Doodling With Procreate On the iPad

 

All but the text was done using Procreate...the text (the large is MFH Poster Doodle) was added last in iDraw.

 

Drawing a 3d Illusion on the iPad Using Procreate

Tonight I wanted to see if I could do a zentangle design on the iPad.  it was a great exercise in drawing straight...right now that's my biggest challenge...controling my lines!  You can see how wobbly they are here.  iDraw would probably have been better for the straight lines but, like I said I needed the practice so I used Procreate, a pixel based drawing app.

Not a great job, I see lots of opportunity to do it better, but that will be another day... Actually, now that I look at it I realize that the biggest mistake I made was not drawing every step on a different layer...heck.  That way I could go back now and clean up the parts that scream "YOU MESSED UP" without making an even bigger mess.  But, I know now...lesson learned.  ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DO EACH STEP ON DIFFERENT LAYERS!

Even though I decided to go with Procreate I really needed the graph templete in iDraw so I opened that first and saved the graph as a picture that I could import as a layer in Procreate. (I hope you can see the grid, I can on the iPad, but I can't on my PC)

I then created a square brush in Procreate ... one of those wonderful things that you can do with Procreate that I don't believe you can do with any other app.  By creating a resizable square brush I was able to tap on the screen and create a single perfect square... and thanks to the Jot Pro Stylus (see it at the top of the left column) I could see exactly where to tap on the grid.  Not perfect, but since you can't align  elements after the fact in pixel based packages it helped A LOT!

If you want to see the rest of the steps they are shown HERE... I saw it on Pinterest but this is a link to the creator's site.

 

 

Doodling with Sketchbook Pro for the iPad

As you may. or may not, know I have been spending the last couple of days playing with my new stylus and different apps for drawing.  i now have six different packages that are all made to draw/paint on the ipad.... and you really need them all.... for the same reason you need watercolor pencils and color pencils and markers... they all do the "same" thing, only different.  The great thing is only one of the six I have costs more than $4.99!  IDraw costs $8.99.  It is really hard to complain about the price when it does so much of what Coreldraw and illustrator does!  It really is amazing that they make apps so cheap!  Why????

Today I played with Sketchbook Pro.  There are two features that make it today's favorite.

The first is that is has a mirroring tool that, when switched on, you only have to draw one side and the other side gets drawn at the same time.  I am a lover of symmetry so it makes me very happy.

The second fun surprise is that it has a Copic color palette!  it actually has 3 different palettes and the Copic one is buried underneath the others so you may never discover it if you aren't a button pusher!  Unfortunately, the one weakness on almost all maps is the lack of documentation!  pitiful! But, thankfully, I am a button pusher. :-)

I guess I might as well mention that I'm also using a new app ($2.99 ) made for writing this blog... sure hope it works :-) we shall see.

Drawing on an iPad.... My Goal

YEARS ago, when I first saw a $3000 tablet PC I WANTED IT!  And I've been wanting one since then!  Last month I found myself "shopping" again.  Prices still take my breath away (I am retired you know.)

While I was "out there" on the web I started seeing art created using an iPad... WITH THEIR FINGERS!!!  HEY!  I HAVE an iPad! And I have fingers! The really amazing thing is that the apps used to do what I want to do only cost $4.99!!!  WHAT?!  Some are even FREE!  The one I used for the picture below is "Procreate".

Now, having said all that, have you ever tried to draw details with a finger???  Not easy!  Here is something I did really quickly yesterday...yes, "been there, done that"...but I wanted to do something quick and easy...to do with a finger.  Obviously, I wasn't going for perfect, nothing I do is ever perfect! not my "style".

See the picture at the left bottom (copied from Pinterest) that's where I got the color combination...using Procreate's eyedropper tool....cool yes?  OH! and while I'm talking about it, did you know that you can "print screen" on an iPad?  Just press the "home button" and the "on/off" button at the same time and it will place the screen print into your photos folder.  That's what I did with the flower. I used another app (SnapSeed) to crop most of the other stuff off the screen print.

What I have been learning while "playing" at this is that it is going to take A LOT of practice to produce anything that is pride worthy....not sure I'm ready for that, but maybe.

One thing that has made me a HAPPY HAPPY girl is the Adonit Jot Pen ....  A stylus that has a clear plastic end allowing you to SEE where the line will actually be!  That is the problem with fingers and most stylus on the market.  Here it is... I got my yesterday:

Below is an awesome book for newbies.... "IPad for Artist" by Dani Jones.  I went to a local Barnes and Noble yesterday to check it out before I order it.  I just wasn't sure until I actually saw it.  I DEFINITELY WILL BUY!  But, they were selling it for $19.95!!!  HELLO!!!  Came home and will order this one, thank ya very much!  It is page after page of art done on the iPad including tutorials for much of what she shows.  She isn't teaching how to draw, but how to use the iPad software to get the results she got.

Now, about the stylus, there was lots and lots of feedback.  .... and I read the feedback for everything I order, usually starting with the 1stars because I want to know why people DON'T like a product.  I found that people either loved it a lot, or hated it a lot.  One of the reasons people hate it is that after a couple of hours it starts to skip.... YUP, did indeed.  I'm really proud of myself though...my first response would usually be to return it to Amazon, extremely disappointed that it didn't work.  But, this time, I went to Adonit's website and sent an email to customer support asking for possible solutions.  I woke up this morning with a response waiting.  Basically, clean the little plastic disk .... so I did, I licked it ( :-).... shhhhh don't tell)  Guess what!!!  I works perfectly again!  So, my critique went from 1 star to 5 stars...with a lick.  HA!

