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1. Class Intro: Hey, I'm Annie or Lucid, and the meaning behind
lucid is two folds. So one is clarity
through connections, and the second is keep shining. Your spark sparks others. And this is the mission statement
that I have in my mind. And in this course, let's shine by learning how
to draw some aquatic animals. So if you're a beginner or looking to get
started right away, this is the perfect
course for you and a reminder that you can pause
and rewind at any time, making it the perfect class
to go at your own pace.
2. Procreate Basics : Okay, so let's do a quick
intro to procreate, and, of course, we'll
learn more as we go. But for now, let's
cover the basic. So to start, let's
actually learn how to open and what the size of our Procreate
drawing canvas will be. So in order to do that, we'll first go into
the plus sign. And with that opened, next, let's go to
our square size. With our square size selected, it'll automatically pop up, and this is the size that we'll be using for our drawings. You saw that I could move it by pinching in and I zoom in, pinch out, zoom out, and I can even twist it around. So that's pretty neat. So with that open, this is actually our
right handed interface. So if you're left handed, this isn't actually the
interface that you want. Instead, if you're left handed, let's go ahead and click
onto the wrench tool. And let's click on
our preferences. And let's click on
right hand interface. So now this is the
left handed interface, and what has changed is
that this bar right here, well, this bar used to be right here on the
left hand side, but if you're left handed, this bar will be on
your right handed side. So let's go ahead
and let's actually start exploring this interface
slash all of the controls. But first, I'm going to
go ahead and I'm going to switch back because
I'm right handed. The first thing we can do is we can go ahead and
select our color. So with this open, this
is our color palette, and what we can do is
we can move around in the middle and we can move around on
the outside as well. So if you push it up, this is actually the color that will come out of your
brush right here. So you can see the color change as we move our brush around. So let's say I want maybe a yellow color,
and that's right here. And let's test out the color
that comes out of our brush. So if we click on our brush, we can actually select a ton of different
types of brushes. So maybe I want to use
sketching six B pencil, and I can go ahead and
just go into my canvas. And this color right here is the same color as
this one right here. So that looks really cool. And next, let's go ahead and
explore what these bars do. So if you push this one down, this is the brush size. So if I have it low, I get thin brush if I push it high, you can
see the difference. Push it down, small, push it up, big brush size. Pay attention to the bar on
this side when I'm drawing, you know how big my
brushes and on the bottom, this is the opacity, which just means how
transparent is it. For example, if you're at 100%, that means it's not very
see through at all. But if you bring it down, then it becomes lighter
and more see through. This just means how dark
is it and how light is it? If you're bumping the
opacity very high, that means it's darker
and less see through. If you bump it down, that means it's more see
through and lighter. So what's this middle button right here, what's this square? So right here, if you
click on it and hold it, you actually get this
wheel that appears. So what that means is that this is actually a color
dropping tool. So let's say I want
a white color, so I want this
white canvas color. I can just let it go
and you can see that my color has changed to
the same color as this. So now I'm on my brush, and if I color something
in it's that white color. If I want it to be yellow, I can go ahead and click and hold and I can get
that yellow color. If I let go, it's that yellow color and you can
see the color right there. So let's say I don't want this. I can quickly undo that by
clicking this but right here. So undo. But let's say I changed my mind and
I want it back again. I can redo, so undo and redo. And another trick, too, for a shortcut if I
want to undo something, two fingers and tap once. So there's actually
another way to undo, which is the eraser. And the eraser is
right over here. So if I click onto it, this is my eraser. But if I click onto it again, I can select a
variety of eraser. So I can go ahead and scroll, and I can go ahead and choose
whatever eraser I want. And I'll just pick
a random eraser, but you can see, now I'm
just erasing everything. Next, let's go ahead and let's actually go
back to our brush, and let's draw something. So let's say I have a circle, and if I hold it, I get
a nice smooth shape. And for a circle, if you want this to be a perfect circle, you can go ahead and use your other finger and just
click onto it and hold, and you get a perfect circle. If you let go, this is
your perfect circle. And next, what you can do to fill this in
really quick is you can go ahead and click onto your color and drag
it and drop it. And boom, you just filled
in your color really quick. And of course, the next thing that we can do is we
can play with layers. So this is our layers. And what that does
is it provides you with options to put things
on top of other things. So for example, layer one, this circle is on that, and you can also click
on this checkmark, which just means that it's
invisible and then visible. And the blue highlight means that this is the
layer that you're on. So if I want a new layer, now I have layer two and layer two is on
top of layer one. So whatever I draw, so I'm going to switch
this color to black. But let's say I just
want a smelly face. So if I go back to my layers, you can see that layer
two is on top of one, and if I hold it and I put
it underneath layer one, you can see that layer two
is now underneath layer one. And if I click onto layer one, layer two is still
there, but it's just hidden underneath layer one. So if you want
something to be shown, you just put it over, and that's how we can
play with our layers. Alright, so those are the basic knowledge that comes along with
using Procreate. So let's go ahead and let's
learn how to save this out. So we can go into
our wrench tool, and with our wrench tool, we can click Share. Next, let's go ahead
and click JPEG. So now we're saving our file, and we can save the image to our iPad or whatever drawing
device that we're using. And now that it says that
it's been saved successfully, that means it'll be
in your photo roll. And with all of that, I think it's time to start
with our drawing lessons.
