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1. Intro: Hi, I'm commercial numerator, designer, procure
artist and teaching. I love creating designs
for last minute gifts. And Christmas is one of
my favorite holidays. In this class, we're going to create a Christmas
tree, a photo collage. This makes a great last minute give to showcase some
of your artwork, photographs, pets, children,
and grandchildren. I'll show you that techniques
and supply you with some resources that you can use to create your
project faster. Or you can create your
own designs from scratch. We'll create a background. We'll add our photo frames, will decorate, and then
we'll add our masterpieces. You can start and use your creativity by curating
your own collection. Don't restrict yourself to
just one holiday either. I'll be using my iPad to procure
app and my Apple Pencil. But you can use a stylus. So if you're ready to create your Christmas tree
photo collage and procreate. Let's get started.
2. Class Project : In this lesson, we'll talk
about a class project. Once we create our size
and our background, I love for you to share it in our class in the
project section. Next, we'll use our photo
frames and choose a layout. Lastly, we'll share a
finished project that will include are inserted
masterpieces inside the frames. In the next lesson,
we'll go over the free resources and
where to find them.
3. Free Resources : In this lesson, we'll go over the free resources and
where to find them. You'll find three different
plant backgrounds. If you choose not
to create your own. You'll find them in the Skillshare
website underneath the project and
resource section. We'll also go over creating these items from scratch
in later lessons. You'll also find a star PNG. Again, if you choose
not to create your own. I've also included
a tree trunk PNG. I supply to photo
frame procreate file. This will have the outer layer and the inner insert layer. We discussed the optional
files you may choose to download if you'd like to save some time from creating
them from scratch. In the next lesson,
we'll talk about some size options
that we need to consider before creating
our photo collage.
4. Size Options: In this lesson, we'll talk about the size options that we need to consider when creating
our Christmas tree, a photo collage. You're going to want to
decide if you're printing it yourself and what size
your printer can handle. If you're going to have it
printed professionally, you're going to need to know
what size your printer can print and whether there is an
up charge or even a delay. You're going to want to think about whether or not
you're going to be using a frame or no frame. Here are just a few
common brain sizes that are available. Let's recap. You're going to want to
consider who's printing it. And if there's going
to be a frame or not. In the next lesson, we'll start creating our plaid background.
5. Background : In this lesson, we'll create a black background for our
Christmas tree photo collage. I supplied three plaid
backgrounds to choose from, but we'll also show you how
to create one from scratch. So you don't care for
applied background. It's okay. You can definitely go with
a solid favorite color or your favorite print texture or floral design
of your choosing. Let's start with
a monoline brush. You can find it in the
calligraphy brushes make a couple of straight
vertical lines like this. Once you have a few,
duplicate the layer and move it in place, merge down. I'm going to
duplicate this layer, alpha lock and fill layer with a different color
and move in place. You may need to duplicate
this layer until you have the design
that suture needs. Merge Down, label
just in case you want to reuse this file later was
a different color palette. Now I'm enlarging my brush, changing my color and drawing
horizontal lines across. Again, I'll draw a few before duplicating the
layer and moving into place. Merge down and label. I'll repeat this using
a different color. You may want to adjust your
background color according to your color palette that you have in mind
for your project. We create an applied background. I also suggested, is it a solid, a print or even a floral
background to your collage? Now's a great time
to add a photo of your background to the project
section of this class. In the next lesson, we'll
create a photo frames.
6. Photo Frames: In this lesson, we'll create some photo frames for
Christmas tree photo collage. We can do this by using a file supply and
creating a stamp, or use a copy and paste method, or even draw your
own from scratch. We're going to start
adding a photo frame by importing this applied
procreate file. Here an instructions listed out. And I'll give you
a quick lesson. Next. Copy Canvas. Tap the brush at the top. Tap the plus symbol, tap shape, tap Edit. Here at the top. Tap Import,
paste, two-finger tab. Then tap properties. Journalists stamp preview. I've just maximum size,
adjustment on size. And change your preview size. And then hit Done. We're going to repeat
the same process for the insert stamp. But first we need to
change the color over. Insert two black, two fingers
swipe right to alpha lock, fill layer with black, copy canvas and
create your stamp using the same method I just showed you how to
create the photo frame. Make sure you rename your brush so you can
find it more easily. Go to About this brush. Rename it, tap down. When you're ready
to use your stamp. Just choose your color and size and make sure you're on
a separate layer and tap. When adding your Insert, make sure you're on
my layer beneath the dataframe.
