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1. Class introduction : Who doesn't love animals? They can be better
than real friends. Sometimes. That's better than making your favorite fairy
friend, the portrait gift. The IY projects like these just puts DOI until your heart. In this class we're
gonna do a bunch of fun stuff with
Procreate on your iPad. I will first show you how
can you turn the photo of your pet into simple shapes
to easily cartoon eyes it. Then we will make the
color blocking for this catch you'll
come up with and then add the special
touches and effects all the way to the
final masterpiece of your favorite friend. This class is for all levels. You'll be able to follow
along easily and I'll be walking you step-by-step
through each lesson. So by the end of this class, you're going to have a
pretty portrait of your pet. Just snap a photo of your
favourite best friend. Grab your iPad and pencil, and let's get started.
2. Class project: Before we head to
the first lesson, let me first tell you
what you will need to start working
on your project. The project for our
class is really easy. All you need to
have with your iPad and pencil and Procreate app. And of course, you can work with any software that you
will prefer to draw with. Then you will need
to snap a photo of your favorite pet friend, and then you will start working. Once you're done with
your pet portrait, or what they need to
do is just to head to the project section
below the class, create a new project,
upload your artwork to be able to share this with me and
with your fellow students. And of course, don't hesitate
to post any question or suggestion you have in
the discussion board below. And it'll be more than happy
to help you and answer that. Now that we're done with
the class project details, let's now start with
the first lesson.
3. Rough Sketch : So for the first
lesson of this class, Let's start with opening a
new document in Procreate, and then grab the
photo of your pet. Let's now take the opacity
for this a little bit down and create a new
layer above that. And with a red color and
any brush you prefer. Let's just analyze the
main shapes for your pet. Now for this case, we have this oval shape face and we have the two years and the
eyes, and it's nostril. Let's continue
working on the body. Just like this. We will analyze where
everything is going. Just by tracing
your photo is very easy so that we can know
where everything is. Alright, let's now
create a new layer and start customizing
this a little bit. As you can see, I'm
trying to exaggerate all the lines that we've done earlier by tracing the photo. I'm just making the
head of bed bigger. Putting the nose
up a little bit, making cute big eyes. Just to make the photo
more keratinized. Just like that. It's a really nice tip and
it will make it easy for you to create a rough sketch
for your pet to continuous. Alright. Just very simple lines. Just like this. The nose, big ears, big eyes, and try to mimic
the lines that we traced on the photo
for the body, just make it very simple. And maybe the tail like this. As you can see, I
just simplified everything. You
don't have to draw. All the legs are details that I have from the photo adjust that. Just keep it very simple. And maybe a cute
little cheeks here. And that's it. That's all for the initial
rough sketch for your pet. And now let's head to the
next lesson to see how can we refine this sketch
and to make it better.
4. Refined Sketch: Now that we've finished
our rough sketch, Let's now work on that sketch to refine
it a little bit more. Alright, we will
take the opacity down and then we will create
a new layer above that. And with the dark
color that you prefer, Let's take this brush
just like this. And we will start tracing the rough sketch and try
to refine it a bit more. The steps really central
because it makes it easy for you to block your
colors and the next lesson. So just take your time and keep tracing your rough sketch. Alright. You can of course, rotate your drawing in Procreate just to make
it easier for you to trace the lines better with a comfortable and
steady hands. Right? I created this. I just duplicated this. Now the pupils, the nostril. And remember it's a
keratinized portraits, so you don't have to stick to any real proportions for real
animal anatomy or anything. You just keep it
nice and simple. And of course you can express your pet with anything
that you want. And it just has anything
unique to it and how it looks. You just can emphasize
this feature in him and the sketch. This will make it
so much unique to it and it will be
very nice to it. Alright, let's continue. And now that we've
furnished with this, Let's create a new layer below
that and make this circle. Alright. I just duplicated the
layer of the sketch. And I closed one, and I just deleted
this part as f, the pads just popping
out of this circle. Alright, let's continue. Now I created a new
layer and I will take the opacity down a little
bit for this circle, I created a new
layer to make like a wreath of flowers
all around the pet. Will make it so cute and it will really look nice
when we color this. For the flowers, you can just
draw some simple flowers. Or if you simply
search on Pinterest or Google images for flowers. And you can trace them or try to mimic that
with your pencil. And now let's just make a
shape to put its name later. And let's continue
drawing the flowers and the plants we have
here. Alright. Just keep it very simple to keratinized portrays it doesn't have to be real or anything. Just keep it cute and sample. All right, let's continue and
maybe delete these lines. And let's create a new
layer to write the name. I'll call it Garfield cat. Bite. Maybe to little hearts,
well around the knee. And that's had for
their fine sketch. I hope you're following along
and that's your finished with your refined sketch
for your pet right now. And let's head to the next
lesson to star color blocking.
