Hello, Lovely Creatives!

I hope your week is going wonderfully!

As we celebrate the arrival of spring and nearly four years of teaching on Skillshare, I'm excited to share more details about the new Skillshare Membership Giveaway!! It runs until the 20th of May - You'll have two whole months to participate.

In case you missed it, last Friday, I shared the story behind my first Skillshare Class: Botanical Scenes in Photoshop: Incorporating Watercolor Into Digital Design and why it is so important to me <3
You can read it here if you want :)

This challenge is a bit of an experiment and a bold invitation for all of you to dive into the creative realm by combining three powerful programs: Procreate, Photoshop, and Canva!

These tools hav been integral to my professional journey, and I'm eager to see what you can create with them.

The deadline for this Giveaway is May 20th, giving you two months to complete it!

I'll send emails with encouragement and examples of designs I've made to inspire you along the way. Let's make some amazing creations together!

Let's start by exploring the strengths of each of these powerful programs.

Procreate:
--> Class: Digital Illustration: A Beginner's Guide to Mastering Procreate"

Think of Procreate as your portable art studio on an iPad. It's fantastic for mimicking various techniques and its top-notch drawing and painting tools. Personally, I love it for creating initial assets without needing a scanner, making my creative process flexible.

However, when it comes to composing designs with your hand-painted assets, Procreate may not be ideal. Transforming tools can cause illustrations to lose quality and become blurry. This is where Photoshop comes in!

Photoshop:
--> Class: Botanical Scenes in Photoshop: Incorporating Watercolor Into Digital Design

This is my go-to program for designing repeating patterns and professional-looking wall art and designs. Its transforming ‘basic’ tools are incredibly powerful and versatile, and during my almost 10 years designing patterns for various brands I came up with methods and workflows that allowed me to reinvent my illustrations into new ones and keep using them over, and over again across various design projects.

Canva:
--> Class: "From Procreate to Canva: Turn Digital Illustrations into Botanical Designs"

Canva, the free online tool, has been a real game-changer for me. It's perfect for creating designs on the go and offers professional fonts and templates. It ix extremely easy to use and has an extensive library of beautiful fonts and mockups. Visualizing designs across different products using mockups has never been easier.

With this giveaway, I aim to encourage you to combine these powerful programs and start experimenting with the joy of doing so!!

Below I’ll mention how you can work around this giveaway. This will give you an understanding of each program’s strengths, and you’ll gain a valuable workflow for years to come.

S T E P - 1 / Draw botanical assets in Procreate

Take either of my Procreate classes and learn how to draw botanical assets in Procreate, full of texture and volume. Paint them in an A4 document and export them as JPG with a white background.

If you're completely new to Procreate, start with my class:
"Digital Illustration: A Beginner's Guide to Mastering Procreate"
If you have more experience, enrol in my class:
"From Procreate to Canva: Turn Digital Illustrations into Botanical Designs"

S T E P - 2 / Turn your assets into Flowers & Foliage!

Turn your botanical assets into a whole library of flowers and foliage using Photoshop.

Here's how!
Take my class Botanical Scenes in Photoshop: Incorporating Watercolor Into Digital Design
from lesson 12: Shortcuts, Shortcuts.

You'll learn how to erase the background (as if you were doing it with a digitized analogue painting), isolate them and use powerful transforming tools to male all types of flowers and foliage.

Important:

After finishing the "Combining Flowers and Foliage" lesson
Save your assets as PNG files with transparent backgrounds.

S T E P - 3 / Compose Your Final Design

Mix your flowers and foliage with text using Photoshop or Canva!

Using Photoshop:
Finish my class Botanical Scenes in Photoshop: Incorporating Watercolor Into Digital Design until the end.
Using Canva:
Take my class From "From Procreate to Canva: Turn Digital Illustrations into Botanical Designs"
Start from lesson 19th: "Introduction to Canva."
Import your flowers into Canva and enjoy exploring various templates and beautiful fonts.

S T E P - 4 / Visualize Your Project with Mockups using Canva

Class "From Procreate to Canva: Turn Digital Illustrations into Botanical Designs"

Lesson 24: Visualize Your Designs on Mockups
and learn how to visualize your designs over mockups!

F I N A L S T E P / Share Your Project before the 20th May!!

Publish your final project in the gallery of my class:
Botanical Scenes in Photoshop: Incorporating Watercolor Into Digital Design
Write a Thoughtful Review in any of my classes
If you share your project or progress on Instagram and tag me at: @silviaospina.art
Subscribe to my newsletter here! - And download three high-res paper textures!

I know it might seem like a lot, but don't worry! You have two whole months to complete this Giveaway. And trust me, you'll learn so much along the way! Just take it one step at a time, and I'll be here to support you every step of the way.

I can't wait to see your creations!!!
All the best!!

Silvi

Silvia Ospina

Artist and Graphic Designer

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