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1. Introduction: Hello, everyone. Welcome
to another tutorial. In this video, I am going
to show you how to create this very trendy distressed
denim design using Procreate. Before we proceed,
make sure to download the attached files included
for this tutorial, which is the precious and
then the color palette. But you can definitely use your own color palette if
you have any. So yeah.
2. Adding The Text: What I'm going to do
first is to add my text, add wrench icon ad, and then add text and then Mama. In case you're wondering,
the one that I'm using here, it's called AlphaSabO
I'm not sure if I downloaded this or
if it's part of the stock font of Procreate, but you can go ahead
and check it out. If you can find it,
you can probably find one that is already here. But you want to make sure
that you are choosing the chunky or the bold font. But you'll probably be able
to search for that as well. It's very easy. We
have the word Mama, all in capital letter. What you want to do next is to put it at the
center, just like that. Then while on your selection
tool, go to freeform, and then I want to make
it taller. Really tall. Because if you search on at C, the This is one of the trending font,
but it's really tall. I probably want to make
it a little bit thinner. I mean, I want to
compress it a little bit. So I think that should be good. All right. And the next
thing that we are going to do Oops, let me
just delete that. Just forget about the layer one, okay? So this is
our font, right? So you want to duplicate it, and then on your duplicated one, tap it and then set it to
rasterize so we can change the color to black. Okay. And if you want to change
the color to black, just set it to Alpha lock by using two fingers,
swipe it to the right. That's the shortcut
for Alpha la, then you can feel
the color like that. But you want to
make sure to turn off the alpha lock after. Now it's the lower one, the one underneath
is already in black. So our next will be, I have my shortcut here for Gaussian blur by
pressing this one, and if you don't
know how to do it, I'm going to provide
you the shortcut. In one maybe in the future, but don't be confused
if you see me pinching this and then the quick
menu pops up here. But the shortcut,
that's the shortcut, but the way to do it is to go, it's the one icon and
then look for Gaussian, where is it Guzzi and blur. There you go. We
want to set it to Guzzi and blur and then keep swiping to the right until you reach around 12%.
You can play around. It's totally up to
you. Then after that, let's go to Selection Tool, make sure your automatic is on, and then color fill is on, and your color should be black. Then we tap on top of the text, not outside, but on top of the text. Tap it just like that. Okay. And then you
want to make sure that you don't go over 100% because it's or 99% because it's going to fill out
your entire screen. If that happens, you
can always go back. Just like that,
see what happens. But it should be around
89% is fine. Maybe more. Whoops. Whoops. There you go. 90% for me is fine. I want to make sure
that I'm covering all the holes in here.
So that should be good. What I want to do next
is to add a layer on top and then clipping mask
and set my color to gray. I can probably add
this gray here. Gray. And then the blend mode, this is called the blend mode. We want to set it to hard light. And then go to your brush, look for felt and then do this. You can see this is like a felt, but you will understand
later why I added this one. Okay. Now, what we
want to do next, we can merge these
together, these two.
3. Adding Denim Texture and Stitch: Now what we want to do next, we can merge these
together, these two. Yeah. And then what
we want to do next is to add a layer on
top of our mama, which is the text and
then clipping mask and then look for the
brush that is denim. Now, what you want to do
here is to change the color, change the color to lighter
lighter blue, just like that. Then the layer three, let's set it to multiply. The layer on top of your text. Let's set it to multiply
and then make sure to select the darkest blue. Now, again, we have the denim. We want to brush it over here. If you're not satisfied with
the texture of the denim, there is a way for
you to change it. You can go to your brush, select the denim and
then go to grain. You can adjust the size of the grain or the denim texture. So let me show you
the difference. This is what it looks
like right now, and I adjusted it
to a smaller grain. Now this looks smaller
like the grain of the denim, if that makes sense. Also, if you're
still not satisfied, you can duplicate this one, it's just going to get darker, I think I like this one better. I like the darker one better or if you think it's too dark, you can always play
around with the opacity. I think this one's good. Then I'm not going to
merge anything yet, so I'm just going to
keep adding layers. I'm just going to rename them
so you won't get confused, This is denim whoops. Then this is also denim. Now, add a layer on top and
then clipping mask again. You actually don't have to
clip this, but it's fine. You will see if it's
visible or not. I think I like that color. Yeah, that's good. What I want to do
next is to again, grab the running stitch and you want to make sure
to add a layer on top. We can rename this stitch. Okay. And then just do this. You can add one here. If you cannot control how it
looks or the angle of it, you can always stop
