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1. Canvas Size, Brushes And Color Palette: To this class, we
will be creating a simple and beautiful
holiday card using Procreate. Your design will count
as a class project, so make sure to share it. You can use a letter size canvas or an A four depending
on your region. This size folds
nicely into a card. Go to resources and
find the color palette. Then go to your files, tap on it, and it sure appear right there
in your palettes. We will use Procreate
build on brushes. You can find the gB pencil in sketching and shell
brush in calligraphy. Now, for my card, this
is the typeface I use. I share it in resources, but you can use your own
handwriting as well. Okay, let's begin.
2. Poinsettia : We're going to start
by drawing a circle. It doesn't have to be perfect. You can let Procreate
correct it if you want, and we are going to resize it a little because
we're going to need a much bigger circle later on. Draw a little.in the
center of your circle and then draw six lines like so.
This will be our petals. Just make sure they are
evenly distributed. Now, we're going to
go to our layers and lower the opacity just enough so you can see it and create a new
layer on top of fain. We are going to use
the lines we created before as a reference so
we can create our petals. They don't have to be perfect. Remember that nothing
in nature is. So it's okay if your petals
end up a little bit wonky. But of course, feel free to correct them if
you wish to do so. And we're going to end up
having something like this. Now swipe left and
duplicate the layer. Now, we're going to
resize that second layer, make sure that the
centers align, and then we're going to
move it a little bit, so the big petal sits right in between the two
little petals. Our next step is
really important. We have to rename our
layers to avoid confusion. I'm going to name
the small circle as center and the
bigger one as outer. Then we're going to
create a new layer. I'm going to name it
outer color or outer C. And lower the opacity of the outer layer just
enough so you can see it, select this red color
and pick shell brush. Now, shell brush offers a little bit of
resistance when painting. And if this is something you
don't like, let's fix that. So go to brush properties, tap on stabilization, and lower the amount as
much as you like. You can later reset
that if you wish. And now comes the fun part. We're just going to color in the petals that we
created before. I like to trace over the shapes and then
color everything in. Now, this brush is meant to
look a little bit distressed. So there may be a few
gaps in the color, and that's completely okay. I actually think that gibs are design, a lot of character. And I personally
think that it makes the coloring process a
lot of fun, as well. Okay? Our flower looks
something like this, and now we're going
to repeat the steps we've just done with
the center layer. Create a new layer,
and let's name it centers or center color. Lower the opacity of
the center layer. Now let's pick this
layer red color. And we're going to
repeat the steps. We're going to
create the shapes. Well, that's how
I like to do it. And then we're going
to color everything. Don't worry if we
look a bit wonky or if they are not
perfectly symmetrical. And we have something like this. Now go to your layers
and make sure that center and outer layers
are both visible. You can adjust opacities
here if you want, but I personally like
them with low opacities. Let's create a new layer, and we're going to
name it in details. Let's pick this burgundy color, and let's pick HB pencil. Now, we're going to
create a little dot right here in the
center over flower, and we're going to outline
just our first petal. For our second petal, we're going to replicate
this curve right here. It's a curve that goes upwards. But as you can see
for the third petal, this one goes inwards. So it will go like that, an
inward and an outward petal. And we're going to end up
with something like this. You can delete the little
circle if you want, and then we're going
to trace lines that go right
through our petals. We're going to do the same for our outer flower or out petals. Then for our center petals, we're going to draw
two lines like this. Just make sure they're
just a pair of them because we don't want to create
an overwhelming pattern. And we're going to draw this
in all our center petals. We're going to repeat the
process with the outer ones, but we're just going to
draw one pair of lines. And we're going to end up
with something like this. Now, create a new layer, and we're going to
call it details too. I like to do this in
case that I want to delete anything from our
previous layer of details. Now, with the same
burgundy color, we're going to shade a
little bit of our petals, but only the ones
that go outwards. And we're going to repeat
with the outer petals. Now, you can also just create lines that go up and
down, if you wish. I actually like how
both look together. So I'm going to lower the
opacity of the lines. I actually think that gives
it a lot of dimension. I'm going to create a new layer and I'm going to call
it details three. Then I'm going to pick this
yellow color and HB pencil, and we're going to
create little circles, make sure they're
different in size. I think that gives a lot of character to the
center over flower. I'm just going to trace
the lines here in the middle so it doesn't look
that empty in the middle. And this is our flower. To keep everything organized, we're going to
create a new group. So select your layers
and swipe right, create a new group, and we're
going to name it pointsia. And we're done with our
first element for our card. Let's create a new layer
for our new element.
