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title: Procreate & Digital Illustration
description: Procreate made digital illustration accessible on the iPad. You will learn brushes and layers, line and colour workflows, animation basics and how to translate traditional skills to digital.
category: arts-design
subcategory: drawing
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/procreate-and-digital-illustration
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# Procreate & Digital Illustration

Procreate made digital illustration accessible on the iPad. You will learn brushes and layers, line and colour workflows, animation basics and how to translate traditional skills to digital.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 1 Courses • 2 Websites

## Books

### 1. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate

**Author:** Izzy Burton, Aveline Stokart, Nicholas Kole, Max Ulichney, Simone Grünewald, et al.

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.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1912843145?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** procreate, digital-painting, concept-art, ipad-illustration

### 2. Drawing Digital: The Complete Guide for Learning to Draw & Paint on Your iPad

**Author:** Lisa Bardot

A 160-page book (Walter Foster, 2023) on drawing and painting on an iPad, with Procreate as the main app. It explains tools, layers, lines and shapes, then works through twelve projects: still life, botanicals, animals, portraits and landscapes. It teaches the app and the drawing process together through complete projects.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760385327?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** procreate, ipad-drawing, digital-illustration, drawing-fundamentals

## Websites

### 1. Procreate Handbook

**Author:** Savage Interactive

Official reference manual for Procreate, kept up to date. Documents gestures, the brush engine and Brush Studio, layers, masks and blend modes, colour tools, selections, adjustments, drawing guides, Animation Assist and 3D painting.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://help.procreate.com/procreate/handbook/introduction

**Tags:** procreate, brush-studio, layers-and-masks, digital-illustration

### 2. procreate.art

Procreate.art is the official community hub for the Procreate digital art app, showcasing a gallery of artwork created with Procreate. It also offers tutorials, tips, and brushes to help you learn and improve digital illustration.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://procreate.com/beginners-series

**Tags:** procreate, digital-illustration, ipad-art, digital-painting, brushes

## Courses

### 1. Procreate Beginners Series

**Author:** Savage Interactive

Official four-part video course from the Procreate team, about 70 minutes in total, with downloadable workbooks. Covers brushes, colour, gestures, QuickShape, blend modes, selections, adjustments, Liquify, drawing guides and Animation Assist. The best free starting point. It takes a beginner through every major tool in order, and each part comes with a workbook to practise in.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://education.procreate.com/beginners-series

**Tags:** procreate, digital-illustration, procreate-brushes, ipad-drawing

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