and then whoops, free hand, color fill off. You can always select
it and then rotate because sometimes it goes like this and you
can't control it. So you can always use the
selection tool to fix it. I hate it when it does
that. Sorry about that. But anyway, let's continue. So you get what
I'm doing, right? I'm adding the stitch. And if you think the stitch is too big, you can always change
the size of it, but I have the middle size. I only need one here. So I can remove this, right? And I can move this
here a little bit. You know, it takes time, but
it's a really nice design. And if you're if you get the hang of it,
it's going to be quicker. I definitely do this quicker
when I'm not talking, but, yeah, I want to make sure that
you're getting every detail. So I'm pretty sure you understand what I
am doing right now, right? I'm adding the stitch. So what I want to do
now is to go ahead and add the stitch with everything, and
then I will come back. And if you're following
along right now, you can definitely pause it too, and we will all go back with the stitch already
added on our design. Also, I want to add
that just keep going. You don't have to
complicate it or you don't have to overthink it, right? Because if you're
having stitches that are going on
different directions, just ignore it for now and then just keep adding
until the last one, and then later on,
you can go back to fix them using the
selection tool. For example, you want
to fix this like that. You get the idea,
right? So, yeah. Also, I want to add
just so I can be clear if we have beginners
here in Procreate, right? So if you tap and hold just like the regular
brush, if you hold it, it's going to be
you're going to get the straight line and
if you want to fix it, you want to make sure to tap edit line before it disappears. So that will give you
the straight line. Now we have the same
letters, right? So you don't have to do it manually just
duplicate it and then move it to this
to the other two. You're basically going to
be doing the same thing. So just so I can
help you save time, but then go ahead and pause
this video and follow along.
4. Adding Embroidery and Frayed Yarn: Okay, so now that we are
done, adding the stitch, what we want to do next
is to add a layer on top, and we are going to
name it embroidery. Embroidered embroidery or
embroidery. Yeah, embroidery. Now we are going to select the blue color with
the darkest one, and we are going to get
the messy embroidery. But I'm going to give
you another option here. Right now, if you can see the embroidery design
here, it's messy, which means that the sizes of the thread are not the same, but some of my friends they
told me that they prefer using the better not better, but same even sizes. What you want to do
is you can duplicate this and then select it
and then go to dynamics. Then when it comes
to speed size, Then opacity jitter size, you just have to
set it to zero so that no matter what the speed
is, it's going to be even. I'm going to show
you the difference. But I like it messy
and even the color, the color actually changes
when it depends on your speed. So if you want it even
regardless of your speed, then you can go ahead and
mess up with the speed. Under dynamics, but
I like it messy. But I'm telling you now
with this kind of design, you actually cannot tell
if it's even or not. But in the future, if
you want to create a different design where you can actually
see the difference, then you can go
ahead and do that. So this is not messy, so whoop. I'm just going to
name it embroidery. But I'm going to use that, so I'm going to put it under just so you know how to
change your brushes, but I'm going to use the
embroidery messy one. With the color, I'm
probably going to play around which one's better.
I think that's good. Now with this one, we have to be really careful not
to cover the stitch. If you find it difficult
on your next round, you can even put the embroidery design first
before you add the stitch. But if you really cannot
control your hand, what you want to do is to add a layer on top over here
and then unclip it. These do unclips
but they're fine. They don't need to be
clipped on your text, right? And then you can go
like this, like that. Again, this doesn't
have to be perfect. Just go over it.
Then for example, I'm going to give
you an example. You notice that this one, this part of it here, for example, it was too far
from the edge like that. You don't have to undo it. You just go to
your liquefy tool, which is again under
the one tool and then go to Liquefy just like that. Make sure you push
size should be covering this part and you
can just push it to fix it. You don't have to undo
because I know it can be annoying to if you keep
undoing your work, you can just go ahead and do it, and then later, you
can go back and fix whatever needs fixing. Right? I hope it makes sense. So just like that.
And don't be too perfectionist about it because I'm going to show you later. We are going to
cover this anyway. It depends on you. If you
want this design, it's okay. You can just stop after
adding your embroidery. But the design that I'm showing
you right now is like it has the frayed or distressed
design right, like that. Now, if you want to
duplicate this, that's fine. Yep. Oops. Just make it higher a little
bit. That's great. You want to make
sure that you're not merging anything yet, and I'm going to show you later. I'm going to show you why. So this is embroidery
embroidery one. Actually, we can
merge these two. Sorry about that.