3. Color Palette: A quick note regarding
the color palette. So every drawing comes
with a color palette. And in order to access that, you have to download it and then open it up in
your drawing device, and it should
automatically open it and save it into
our color palette. So if you go into
your color palette, it should be under
the palette section, and if you scroll up, you can set it as
your default palette. So if you set it as
your default palette and you go back to your disk, you should see that the
palette has uploaded to your main palette.
So there you go.
4. Drawing a Shark: We're going to be drawing a
shark, and in order to do so, let's go into our color palette, and let's make sure
our black is selected. From there, let's
go into our brush, and let's use our
sketching six B pencil. So with those selected, let's start by drawing
a shark's body. Similar to do that. Let's
start with half a circle. Now, let's make
this half a circle really big and really long. So let's do half a circle. And then once you
get to the end, you can go over a little bit. So this is what it
should look like. With that, you can
have the tail. So think of it kind
of like a leaf. So you have one, then
you have another. With that, let's make
sure it connects. So let's just connect
that right over here. Next, what we'll do is, let's go ahead and
add in those fins. So the fins are kind
of like triangle except let's just curve it
a little bit and curve it. So it kind of looks like a
triangle, but it's not really. And then with this,
let's go ahead and let's draw in a fin. So this is a big fin, and then we can have a
tinier fin right next to it. So also kind of like triangles. And from there, let's go
ahead and start connecting. So we'll connect
this to this line. Then this line all
the way over here. Next, we can have our
eyes and for our eyes, you can either have circle
eyes or you can have oval yes. I'm going to draw an oval. And if you hold it, you
get that nice oval shape. With that, let's draw in a line, and that line is the pupil. That's the eyeball of the shark. From there, let's
draw in some gills. We have one, two, three, and those are
the gills of the shark. Next, we have to make sure our shark can talk and can eat. Let's, of course, do a mouth. In order to draw the
mouth, let's just connect. And let's draw in
those sharp teeth. Let's have triangle,
triangle, triangle. And right here, let's
have some triangles here. Now, with that, we have
our nice looking shark. But let's go into our eraser. And let's double click that, make sure our eraser is
on calligraphy monoline. And we can adjust the size of it right on the
left hand side. And you can, of course, start erasing the things
that you don't need. Like, right here, we don't
need this extra line. So let's go ahead
and just erase that. And the other line that we don't need is actually up here. So let's go ahead and
erase this line as well. Next, let's delete this
line and just erase it. And we're cleaning
up the line a bit. And of course, right
here for the mouth, let's delete that extra line. So we could kind of go in
and clean it up a bit more. And from there, we
have our shark. So our shark's looking
pretty good right now, and let's move back
into our brush. With our brush, let's make some scenery for
the shark to be in. So we can have some rocks. So you can just make these squiggly motion
for this bumpy rock. And we can also
have in some coral. So you can just do a squiggle
and another squiggle. And we can actually
do a couple of corals right here just to
fill up some of that space. So I'm just going to go
in and make that coral, and it could look as
bumpy as you'd like. And, of course, let's do
a rock behind the coral. So there you have it. And let's add some coral
on the other side as well. So this could be, you know, a clump of coral, so you can have it all
clumped together. And of course, we have
some space right here. And what I want to do
with this space is, let's go ahead and
add in some starfish. So we have one starfish. Let's add in another
starfish friend, and we have our other
starfish friend.
