The Beginner's Guide to Digital Art with Procreate on iPad! (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics of digital art on your iPad with these step-by-step lessons for Procreate, a powerful digital art app!
Created by: Kurt Michael Russell
Last updated May 2024
What you will learn
- Students will understand how to use Procreate's powerful art tools.
- Students will learn a workflow, step-by-step, that works for many types of art - comics, manga, cartoons, & more!
- Students will be able to use Procreate's built in recording features to create fun time-lapse drawings and paintings - great for sharing on social media!
How it compares
Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 76% of them
- Reviews2,617#14 of 176 by number of reviews
- Length3.4 hoursshorter than 55% of them
- Last updatedMay 2024more recently than 74% of them
Course Description
This in-depth, step-by-step course will show you all the basics of working with Procreate on the iPad. Procreate is a powerful application that rivals and, in some cases, outperforms the much pricier competition. I even use it in my professional work for comic book publishers like Image Comics and Top Cow.
You'll learn how to use...
- ...Procreate tools to create line art or colored illustrations - all in real-time! No time-lapses here!
- ...Skills that can carryover into almost any type of art - from comic books to manga to cartoons or web-comics.
- ...Procreate to get you up to speed quickly with easy to follow lessons from a professional.
Whether you are looking to draw or color just for fun or for work, this course will save you a tremendous amount of time by teaching you what it takes to make art with Procreate and have some fun while you're doing it!
In additions to the hours of video lessons, the course also includes:
- a copy of the actual Procreate file used throughout the course, so you can dissect and learn about it from the inside! (You can even watch, rewind, or fast-forward the time-lapse included with the file!)
- Custom, specialized brushes to import into Procreate on your iPad.
- Tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts!
More bullet points!
- Work at your own pace. There's no need to rush, since there's no time limits.
- Learn simple, but effective techniques for making art with Procreate on the iPad.
- If digital art has been intimidating or if you just couldn't figure out where to start, this is a great place for you!
- The workflow I teach is designed to be simple and efficient - something anyone looking to work in production art will appreciate!
I've created multiple courses over the last four years and taught thousands of students worldwide. You can expect top notch video & audio quality with views of my iPad screen AND my hands, so you can see exactly how everything is done from multiple perspectives - including Procreate's many useful gestures.
NOTE: Many, if not most, of the techniques taught in the course work on other drawing and painting applications, such as Photoshop, Clip Studio, Paintstorm, etc. This course will feature Procreate 4 on an iPad Pro. The Apple Pencil is only compatible with iPad Pro.
So join me! I hope to see you there, and I'd love to help you get started down the path to becoming a great digital artist.
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Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
2,617 Reviews
Kurt Michael Russell
Hi! I have been working professionally as a comic book colorist since 2011 and teaching digital coloring online on YouTube since 2013.
I learned about coloring the hard way early on, and I do my best to make sure that no one else has to take the same route I did! I'm still always learning new things and try to bring you guys along with me.
As of 2020, I've colored over a hundred books for publishers such as DC, Image, Vault, Dynamite, Chaos, Top Cow, IDW, Oni, and many others.
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Reviews
By Luminous1 on 4/18/2023
I bought procreate a couple of years ago but just now decided to play with it to use as a design tool for my 2D multimedia art. This course was a great introduction. I think I will go back and view it multiple times because procreate has a lot of capability and for someone new to digital art, it's going to take some time to fully grasp everything. The teacher is terrific. Thank you.
By Sam M on 6/29/2021
This course is absolutely great for someone who's just getting into digital art! It's a great rundown of the program with really helpful hints and really helps you get over the learning curve of using a new art program. Kurt goes over the basics of art as well which I'm looking forward to exploring more in the rest of his courses! Amazing stuff.
By Marian on 1/17/2021
Thank you for providing this course. All of the elements of the course were easy to understand and have provided the basic skills necessary for me to start practising digital art. As a novice with programmes like these I found that I was having to pause the course at the beginning in order to see exactly what was going on. By the time I had reach maybe a quarter of the way through I found it easier to understand. I would have preferred to have had more guidance on using more artistic effects. As an amateur artist I found the concentration on comic book art limiting. Apart from the above comment I have gained confidence in moving around the programme and I have managed to create something of my own from the lessons given. Thank you.
By Michael Williams on 11/7/2020
I love it, it works great and is very helpful.
By Henriette on 10/24/2020
Ive only just started, but Im really enjoying the course so far. The pace is good for me as a beginner and everything is explained clearly. I like the friendly relaxed way it is taught.
By Hannah Wagner on 10/22/2020
Im completely new to procreate and learning to draw in general, and this course made everything seem so much less intimidating. Everything was clear and concise, easy to follow, and enjoyable to watch ?
By Christine Smith on 10/12/2020
New to Procreate and digital art and found the introduction to the functionality very helpful before getting started on some digital artwork. Particularly enjoyed the latter part of the course showing the process of developing work from draft sketching to completion.
By Colin Watson on 10/11/2020
Slow and easy good presentation skilled ?????
By Daniel on 10/8/2020
Very good class. Easy to follow and a lot of info.
By Neil Myers on 10/5/2020
Good balance between tool and process. I know many tools but struggle with a workflow on how to apply them. This was good for me.
By Raimundo Alvarez-Nededog on 9/21/2020
I really enjoyed this course. The instructor is clear, and gives many examples. He also doesn't take himself too seriously. He shows that know matter how long you have been doing something that you can and will still make mistakes and that's ok. I learned a lot from this course and will be starting his Advanced course this afternoon. If you want to learn the basics and some cool tips and tricks in Procreate, this is definitely the course to take.
By Brandy Ross on 9/17/2020
Love it. Been playing with procreate for only a couple of weeks. This class was amazing and I learned a bunch of new features.
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