Tag: Procreate

Procolouring

I’ve started a short procreate colouring course by K. Michael Russell and used this doodle from work to put my line art on a transparent background and just mess about.

The last time I bought one of Kurt’s CSP courses, it really levelled up my colouring knowledge. It’s a course I’ve since returned to a few times between long gaps in my work.

Since I ditched CSP on the iPad I’ve been using procreate more and I want to do as much as I can with it. With procreate there’s also the option to work in CMYK (that I hadn’t realised until this course). Generally I’ve been working in RGB (CSP doesn’t handle CMYK well yet) and only ever converted a file (usually in affinity photo) to CMYK for print if needed.

Putting scanned line art on a transparent layer in procreate requires a few more steps than CSP but it’s surprisingly easy after a few attempts.

Tried using some clipping masks here also and they’re okay for the most part but I think I’ll probably prefer using selections for more detailed work.

Kurt also has a fantastic (and popular) short tutorial of the technique, just 40 secs!

October 2026

Been sketching a bunch of Judge Death this month for some reason *gestures broadly at everything*

This guy, always bringing the positive vibes

Trying out some visor styles, at least I think it’s a visor

Eventually I’ll add a sketch post on here that doesn’t include any skulls

Scraptober

So far October is a scrapfest, scribbles here and there usually at stupid o’clock. Even ditched CSP on the iPad as I wasn’t drawing enough to justify the annual sub. I’ve got procreate still which surprisingly keeps updating on my hardy 2016 iPad. CSP EX is on the laptop though if I ever feel the urge… remember the days when you only paid once for the software/things you own? I feel old Frodo.

March 2026

It’s the end of a month which means only one thing round these parts, a massive and possibly illegal dumping of sketch stuff and scraps from the auld decrepit iPad.

Paddy’s day was definitely a thing that happened in March…. I worked up this sad lad in procreate and then completely forgot all about it

Looking again at the initial sketches I prob should have drawn the wee guy dangling from the pint glass with his arse out

I drew a bunch of Blob & Duck by **Lobster Robin**

Struggled a bit to turn that duck falling pose into something good

Absolute characters are so hot right now

Continued #animalstudies with some great suggestions on Cara including the Tanuki, which admittedly I was not aware of, such a delightful creature if a little tricky to draw.

Walking eyeballs were cool before Alien Earth ya know, at least in my book

Hulk not have TMJ, Hulk just a little stressed

Really like the colours on this Rathraq, picked them out pretty quickly too

Was curious to see if I could do something similar in a larger fan art piece, might revisit this in April

One fan art leads to another with some Hellboy doodling, might give him an axe instead

I’ve been enjoying Terran Omega by PJ Holden but haven’t really figured how to approach the character. Think I’m getting closer here but still doesn’t feel like it’s on model as such/captures the right feel… I dunno.

Tricky to balance the feminine physique of Terran with the armour, etc.

I mocked up a rough Terran helmet in card for reference

Abs Bats brings the gun show to close this out

February 2026

Sketchdump trying out some brushes in procreate, it’s funny how varying the medium changes the approach entirely.

Snuck a wee Dredd in and then ballsed it up with some shading after this

Decided to continue drawing a different animal each week as an exercise in my sketchbook using #animalstudies

Really enjoying these, let me know if you have any suggestions for what animals I should draw next!

Merry green fella

Haven’t really drawn anything for the last few months but started doodling this merry green fella the other night… funny how the urge returns sometimes. Just a quick pencil sketch that I thankfully flipped in procreate before inking digitally (never forget to flip).

The original sketch included a necklace of elf heads

I explored the elf head necklace idea a bit more but decided it was just too damn bleak/unsettling

Some other less successful attempts at the green guy (I like how deranged the first one looks though)

I also had great intentions of drawing a card for Matt “the machine” Garvey this month (inspired by this post on his bsky) but life conspired against me, just a quick rough to show for it… sorry Matt!

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