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1. Stamptastic! Make Stamp Brushes in Procreate: Have you ever wanted to create your own custom stamp
brushes in procreate? Or maybe you wish
you could reuse your favorite doodles
or even create a simple watermark
for your artwork. In this class, I'll
walk you through how to make your own
customs stamp brushes. Hi, I'm Lisa, a freelance
illustrator who loves sharing creative tips while encouraging
a happier art practice. My illustrations
have been published in picture books
on greeting cards, as well as in gift
and home decor items. I created this class to perfect for all
levels of creatives, especially those who enjoy
making art and procreate and want to add a little
more visual interest and depth to their work. This class will help you build your own custom stamp library. No more redrawing the same
elements over and over. Stamp brushes allow
you to quickly place commonly used shapes and
textures with a single tap. With step by step demonstrations to guide you through
the entire process. You don't need to be
a procreate expert, but a little familiarity with the app will
certainly help. All you'll need in
class is your iPad, and I pencil, and of
course Procreate. I'll guide you through each
step so you can follow along and create your own
brushes with confidence. Whether you want textures, decorative elements or to
craft a very signature look, stamp brushes can transform
your creative workflow. Join me in class, and
we'll start creating your own unique
custom brushes today.
2. Part 1: Stamp Ideas: Stamp brushes work a little differently from what
you're probably used to in a regular
water color brush or pencil brush and procreate. Instead of creating
continuous strokes, a stamp brush produces a
single element each time you tap your pencil or even
your finger to the screen. They can be simple shapes, logos, or even textures. Some of my favorite uses for stamp brushes are
just that textures. I love creating watercolor
backgrounds and ink splatters, distress textures, and
layer them with my art. It gives it this
lovely organic feel to my illustrations. You
can push it further. You can use it in personal
branding as a watermark. You can use design
elements such as flourishes or stars or dots. You can even incorporate hand
lettering as a stamp brush. And if you're into products, these are fabulous.
You can use them. Create one stamp like
this butterfly I shown here and use it on a
multitude of products. So consider elements that you frequently use
in your artwork. Do you like using
hearts, for example? You could create stamp
brushes with these elements, with these heart motifs, and then use it repeatedly. Instead of drawing
out your heart each time with a single stamp, you can have it on your canvas. So really pay attention to elements you repeatedly
use in your artwork. Those are perfect
for stamp brushes.
3. Part 2: Process: I'm going to walk you through my process of creating
a stamp brush and do it with instructions and demonstration so that you
have the best of both worlds. Get your iPad, and that way, you'll be able to follow along, and we'll open up Procreate
and begin stamping. And please don't forget download the stamp tastic Resource Guide, which also walks you through
the steps of this process. So first, we're
going to start with a simple shape just to get
the idea of how this works. Open up a new canvas and
procreate a square format, and I typically use 2048
by 2048 pixel dimension. Pick a brush, a basic monoline
is a good place to start, and we're going to want
this to be 100% black. Once you get your canvas, just center it on your page. Select your brush. I'm gonna pick this. I like
this dry brush. It has a little bit
of texture to it. Pick what you're
comfortable with. Start with a very simple shape. I drew this heart. And I'm going to adjust it
just to midge because it is good for it to be
centered in your canvas. So now what we're going to do is we want to copy this shape. And I use the shortcut of
the three finger swipe down, and I select copy all, and I repeat it with a three finger swipe and select paste. So you're going to
see me do this a lot because it's
my preferred way. So once you do your
three finger swipe, you'll see this
little menu pop up, and we'll do copy all
three finger swipe, paste, and I'll show
you what this does. So it pastes the
white background and your object together on one layer, and
that's what we want. So now that this
has been copied, we can use this image
to make our brush. I do try to name
my layers because if you're working in a
document that has quite a few, I find it a good
habit to get into. So we'll just name this HeartSmp so now we're going to
open our brush library, and we're going to head
to the shape section. And this is where
we're going to paste in the object we made. That will be our stamp brush. Another important thing to
remember is we need to invert our image because you want it to be the reverse when it stamps. Here's our brush library
in the Bush studio. We're going to select
shape and then edit and import Paste. It's that simple. Now, double tap so that
your stamp is inversed. And we're going to see
right now it looks like the continuous brush stroke. We don't want that because
it's going to be a stamp, we want that one image tap. So we're going to
need to change this. To adjust your brush settings, you're going to go into
the stroke path section. And when you set
the spacing to max, this creates our
stamp instead of that continuous brush stroke. We're also going to go into the property section to
adjust the size of our stamp. So back into that brush studio, pull that spacing
all the way to Max. Now you'll get that
treatment that we like, which is just the stamp instead
of the continuous stroke. Going into properties, this
is where we can adjust our stamp preview as well
as the brush behavior, which just means you can
adjust the size that you want your stamp
to appear as. I always tend to bump this up quite a bit to
the right just so I have some flexibility in how large I would like
that stamp to be. When we save out
of there, you're going to see here's
our stamp brush, right in our brush library. Selecting the stamp preview allows you to see what
your stamp will look like. We're going to go back
into Brush studio, and under about this brush,
we're going to name it. And I just think this looks
nicer than just untitled, but it also helps you keep
your brush library organized. In here, you can also sign. You should get credit
for the things you make. And under the image source, you can actually add a logo if you have a
logo and you are making brushes that you
want to give out as freebies or even to
sell eventually. It's a great thing to just
brand the brush that you make. Look at this, guys. You made
your first stamp brush. It really is that simple, and it's so much fun. Be warned once you
start making them, it becomes highly addictive.