Embroidery. Okay, that's our embroidery design. Okay. Now we want to go to
our distressed yarn. And here we add a layer on
top of this embroidery, and you can name it distressed
or frayed, actually. Frayed. Yarn. I don't know why I named it distress,
but it should be frayed. It's actually should be
under the embroidery, frayed yarn, and then
make sure it's not clip. Now, when it comes
to your color, we have the primary color
and secondary color here. The primary color, I'm going
to show you the difference. If you add primary
color and secondary, it's going to be a mixture
of whatever you choose. I want to make my
secondary color whiter, it's going to give me more
blue color than the white. It's like a mixture,
so it's not solid blue because when
it comes to denim, I don't know if you
notice that it's not perfect or solid blue. It's like a combination
of blue and white, but this is totally it totally depends
on your preference. So I also want to
remind you that selecting if you're changing the color of your
secondary color, you want to make sure to
go back to your primary before you start
using your brush. And if you don't want the
brush opacity to vary, you can always turn
it off to zero or the size if you're
trying to explore, you want to make sure that
you're duplicating it or you can always download
the original one. But yeah. I'm going to choose the color, the darkest one and
then I'm going to choose a bluish white here, but not too white, if
you know what I mean. We are on frayed yarn. I don't know if I
spelled it right. Now, when it comes to the size, you can definitely play around
with the size of the yarn. Whoops, I think I went over. I went over. It's okay. I can always erase it later. I like that. All right. No, that's not the
end. You can duplicate it. And I want to add one
more, but this time, I want to make it solid blue. There you go. I want to
add a solid blue one, but it's gonna be on
a different layer. This one totally depends
on your preference, okay? Let's not forget about that. You have your own taste
when it comes to art. This is just how I want mine. And if you guys notice the trend right now
is imperfect one, so you don't have to worry
about making it too perfect because people now are more
drawn into imperfect designs. If you notice we have
empty ones here like that. So it doesn't look weird. I think that's so cute. And the background,
which is this one, you have the option to
turn it off, but for me, I think it's better
if it has that, especially if I
want to put it on a different colored
background later. You probably will not be able to see it if you don't
have the background. So that's the purpose
of that. See? I'd love to have that
background still so it's still visible on a
different colored background. Okay. Now, what I want to do with my embroidery
design actually. In my embroidery, let's
see the difference. I will duplicate
that one and then go to black and then
Alpha lock Woops. Alpha lock and then fill layer. You can see the difference. If it has a black
background, it's more solid. But it's totally up to you. So, yeah, I think it's cute.
5. Adding Distressed Design: And if you want to add the freight design or
the distressed design, you can add another
layer on top, go to the white
color and then look for the distressed yarn. Yeah, this one, yarn
distressed. Yep. So just add this random strokes. You can even change the color, make it a little blue, and make it thinner maybe. Just like that. Then add another layer on top. Let me just add
another layer on top and then you don't have to
set it to clipping mask, and then you can select the embroidery again and then you can play
around with the color. I think it's too big. You can
play around with the color. I think that's good. You can always change
the color later. And if you think it's
too big, free form. Set it like that,
and then adjust it. And those excess here, you can always delete those. Delete the excess,
just like that. But I think I want to make
the color of this darker. Maybe darker is better. Um let's see the perfect one. You can always zoom out to see if you can see
the design or not. Maybe I want to duplicate this. Yeah, I can see it. And also, again, I want to
add the freight design, and I can put it
in between them. I want to make it dark blue with the
secondary color white. I hope this is not too much. I hope it's not
confusing for you guys. You can always pause and
then take note of the step. I noticed that for me, taking note of the step
really helps me so much in remembering. Yeah,
I think that's good. See how cute it is. It's like
distressed denim design. If you want to add
more over here. I'll go ahead and do that and then I'll show you
the final result. You can go ahead
and pause and then go back for you to follow along. Now I only added two so far, but yeah, this is
how cute it is. You can sell this as PNG. People are now looking
for this design. Now, what I want to do
right here, don't forget, don't merge anything yet because you want to make
this your template. I am a big fan of template because if I want
to keep doing this design, then I don't have to start
from scratch all the time. So duplicate this
one and you name this your template,
and don't delete it. Want to do is to
duplicate this one. And I'm going to name this
OG. So I don't delete it. Or you can even save
it in your folders, and I'm not going to touch
that one just for my backup. But again, I have
the template here. This is the one that
I'm going to flatten. And if I sell it, I
want to make sure that the background is off.
