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How to Come Up with Drawing Ideas Using References: Digital Illustration in Procreate

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About How to Come Up with Drawing Ideas Using References: Digital Illustration in Procreate

Introduction

Resources and canvas setup

Initial Idea - Creating a rough sketch from your inspiration

Warm-up sketches: drawing the flowers from references

Warm-up sketches: drawing a girl with a bike from references

Warm-up sketches: drawing a dog in a basket from references

Let's combine the sketches: Put all the warm-up sketches and inspiration into one illustration idea

Let's redefine our illustration sketch: Redefining the rough concept sketch

Let's add color to the water and the sky: Coloring the water and the sky

Let's add color to the greenery: Coloring the green areas

Let's draw some grass: Drawing grass on the meadow

Let's draw some flowers: Draw flowers and more plants in the meadow

Let's draw the bike: Adding colors and details to the bike

Let's draw the girl: Adding colors and details to the girl on the bike

Let's draw the dog: Adding colors and details to the dog in the basket

Let's adjust the proportions: Adjusting the proportions of the girl

Let's draw the water reflections: Adding water reflections and sparkles to the water

Let's draw some textures: Adding textures to the path and the grass field

Let's add the last details: Adding the last details to the illustration

What to draw next?

What You Will Learn?

  • Creating unique illustrations using various references can help spark your imagination for your art..
  • In this class, we will look at various references to help you develop new drawing ideas. We will do several sketching and drawing exercises to jumpstart the creative process. This will help us create a more defined layout before adding beautiful colors step by step in one digital illustration. I will share tips and a process for combining these exercise sketches and creating a unique illustration..
  • I will also share with you tips to speed up your process when drawing a meadow with lots of grass and flowers. In addition to this, I will share with you how to add cool details, textures, and effects to add more depth to the illustration..
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  • So, I hope you will feel super happy about what you created when you watch and follow this class! I am looking forward to seeing your projects. Don't forget to tag me if you are sharing your art on social media..
  • Hugs, Iva.