3. Leaves: Okay, let's make the second
element for our card. In our new layer,
we're going to create a little sketch using this
blue color and the HB pencil. Draw a line that
is slightly curve and then another one
creating a V shape. Then we're going to
create little leaves using this teardrop shape. The secret here is to create these shapes
in different sizes. This will make it look more
dynamic and interesting. We're going to make sure
that both lines that we created before are covered
in leaves. Like so. Let's create a new layer and lower the opacity of our sketch, and we're going to name
the new layer color. Now we're going to
select this lighter green and shell brush, and we're going to
color our sketch just to make sure that you're coloring in the right layer. As we did previously, we're going to trace over our sketch, and then we're going
to color everything. When I want my coloring to look a little bit
more distressed, I like to lower the
size of my brush, and if I want my color to
look a little bit more even, I use a bigger sized brush, and it's going to look
something like this. Now pick the burgundy color
and create a new layer. We are going to name
this one details. And then select HB pencil. Now we're just going to redraw the first lines that we drew, and then we're going to draw straight lines that go
through the little leaps. I like to leave a little
gap at the top of the leaf, so I don't go all the
way through the leaf. Now we're gonna
pick a red color, and we're gonna continue
drawing with the HB pencil. And as we just before, we're gonna draw circles, and we're going to make sure that they are different size. Shellbush doesn't
create nice circles, so that's why I'm
using HB pencil first. But then we're
going to use shell brush to car everything in. Now, you can pick this off white color and then
create a new layer, and we're going to
name it details two. We're going to use the
HB pencil for this. Now, we're just going to create highlights by tilting
your Apple pencil, or you can just
create lines going up and down as we did before. Then we're going to
create a new layer, and we're going to
name it Details three. We're going to pick
this darker green, and we're going to carry on
working with a tree pencil, and we're just going
to create lines up and down without lifting
the pencil up. This is going to
create a really nice but subtle shadowing
in our leaves, and this is a final result. We are going to group our
layers by swiping right, clicking on Group,
and we're going to name this layer leaves. And this is our second element, and we're ready to
work on our third.
4. Holly : Our third element
is the easiest one. Pick HB pencil and
draw straight line. Let's draw a wider
petal like so. Then we're going to
lower the opacity a little bit and
create a new layer. Using the petal
shape as a template, we're going to draw
three little spikes that resemble mountains. Then swipe left and
duplicate that layer. Now, tap on the arrow icon. So this menu pops up. Tap, flip horizontal
and rearrange so the top and the bottom
of both figures coincide. Create a new layer and
name it color three and lower the opacity
of your template. We're going to outline our
figure as we did before, but now we are going to duplicate this layer and
rearrange it as we did before. We're going to merge it, and now we're going to
color everything in. And it's going to look
something like this. Now, using the shill brush, draw a line across our leaf, and we're going to group our
layers as we've done before, and we're going to
name this one Hule. And this is it. Now we're ready to create our card design.
5. Putting Everything Together: Before we start, I highly suggest you to
duplicate your file. We are going to
flatten our groups, and I think it's important to
have a backup just in case. Tap on the winged icon,
then go to Canvas, select drawing guide, and
then edit drawing guide. Now pick symmetry. This is where our card will
be folded. Tap on layers. If one of the layers
says assisted, tap on that layer and make sure the drawing
assistant is off. Now, we're going to
duplicate each one of the layers and we're going
to create a new group. We're going to
name it originals, and we're going to keep a copy of each element in this group. We are doing this because
from now onwards, we can only size
down our elements. Otherwise, they'll turn
out really pixelated. Let's place our flour
right in the middle. Then we're going to
duplicate or holly leaves. Two or three will do. Move them under the flour layer. If you're having issues
positioning your leaves, make sure that magnetics
is not selected. I'm going to size them down. If you select the flower and the holly leaves layers,
you can move them together. Now wrench icon,
add and add text. I'm just going to
write something real quick like happy holidays, and then I can play
around with a text. Now select the little
leaves and duplicate them. We are going to need
one for each corner. So we're gonna flip them, duplicate them and place them
right here in the corners. To avoid confusion, and
in case you need to move any of these elements,
we're gonna rename them. Personally, I went for
right down, left up, and so on, but I highly recommend naming
all of your layers. Now, we're going to
create a new layer, and we're going to
name it details. Select yellow and HB pencil. Create a new layer and draw little circles in places that you consider that
looked quite empty. Then lower the opacity. We're going to draw some
sparkles by drawing across and then
drawing curved lines, and then we can color them
in for a different sparkle. We're going to
create a cross and then an X right in the middle. Draw a combination of both in the spaces where you
drew the circles. And again, I recommend you to draw them in
different sizes. Now, go to your palette
and select one of the red colors that you've got and just draw a little dots. This will make the color
palette look more cohesive. Delete the layer you created to map out the sparkles
and create a new layer. I want to place my
signature here. So I'm going to name
the new layer heart because I'm going to
draw a little heart. I'm going to just color it in and then I'm going to sign it. Now, when we fold our card, this is going to
look upside down. So let's make sure
to flip it in a way that it looks like this
when our card is open. Make sure everything is
aligned. And this is it. We're nearly over. You can
print it out like that, or if you want, go to Layers background and tap
on the off white color. And this is it. Your card
is ready to be printed. Thank you for joining
in this class. Please upload your card to
the project gallery. Sees it?
Karla Alcazar, Illustrator and Teller of Tiny Stories