4. Part 3: Texture: Okay. I love creating my
own texture stamp brushes, but I think it's important
to point out the types of brushes that are
good to create from, and the ones that might
be a little problematic. Think of, like, a watercolor
brush or an ink brush, something that has
nice natural edges, visual grain, and some
variations in transparency. That'll give you
the best results when creating a
stamp brush that you want to use as a
texture. So let's paint. If you have procreate open, we're going to paint
on a new canvas in black or dark gray, and we want to try to keep
it as organic as possible. I'll walk you through
the process of how I create a stamp brush. I'm sticking with the canvas. Just let square canvas
just like the last time. And I'm going to use one of the brushes from
my own collection, but feel free to use any type of watercolor or painterly brush that you'd like to
experiment with. What I'm doing is really
just pushing the paint around the page and giving it kind of a nice organic look, just like if you were painting on a piece of paper
in front of you with the intention of scanning in this watercolor texture. You want to have some nice
contrast and variation, some light areas and dark areas. I personally like having
almost that decled edge, but I do like it to look soft in areas like it was diluted
more with the water, and then heavy in
areas where maybe, you know, where I had applied the paint in a more
thick fashion. There's really no right
or wrong to this. I think it's just fun. Just have fun. If you don't like what you did, you
can start over. So just kind of play around, see what the brush
does on the page, and you can try
different things. You can use the
smudge tool to smudge certain areas of your texture
or even the eraser tool. It's simply what you want
for texture, you know, sometimes I spend a
minute working on this, and other times I
get really into it, and it can be five
or 10 minutes later, and I'm still playing around with the
texture on the page. Don't be afraid to layer in different brushes
because that'll just add to the visual interest. I decided to add some
paint droplets here. Just a few I didn't
get to carried away, but I wanted to add a
little more interest. Probably should stop. I
don't think you guys want to sit around and watch
a 20 minute video of me noodling this texture. So I'm going to
name it watercolor. Naming layers is always a
good habit to get into. And once that's done, we're going to redo the whole process to
make our stamp brush. So three finger swipe, copy all, and three
finger swipe paste. So now we have our
texture all on one layer, and now it's the whole
rinse and repeat. We need to open
the brush library, tap the plus, to
create our new brush. We'll go back into
the shape section, tap edit, and Import. We just need to paste
it just like before. And once it's pasted in place, we two finger tap so that
it inverses the image. So you made the texture
brush. Now what? Right? I don't want to leave
you guys high and dry. So I'm going to show
you just a simple, really quick, simple demo as to how you can use
a texture brush. So I'm going to go
back into Procreate, and I just drew a
circle or an ellipse, and I'm doing a color drop. I have a new layer,
and I'm going to make this layer a clipping mask just so
it's nice and neat. And using the watercolor
stamp we just made, I tapped inside this circle, and you can see the
difference immediately. This is one possibility
that you would have. I thought we'd try this all over again but with a different
type of texture. Let's go back into Procreate.