It will be a while before I show something I create using the stylus, I need to practice!  When you watch this video you will see why I would be embarrassed ... AMAZING!!!  Be ready to be blown away!  He did it WITH HIS FINGER on an iPad!

Joy Doodle

Yesterday I had two goals, 

1. use some new gel pens I got from Staples and 

2. just put SOMETHING down on paper, I have gotten so lazy and disinterested lately that I had to "JUST DO IT!"

I was completely blank so I went to my trusting Pinterest inspirations and just started.

Just so you know, the original colors are nothing like this!  In real time the purple is more grape and the green is forest!  I had to buy a new scanner/printer about a month ago and I have no control of the original scan.  Yes, I could probably putz around with it in Corel but ya know, it is was it is... When color really matters I will take the time to fix it but not now, not with this.



Here's a little bonus... a video a friend shared with me today:

Post Tablet

I got a new die from AccuCut a few months ago and finally did something with it.

It is a "Pinnovation" Die, created for perfect printing placement.  You can create and print the design then the "pins" hold the sheet(s) of paper in place so that your design is perfectly placed when cut.

They sell this die as a "ticket" but I saw it as a tablet.... Just print,  cut some chipboard, add two holes for posts, quick assembly and decorations....done.

(I have to admit though, in this case, I just cut it before printing and hand drew the design on the blank sheet.  You know my need for doodles so this table will be my "doodle design" tablet that I can design then scan any pages I like.)

TIP: I covered the top (including the post) with cheap clear plastic crystals then colored them with a red sharpie.

He Did This For You2

I just remembered that I scanned the picture I did yesterday before I colored it so today I give it to you as a FREEBIE... You can color it or share it with any little kids you know...It might even make a good craft project for SundaySchool for Resurrection Sunday... or any other Sunday for that matter!

I only ask that you do not crop the address at the bottom. It brings you to this page on the bottom so other folks can come get it.

Click HERE for downloadable .jpg.

He Did This FOR YOU

Its that time of year once more.  The time when we remember what our Lord and Savior did for us.  BY CHOICE He went to the cross on a Friday... He died that day, but PRAISE GOD He rose again on Sunday!!! Victorious over the stronghold satan had over each of us, providing the one and ONLY sacrifice accepted by the one and only True God for our sins.  He was our perfect sacrificial lamb.  

THANK YOU JESUS!!!

".... then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 
(Acts 4:10, 12)

Happy Resurrection Sunday all!  

PLEASE, PLEASE, remember, 

it ISN'T about rabbits and eggs!

Happy! Happy! Happy!

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Well, just call me LAZY!!!  I have not drawn a THING in almost 4 weeks!  I spent two of those weeks at a friend's house in Tennessee puppy sitting three PRECIOUS Westies.  PRECIOUS!

I thought that since I would be in a big, empty, CLEAN house I would be able to get a lot of work done but what I discovered was that Westies are very "love needy" dogs!  If they are awake they want you petting them.... which I was only too happy to do.  So, those two weeks were completely unproductive, all I did was pet puppies and watch TV. (since I no longer have cable I decided to "catch up" on shows I can't watch on Netflix)

One of my new TV discoveries was "Duck Dynasty"  OH MY GOODNESS!  I actually really do laugh outloud at those guys!  I even came home and ordered the first two seasons on DVD from Amazon.  All caught up now.... Si and Jase are my absolute favorite people now.  I can do without Willie...he lost all my respect when he gave his son a TRUCK because he was tired of the kid borrowing his truck and bringing it back empty!  REALLY!?!  Oh right, that's great parenting!

But, thankfully there's Phil, the patriarch of the family, HE doesn't put up with "rich, yuppy grandkids"... HE is just so cool!  I LOVE PHIL!

As a matter of a fact, someone just posted this video on my facebook so I decided to share with you.

My favorite part is that they say a blessing over their meal at the end of every show. (they said they wouldn't do the show if they couldn't do that)

While they all look like wooly buggers all but Si have collage degrees and aren't as ignorant as you might suspect.  I LOVE these guys!




Here is another one I just found on Pinterest:

Duck Dynasty Star Jase Robertson Speaks Out On His Faith! 

OH!  P.S.  Yes, I am originally from Louisiana and NO, I have never even seen a man with so much hair, much less know any!  And, I have never seen an alligator but there are snakes in EVERY pond, lake, river and stream (bayou).  I went tubing once and stopped counting snakes after 10! If you live anywhere near water you will have snakes come up in your house at least once!  That's why, when I grew up I wouldn't live anywhere near any form of water!   I HATE SNAKES! 

YES!!!! I FINALLY Made Some Money On My Blog!!!

I am SO EXCITED!!!  I actually made $2.80 this month because someone linked to Amazon from my site and bought something!  It was the SlideWriter for $69.99... I got $2.80 of that!

Did you know that is how folks make money on their blogs? I don't know about all the ads you see on different sites, they may be different...The only one I know about is Amazon, because they make it so easy to add a link.  If you are going to buy something anyway from Amazon, whatever, doesn't even have to be the item listed.... and you link to Amazon through a posted item on anyone's blog...the blogger gets credit for all your purchases.  They have me blocked from getting credit for what I buy through my own blog, so it is certainly no skin off my nose if I go to someone else's blog that has an Amazon link so they will get credit!  It costs me nothing but they get a little... So, WHY NOT!

Please keep that in mind when you are shopping online, or reading someone's blog that you like...help them out a little.  Just click through to Amazon and buy what you need. It won't cost you anything and you bless the person that gives so much through their sharing.  Its a FREE RAK!

Doing the happy dance!  Who knew that $2.80 could make me so happy?!!!  THANK YOU to the person who did it!  Don't know who you are but I really appreciate it!