6. Curving The Text and Changing Designs: You can also
duplicate it, right. Actually always duplicate
the original one if you want the best
quality of your artwork. Because if you keep duplicating
the duplicated ones, then you're going to
keep losing quality. So flatten this one, and I'm going to have two
different variations. So this one is a straight one. But what if I want
to make it curve? So that's the purpose
of our grid right now. So select or the arrow tool, and then go to warp and I want
to curve it a little bit. So I want to follow this line, so I put it point it on the
center at the center, right? And I want to make
sure to follow the straight line
just a little bit. I don't go like that.
I don't go like that. I have to follow the line that's going to be my guide,
just like that. And for this one, if you want to add if you want to make
your grade smaller, so you can have a line
here that you can follow. But I can see if I'm going way over the line or
way far from there. I'm just using this as my guide. You know what I
mean, right? So at the bottom part, again,
it's the same one. So you see what I did there? Sometimes it's hard to grab
this one and then go upwards. So what you want to
do is to go downwards first and then push it to
the top just a little bit. And then, again, this one, you can almost see it on the screen, but I can see it a little
bit. Push it a little. Push this a little. Let me see. I think I'm
going to push it some more. And this one I definitely want to move this
too a little bit. And I think that's perfect.
That's how I do my curb. Now, if you think
it's too compressed. There you go. I think that's cool.
I think that's cute. Now, you can go ahead and
play around with your color. This is a dark denim design. But what if I want
to make it pink. Let's find a pink color. Always remember that
your base design should be super light. That's pink. It's a light pink, right? But then with this one, I want to go pick a
darker pink for that one. I want to make sure to set
it alpha lock, alpha lock. We want to turn them to
alpha lock like all of them. Okay, so we have
this on Alpha o. We can put it pink, pink and see the difference.
I think it's cute. But then you also want to make
sure that you're changing the color of your
embroidery to pink. I think I want to
make the embroidery darker. Let's see
the difference. There you go. If you
think the black, actually, the black, you
don't have to change it. I think I want to
make it even darker. Fill. There you go. I think the darker
one is better. For this one, I
accidentally merge it. This one, you can
change that too. But I want to be very
honest with you. I accidentally merge these two, so I cannot change sorry, I cannot change them anymore. I will have to redo the color. Let's see what happens
if I drop the color. Where? Where is it? See what happens if I drop
the color pink. You can. I can actually do that. That's
why we need to separate all our layers so we can easily
change the colors later. Um, darker, darker pink. Yeah, I think that's cute. Let's see how this goes. Oops. Did I select the
wrong one? Maybe darker. There you go. And then this one. What am I doing wrong?
Oh, there you go. So I just want to
be very careful. Maybe a little lighter. You can't almost see
it anymore, but again, you can play around
with the color always. So there you go. I have
another version of it, a different color, and I
can duplicate this one. And then flatten it. Now, I have the blue one,
I have the pink one. Now, another thing that
you can do here is instead of the denim,
I can turn these off, add another layer on top, and I can actually insert a different
totally different design. Like if you know how to
create seamless patterns or any kind of patterns,
you can use those. Let me find the leopard. No, I have a very beautiful
leopard here, fall, fall fall patchwork. This one. This is my favorite.
So you can also add here different designs. But again, you want
to make sure that you are changing the colors of each to match the colors of the design file that
you are adding. I'll go ahead and
add another here. You can do better
than this. You can do better than the
colors that I chose. You definitely can pick
the perfect color. But, yeah, that's the
step by step guide. Tips for you. You have to take note of the
steps for you to. You can put it on
writing on your journal, your paper, so you can follow the steps without going
back to the video. But if you want to
watch the video, if it's easier for you that way, if you have a separate device, then you can definitely go back. But if you only have one device, you can take note of the steps. It's easier that way. I would
love to see your output. You can be very playful. I'm going to give you
more brushes here. I'm going to give
you more textures that you can use so
you can play around. I also have here cow prints, Leopard, zebra, happy creating.
Desiree, Digital Illustrator