5. Color blocking: Now that we've finished
with the sketch, Let's start the color
blocking process. Alright. As you can see, I'm taking
all the sketch layers, opacity a little bit
down to be able to work on the coloring,
just like this. Alright, and here is the color
palette I chose to work. Let's set it as default. And of course you can
choose any colors you want. For this step, I'll first create a new layer
below the sketch. And I will create a circle. You just keep the pencil to be a straight circle like this, and it will give it this color. Now I'll create a new layer
to start coloring the cat. Alright? You just keep it simple and trace the lines carefully.
Just like this. Alright, with this color, I'll start working on this shape and then drag the color
to fill it like this. Delete this. And then I will create
another layer. For the eyes. You just hold your pencil to create a circle and then duplicate this,
drag it like this. And then I'll pinch them
together to be in one layer, create a new layer and had the clipping mask
to be inside of it. And I will create two
ovals for the pupils with any dark color you
want, just like that. And it will hit Edit Shape to modify the
ellipse I just made. And I will drag the
color just like that. But right now I will create the nostril with
this pink, cute color. And another layer for this part. Alright. It just looks cute already. I just love it. Let's continue. Now with the buddy. I created a new layer and I'm
painting it just like that. All right. Now, another layer for the ears below the face and
drag the color. Just like this, I will make another clipping
mask layer inside the ears and it will just
color it with pink color. All right. I'm making another
layer for this part. As you can see, I'm
holding my pencil and hit Edit Shape and work with the anchor points just to modify the
shape like this. Alright, that's nice. Let's just move
forward from here. I created those two hearts and now maybe just
writing Garfield cat. Of course, at this
point you will type the name for your pet. Now, let's create
another layer with a green color to
start working on the wreath and coloring the flowers or plants
and everything. Now, drawing the leaves. Just like this, tracing
my refined sketch. And let's keep going. And I'm just dragging the
green color inside the leaves. Make sure to close
any shape you have to be able to drive the color
right inside the shape. Let's now work on the flowers. Let's create this yellow flower. Maybe a pink one. Remember, just keep
it very simple. It's keratinized portraits, keratinized flowers
and everything. Right? And maybe this 123, it looks cute already. All right, let's keep going. And these little cubes, flowers. And I just forgot to
color these leaves. Let us make it and add some
details here and there. And choosing another
color for this. And this one also. Here, we can just make some small little red
orange dots. And that's it. That's all for the
color blocking part. Let's now head to the
last lesson where, where we will add all
the special effects and that is to
finish our portrait.