Change your color. We position, move into place, resize if necessary, group, label, and move into
position a top. Here's the copy
and paste method. Copy. Go back to the background
file and paste. Two-finger swipe
right? Change color, fill layer, move in place,
Add layer underneath. Now go back to your photo
frame file that you imported. Copy the insert layer. Go to your background
file, paste in place. Now group the photo
frame and the insert. Resize and move into position. Don't forget to rename. Draw your own. Here I'll show you how to draw a photo frame from scratch. Choose a monoline brush
and your colored. Draw a rectangle and fill the photo frame
or with your color. Erase a square shape
in the center. Now add a layer below. Change the color. Make sure you label in group, resize, and move
it into position. We discussed three
options of creating our photo frames by using the
Procreate file supplied and creating a stamp by using
the file supply and copy and paste or drawing our own from scratch will
be duplicating this. In our positioning lesson. In the next lesson,
we'll go over our photo frame, positioning.
7. Positioning : In this lesson, we'll go over the positioning
of her photo. Iframes will need to duplicate several these depending
on our layout. I'm just moving around until the finished layout
resembles a shape of a tree. But by all means, you can choose a totally
different layout. I'll show you some variations
in a later lesson. Make sure you rename
the groups as you go. By labeling this will help you with adding
your masterpieces. Later. We duplicated
our photo frame, regrouped, we put into
position, and we labeled. In the next lesson,
we'll go over decorating our collage to make it complete.
8. Decorate : In this lesson, we'll
do some decorating to complete the Christmas
tree photo collage. Look. Let's add a star to
the top of our tree. Or you can import the
PNG file supplied. Make sure at the top of the layers resize
and move in place. Let's add a tree trunk
to the bottom of a tree. We'll add our tree trunk by
using the file supplied. Make sure you are above
the plaid background, but under the reframes, resize and move into position. If you choose not to
use a file supply. Here's a quick review on
creating your own from scratch. We'll start with the
star drove outline. Though with color. Alpha lock. I'm using the willow
charcoal brush that's in the charcoal
procreate brushes add highlights and
shadows and smudge. Here are some instructions. If you want to
draw a tree trunk, you start with the outline. Let's color. Draw some dark squiggly
lines as some highlights. Shadows, alpha lock,
and it's much, make sure you're above
the plaid background. You may want to hide some
of your photo frames by tapping the
checkmark next to them. We discussed adding our star and our tree trunk to decorator
tree by importing the file supplied will be also went over some brief instructions on
drawing our own from scratch. You could also add a bot, lights presence or any
other accessories you want. In the next lesson,
we'll go over some procreate
layering solutions.
9. Layering Solutions: In this lesson, we'll go over some procreate
lettering solutions, depending on the
size we are creating and Procreate and the
iPad capabilities, you may find yourself
out of layers. And we're going to
discuss some solutions. We will need to merge down. You can flatten
your group and once your masterpiece is in place, use a separate file to create your photo frame and
add your masterpiece. Turn off your background, copy canvas, and paste into
your finished product. We discussed about possible
Procreate layering issues along with some solutions. In the next lesson, we'll
start adding our masterpieces.
10. Add Your Masterpieces : In this lesson, we'll start
adding our masterpieces. Here are a few suggestions of masterpieces to help
you get started. We will want to add above the insert and under
the photo frame. We'll import our photo, resize and move in place and change layer
to clipping mask. If your photo is larger
than your Insert, continue until your
photo frames are filled. We need to choose our position. Import the photo
above the insert and below the frame will
also need to change our layer to a clipping mask
if our photo is larger than the insert at your
finished photo collage to the project section
of this class. In the next lesson, I'll show you some
variations to consider.
11. Variations: In this lesson, I'll show you some variations
you might want to consider when creating your
Christmas tree photo class. There are several things
you can choose to get a different variation. Choose your layout, choose your background,
choose your colors. Choose your holiday. Choose your masterpieces. Remember to change
up your background, change your color palette, choose a different holiday, and even change
your masterpieces. In the next lesson, we'll do some recap him.
12. Final Thoughts: I really hope you
enjoyed curating your Christmas tree photo
collage in Procreate. And I hope that you
consider not to restrict yourself to
just this holiday. We discussed background,
photo frames, decorations, and how
to insert your photos. I would really love and appreciate if you
enjoyed this class. If you can take
some time to do the following, share your project, leave a review followed
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Kimber Shook, Artist | Designer | Creator | Teacher