5. Coloring a Shark: There we go. And with that, let's actually begin coloring. So let's go back into
our Layers panel. And let's click Plus. And let's click on layer two, hold that, and drag it
underneath layer one. So let go. And now layer two is
underneath layer one. So with layer two
selected in blue, we're going to select a
color and what we can do is, let's start by
coloring the water. So in order to do that, let's click into the water, the blue. And let's actually
go into our brush. And instead of using
the six B pencil, let's actually go into
our painting brush, and let's select watercolor. So with watercolor
selected and our brush, we can go ahead and
start coloring. And this is a little bit small, so I'm going to bump up my brush size and
just cover it all up. So go ahead and just cover up your whole drawing with
this nice blue color. So with that, the
next thing that we'll do is we'll go
into a color palette, and let's go to the next
shade of that blue. Click onto that, and let's
make our brush size smaller. So I'm at 5%, and you can just draw
in some of that wave. And it's okay if you go into your shark and it's okay
if you go into your coral. You're just going to make
that wave motion, right? So we have some of the waves. And if you like, you can
even add in some circles, and the circles could showcase that some bubbles that
are around the shark. So we can have some
bubbles if we'd like. And the next thing that we
can do is, let's go ahead, click onto Layer panel, and let's add in a plus. So we have a new layer, and with this new layer, let's start coloring
in our shark. And so we go into
a color palette, and let's click onto
this blue on the top. And let's, of course, go back with our brush. And actually, let's switch
back into our sketching, and let's select
that six B pencil. So with our six B pencil, let's go ahead and let's
just color in our shark. So make sure you're coloring within the black
line that you drew. And this process can be
a little bit slower. And that's okay because it makes for a really
relaxing time. So we're just coloring
it all in making sure, to the best of our
abilities that it stays within the black line. But of course, if you do get your color outside
of that black line, you can always use eraser
tool to clean it up a bit. So we're just going
to cover all this up And it's okay if I
get it into the eyes, because we're going to use white to cover up the eyes in a bit. So it's right that I
got it into the eyes. So just cover that up. And next, let's also
cover up the little fin. Make sure we don't forget that. And then let's switch
back into a white color. So with our white color, let's
just cover up the eyeball. So that's this right here. And then let's, of course,
color in the teeth. And we can do the
same with the body. So let's just use
white for the body. Just cover that
up. Cover that up. And that's what our shark
is starting to look like. It's starting to
look pretty good. And we'll go into our
layers, add in a new layer. And now we're gonna
switch our color into this dark brown and we're
just gonna cover up the rock. So again, it's okay if you
get it into the coral. Just make sure you
cover up that rock. So we're covering up
some of the rocks. And we're going to do the
same on the other side. Again, you can definitely color into your
starfish. That's okay. So we'll just cover it
up. Cover it all up. And the next thing that we'll
do with that cover it up, let's go ahead and let's go into our color palette and
use that orangish brown. And what we'll do is we'll use that orangish brown on
the top part of the rock. So we're not covering
it all with this color. Instead, we're just using
it a bit for the top part. So it's just really subtle, but you can definitely
see, you know, the different colors that
we used for the rock. And it just makes
for a nice detail. It's a nice little touch. So you can see the two
color variations going on, and we can go ahead and go into our layer, add
in a new layer. And let's go ahead and color
in our starfish and coral. So let's do starfish first
with this nice little pink. And we'll just
cover that all up. And that looks really
good. So we'll do that same thing for
the other starfish. And we can actually
use the same pink, and let's use it for
one of the coral. So we can do that
for this coral, and we can do it
right here as well, because that corals connected. And then, of course, let's switch our color over
to the light pink, and let's just start
coloring in our coral. So make sure it's
all colored in. And that's the light
purple going on. And we can have some of that
on the other side as well. And really cool thing, too, is we can actually
put in, you know, a little bit of those
dots on starfish. And let's switch on over to a darker shade
of that purple. I'm going to do the same
thing I did for the starfish, except this time,
it's longer lines. So instead of a dot, it's actually a line pattern. And I'm going to use
that dark purple, and I'm just going to use it for some of the coral I swell. So the darker shade I've
used here for this coral, and I'll do the same and
use it on the other side. So just color that all up. Again, try to color
within the black line, to the best of your ability. All right. And there we go. So that looks really nice. We can also go back
and use that pink. And, you know, we can draw in some patterns for the coral. We can do slight squiggly line. And then for this one, let's use that light
purple right there. And there we have it. We have some of that
coral going on. And let's also go in
and add in a new layer, and let's add in some
seaweed with our green. So with our green, we can just go ahead and add
in it could be really long, and we can just.it or we
can add in, you know, a V, or you can go in
and just dot dot, dot, and make that line, right? And of course, the
cool thing about these seaweed is that
they could be connected. They could just span out. Then we can add however
much seaweed we would like, and it could have, you know, a lot of different ways
that they can look. So this is what my seaweed
is trying to look like. Can add some fees. And then I'll have
some over here. Well so just try to cover
up some of this space. And it just makes it
look really nice because there's a lot of things
going on in this picture, and it's a lot of details
to look at as well. That always makes it
very interesting. Does it have some seaweed. And with that, we've completed
a drawing of a shark, and we drew in a nice scenery for our shark to
live in as well.
Annie Liu, Digital Designer ✨