6. Final Touches : Now that we've
finished blocking, let's start working on the
final touches and effects. Alright, I'll create
a new layer here and make a clipping
mask inside the face. And let's just choose
this brush here. You will find this brush
in the resources section. You can just download
it and work with it. It just gives this
grainy effect. As you can see. These little touches just
gave some depth to the face. This is one of my
favorite steps. It just takes the
flat shapes into depth to be able to
make some effects here. All right, maybe some light
color here in the head. And for the eyes and just
make it alpha lock for the pupils to be able to lock the pixels and
draw inside of it. And let's just make two little white dots
here in the eye. And also make us look for
the layer of the eyes. And maybe with this soft brush, we will make this effect. Let's now create
another clipping mask, hard light in the
blending mode layer. To be like this reflection
here and the eyes. Let's now create another layer
also in the clipping mask. To be, to be able to draw
in it with dark colors, some touches here and there. The steps are the same. Your data, you just create
a new layer in each layer, make it a clipping mask
to start drawing inside. And now we're
working on the ears. Also dark colors. Just like this. Now let's work on the body
will create a new layer, also in the clipping mask. And also this red color
with the same brush. And just give some facts here. And sunlight color here. Just like that. Alright,
tree looks nice. For this circle. Let's just draw inside it a
little bit with this color. And maybe some light color here. Just like this. And some touches here
too, on this part. Alright. Now let's draw this
line with a dark color. I hit Edit Shape and
then start moving the points and then
rotate it like this. Alright, much better. Let's continue from here. And now as you can see, I'm drawing the whiskers. I just feel that this layer needs to be modified
a little bit. And I will get the selection tool here
with a warp option. And just take this a little
bit up and also this one. And I just erase this part. Yeah, Tory, looks cute. All right, let's now
continue the whiskers. Just like this. Alright, let's continue. Now for the nostril, I will make alpha
lock for this layer. And I start giving
it too dark color to add some depth to it. And maybe some dark
color below it. And that's nice. Hide all the layers
for the sketch. And that's it. And this is our colored
version of the pet. Let's make the final
touches from here. Or you like the
composition so far I hope you're following
along and by now, I suppose that you're, you're almost finished
with your pet portrait. All right, Let's head back
to the buddy and just select the sport with a dark brush. Let's just make
some effect here. Just take that as if
this is the back leg. And also for this part, let's add some dark colors here. And maybe some light
here below the face. Just to make the face clear. Alright, Let's now
head to the wreath. And with this
bonobo chalk brush, we'll choose a dark
green color and we will start just give
some effects here. Some shadows inside the leaves. They just added some contrast
to the illustration. Alright, let's continue.
And of course, inside these flowers, we will add some
shadows and lights. And maybe here and the circle, we will add some shadows
below the flowers and the leaves, just like this. That's better. All right. Now I selected the pupil and just
make it a little bit darker from the
adjustments menu above. And now let's add
some dark brushes here and there in
the face below, and all around the eyes. Alright. Let's now create
another layer inside the circle with a light color. Let's make some
stripes like this. I really like this effect. It looks amazing, right? Alright. And maybe take this chat is multiply
blending mode much better. And the opacity a little bit
down here for these stripes. And that's it. Let's continue. I now create another layer
clipping mask inside the Rees. And with a little tiny, I know they're
really little brush. I'll make some lines inside the leaves just like
that, with a light color. Much better. These little details
are the ones that gives richness to your scene. And you're free to do whatever you want in the details part. Alright. I feel
that I need to add more details to the body just
like some hairs. Let's try. It's a very simple. We are really minor details, but I just feel that it adds
something to the portrait. And also in the face. Just like that. I love it. Alright? Alright. Let's now just add some blush
on the cheeks of the FET. And inside the pupils. Some reflection here and
there, just like this. All right, let's continue. Let's now change the
color of the background. I feel now that we need to
make something different, Let's just duplicate
this file and open one. And just let's make
everything flat. That's first delete
all the sketch hidden layers that
we don't need. Let's just delete
that and then let's pinch all the
layers that we have to make the portrait in one layer to start
adding more effects. Let's delete this one too. All right, Let's now
head to the adjustments. And so that the noise, as you can see, we
have this option. You can swipe to the right or to the left to make the
noise more or less. Looks really nice. Let's
duplicate the layer and heads now to
the Gradient Map. You can see they have
a lot of effects. I like this one and then I like to take
the opacity down and maybe start playing with the blending modes till
I find the right one. I like this one so much the vivid light effect
and the opacity down. But now we need to
change the color for the background again,
maybe something bluish. And that's it. I just love it. That's it. I really hope you
enjoyed this class and I hope you have a portrait
for your pet right now. I just can't wait
to see it, guys. I just can't wait to see. I hope he showed me what you
came up with for your pets. And of course, you can also add a snapshot for your pet to see the illustration and the pet to share it with me and with
your fellow students. I'd be more than happy to read your review about this class. And of course you can
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classes and have a good day.
Omnia Ali amer, Character Artist, Illustrator
