaining things, and you are very pleasant & happy. So I would rather learn from you if you are going to make a video about it.
I do vector based patterns way more than not, i use procreate and then use adobe capture to vectorise then take them to affinity designer or illustrator.
I definitely want to play around with affinity designer because I’ve seen so many people use it before! I’m really looking forward to continuing to learn about everything the iPad can do 🙌🏼
Fresco has vector brushes,even the free version allows you to work with vectors and then you can build the final in Illustrator or Affinity
@@Helenjojoful love it!!
Hello! I'm shopping iPads and am wondering which Apple pencil you use. I see the pro model is quite pricey. Is it necessary? Thanks so much for sharing so much helpful content!
I use the 2nd gen pencil! One of the big benefits of the pro is that it has more computing power than the other models, which means you can use way more layers in your Procreate files. If you don’t work in a lot of layers, you can definitely get away with a non-pro version! I also 100% recommend buying used instead of new. My iPad was basically in new condition, but I bought it secondhand from somebody. Not only does that save you money, but it’s much less wasteful than buying new ☺️
@@pepostudios thank you so much! Since I know absolutely nothing about Procreate, which is of course why I'm purchasing the iPad, I think the 2nd gen pencil will be perfect for me. Many many thanks again! 😍😍
First commenter extreme 3000 reporting for duty love the new background
LOL success!!! 🫶🏼
Did you use a watercolor paper background ?? I am on the treadmill
While watching without glass 😅
Yes! I used a brush pack from Drifter Studio that came with a watercolor paper background. Enjoy your walk/rub! Lol 🏃🏼♀️
Awesome! I will check it out 😊
Hey where's the info on the screen protector? I don't see anything in the notes below.
Ah, thanks for flagging this!! Updated now! And here’s a direct link to the one I got: amzn.to/3xXbbTW
(I think this is an affiliate link just FYI!!)
@@pepostudios Thank youuuu!!!!
You're gonna catch flack from other watercolor artists, saying it isn't really watercolor. At least I did ...lol.
@@AndeeSaraDesigns haha, I’ll be ready for ‘em! I’m okay with it not being “real” watercolor because it’s still artwork I made with my own two hands and that came out of my brain soooo 🤷🏻♀️
@pepostudios That's what I said too!!! I still have to know how watercolor looks and "acts" on paper to be able to replicate the effect!!
Another great perk of this iPad, you can probably write it off on your taxes 😎
SO true