Again, pick a brush. I'm using one of my own brushes, but feel free to select whatever
you're comfortable with. Just try to do a different
medium type brush. I'm going to select
my lovely old brush, which has this great
bristly texture to it. And I'm just going to
paint. I'm painting in this one direction. I'm going to switch
it up and paint in a different direction
because I really want to layer this bristle,
you know, look. I want it to be a
little grungy more just to see these
fabulous brushstrokes. So again, just like
before, play around. Don't be afraid. If
you don't like it, you can delete it
and start over. It's the beauty of
working digitally. I'm going to speed up
this process a little bit as I noodle this new texture. So three finger swipe.
We're going to copy all. The finger swipe, we paste. Now we have everything
on one layer. We're going to go back
into our brush library, click Plus, Bush studio, shape, import, and paste to fingertap so
that it inverses our stamp. Now go down to Properties. Click stamp preview on. Oh, and I forgot
the stroke path, so we're going to bump that spacing and back
down to properties, and we're going to
bump up the size. I'm going to name
this brush bristly. I feel that there's a good
description of this texture. And let's test it out. So I'm just turning off
those other layers, and I'm going to switch
to a different color just so we can see how it looks. And there it is. So much fun. I literally can spend afternoons
making stamp brushes. Okay, so again,
let's just show you what this would look like.
I'm drawing a circle. Color drop it in
with this nice blue, new layer, clipping mask. Now we're going to
go back and select that bristly stamp brush, make it a little darker so
we can see how it looks. And let's see. What
do you guys think? Isn't it? I just Oh. It's so quick and easy. Once they're made,
it's just fabulous to have all these tricks
up our sleeves, right? There are just so many
uses. So, have fun. Play around depending on the types of mediums
you like to use. Play around, see what you like. It could have vintage textures or more watercolor textures. That's the beauty of
it. You can build your own library to
suit your needs.
5. Part 4: Frames: Custom frame brushes add a really nice decorative
touch to our designs, and there's so many uses for them from note
cards to gift tags, to scrapbooking, even
social media graphics. There's really such a wonderful
variety of uses for them. So let's consider planning
out a frame design together. One thing to consider are the
types of styles of frames. You can have something
very minimal, like a very plain
square border design to something more
handrawn and whimsical, very sketchy and illustrative
with lots of flowers and other cute little motifs to something more
vintage and ornate. So let's draw a frame
together and procreate, and I'm taking it back to
all the other exercises. So let's get back
into Procreate, and we're going to
select our canvas. And now for the frame, let's think about
the type of brush. And sometimes I like
to switch it up. I know my go to is usually something that has
texture, a little bit of grit. I just find it makes
it look a little more realistic when it's
not so streamlined. So it's up to you. You can test out a few
different brushes, see which one just seems to be the right fit for this
exercise and go with that. I'm also going to use
the symmetry tool. Using this makes
creating frames so easy. So go under actions, and you're going to turn on your drawing guide and
then edit drawing guide. And right at the
bottom tap symmetry. And it's set up for
the vertical option, which is just what I want. So let's practice
drawing a heart, and I want it to look like an outline or a border
since this is a frame. And it's that simple. It just the symmetry tool
is such a handy one to use. Let's try a circle. And if you hold your finger down on your screen while
you create the circle, it'll make it it'll conform
to a nice smooth circle. Now, what I like to do
is use this as a guide. So I go in and I drop
the opacity down. And I'm just making sure it's
more centered on the page. And now that circle is just like a guide for
me to draw over. So what I have in mind
is to make up, like, just a little wreath with
some flowers and leaves. And I love doing these, and I'll put them on a note
card and print them out as, like, a little thank you card or just a thinking of you card. And I even use them around the holidays to make gift tags. I'm going to speed
up this process. You can watch me draw
and get a feel for how I create this wreath
using the symmetry tool. So here's my finished wreath, and I'm going to three
finger swipe to copy all and three finger
swipe to paste. And now I have my wreath
on its own layer. So now I'm going
to go and name it. Now I'll name it. And I'm going to go back into
the brush library. Click the Plus and Bush studio, shape, edit, and
then import paste. Double tap, invert your image. And there is our brush. I'm hoping this is
starting to feel like the repetitive
nature is helping you. We're going to bump that
spacing up as far as it'll go. And under properties, click
the stamp preview on. You can adjust the preview size if you want. You don't have to. And the brush behavior, I'm going to bump up that
maximum size a little bit more. And you can tap to
