Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate
by Izzy Burton, Aveline Stokart, Nicholas Kole, Max Ulichney, Simone Grünewald, et al. · 3dtotal Publishing
It shows how professionals actually work through a painting in Procreate, from sketch to finish, which the official materials do not. A 216-page book from 3dtotal Publishing (2020). It covers the Procreate interface, brushes, colour, layers and transforms, then gives eight step-by-step projects by working illustrators and concept artists: characters, landscapes, creatures, plein air and traditional-media emulation.
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