test it out and see. And about this brush, let's name it wreath. And there it is. So see, that's why I typically
don't adjust the previous size because
it makes it too big. I do like to be able to see how it looks in the brush library. Here's our stamp, and we can adjust the
size of it on the side, just like you would do
with any other brush. It doesn't work small. I find the wreath brushes
or the frame brushes tend to work better if
they're a larger size brush. That gives you room to put
things in the middle or, you know, hand letter something. I'm going to add another
layer here because, like I mentioned, I do use
these a lot for gift tags, so I'll show you how
you can do that. And just this simple. And then you can
just print it out on a pretty little tag and
then add some ribbon. Voila, you've made
another stamp brush. Something I like to do is to
create a series of frames, and then it's like you
have a mini collection to mix and match. H
6. Part 5: Doodling: And this class would
not be complete without talking
about doodle stamps. This is just a really fun, expressive way of showing
your unique vision and style, so you could make a
single doodle stamp or an entire series. There are so many
themes you could explore from love and
friendship to nature, magic to even something as
charming as cozy bookworm. Consider what type of small elements you
draw over and over. Like, do you like
to doodle cats? Then maybe do a series of
stamp brushes on cats? Or is there a theme that you think would be fun to work with, like coffee lover or a holiday? At this point in class, I think you guys know the drill. So what I'd like to focus on
is from sketch to doodle. And I usually just
start sketching. I almost treat it as a warm up and just whatever pops
in my head that I want to draw from something extremely simple to something a
little more detailed, I pop it on the page. And then I take one
of those designs, like in this case, the flour, and I turn it into
a doodle stamp. These are really fun to do. They're always light hearted, or for me, they're
always light hearted. Not all of these are gonna
be stamps, and that's okay. As you've heard me say before, but it's worth saying again, it's really about the process and just having fun with it. Let your creativity flow
and trust your instincts.
7. Part 6: Watermark: You might find it
handy to create a custom stamp brush of
a watermark or a logo. So I wanted to include this section in the
class, as well. It's a great way to easily brand your illustrations
with a single tap. First, you'll need a copy of your logo or the watermark
you want to use. And because this is
an existing graphic, you need to import
it onto your iPad. This can be as easy as using AirDrop to transfer
it over to your iPad. Once you have the
graphic that you need, we're going to convert
it to gray scale, and I'm going to walk
you through the steps in the demonstration to
show you how to do this. Select the same Canvas
size we had before, and in actions, you're going
to select Insert a photo. Center your graphic right
in the middle of your page. I'm just adjusting it
to make it a little bigger because I really
want it to fill the area. Under adjustments, we're going
to select hue, saturation, and brightness, and
you're going to drop the saturation all the
way down to the left. You guys know the drill. The
finger swipe to copy all, three finger swipe to paste. We're going to go in
our brush library, brush studio, shape,
import, paste. Double finger tap, so it
inverses the graphic. Under properties, you'll
select your stamp preview, and we'll also increase the
maximum size of this brush. Under But brush,
we'll rename it. I can just call it
watermark or logo. Tap for the image source, I use this actual icon as my brand marker
with all my brushes. And here is your
watermark brush. So with a new layer,
let's test it out. You can stamp it in any color. And the nice thing is, depending on what it'll be against, you can adjust the opacity. If I drop this deep navy blue and then change the
brush color to white, when we stamp, we get this
opaque looking watermark. So it's really versatile adjust your opacity scale on the layer to make it as light
or as dark as you'd want.
8. Class Project: Oh, my goodness, you
guys. You did it. You completed the class, and now you have some
fantastic stamp making skills. And it's really
just the beginning. There are so many
wonderful stamps just waiting to be created. I hope you continue practicing
and playing and building your custom stamp brush library because it really
is a game changer. So for our class project, I want to encourage you to show off one of your
custom stamp brushes, take a screenshot and share it in the class project section. We all want to see what you did. To help you get
some ideas on how to add color and make your
stamps even more dynamic. Don't forget to download
the class bonus, which is the Samptastic guide. And it's a great, simple, step by step resource to creating your own
custom stamp brushes. Plus, it's packed with
even more Procreate tips. I hope you continue to
experiment and create and have fun playing with your
digital art in Procreate. Thank you so much. I do appreciate that
people take the time out of their day to
spend time in class. And I hope you found it useful. Until next time, happy stamping.
Lisa Griffin, Illustrator
