Bring characters to life on your iPad® with creativity and ease, using ProcreateTM to conceptualize, sketch, and paint directly onto the screen. Master the basics, from setting up your first canvas to using a selection of tools such as Brushes, Layers, and Adjustments to add depth and energy to your creations. To achieve details such as hair, skin, and garments, you are guided through tools and techniques for character-specific results. Whether you draw characters from reality, or dream up new, fantastical beings, this book unlocks your design potential with Procreate for next level-results.

Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this approachable step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host. Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent -- anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you'll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun along the way -- in just twenty minutes a day for a month. Inside you'll find: Quick and easy step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from simple spheres to apples, trees, buildings, and the human hand and face More than 500 line drawings, illustrating each step Time-tested tips, techniques, and tutorials for drawing in 3-D The 9 Fundamental Laws of Drawing to create the illusion of depth in any drawing 75 student examples to encourage you in the process

Hand Lettering on the iPad with Procreate is the ultimate guide to every step of the digital hand lettering process. Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and noted lettering instructor Liz Brown composes a series of fun and easy lettering projects that will build confidence by giving all the necessary tools to create gorgeous compositions from the ground up. Each project comes with its own Procreate brush downloads so users can follow along to create their own unique hand lettered quotes, words, and phrases.

Featuring step-by-step lessons including:

-Finding inspiration with color palettes and letterforms for unique styles

-Using Procreate tools for creating and decorating letters

-Tips and tricks for adding textures, layers, shading, and depth to lettering projects

-Creative ideas for jazzing up space around letters

And much, much more! Whether you’re a beginner interested in learning a fun new skill, or an experienced letterer ready to start creating on your iPad, this book will give you everything you need to take the next step in your iPad hand lettering journey.

Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters! Draw With Jazza YouTube star Josiah Brooks breaks down an easy-to-follow method that will help you to invent and draw original characters time and time again. Whether sci-fi or steampunk, comic book heroines or tattooed action heroes, animal familiars or alien races, you will discover the limitless possibilities of creating your very own characters for comic books, cartoons, video games and more! No matter what your skill level, you can draw from concept to finished art with confidence. Jazza shows you how as he walks you through The Design Process! • Discover. Learn techniques just like the pros use for developing characters--their backstory, personality and physicality; decide your drawing style; and explore and organize your inspiration. • Design. Use brainstorm sketching to refine your character's persona. Use simplified lines and shapes to draw men and women, practice poses and play with body shapes, sizes, ages and outfits. • Develop. Refine your best ideas by choosing features, color schemes, settings and context to reflect your end goal. • Deliver. Finish your concept art with character turnarounds, expression sheets, pose variations and more to create a complete picture of your characters and their world.

Invaluable tutorials and insightful tips make Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing a perfect start to a fantasy art journey.

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This extraordinary volume examines the life and animation philosophy of Maurice Noble, the noted American animation background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry span more than 60 years and include such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century, What's Opera, Doc?, and The Road Runner Show. Revered throughout the animation world, his work serves as a foundation and reference point for the current generation of animators, story artists, and designers. Written by Noble's longtime friend and colleague Tod Polson and based on the draft manuscript Noble worked on in the years before his death, this illuminating book passes on his approach to animation design from concept to final frame, illustrated with sketches and stunning original artwork spanning the full breadth of his career.

Make Art Everyday and Find Your Creativity and Motivation Through Drawing and Illustrating with Procreate I think that creativity, regardless of skill level, can significantly impact people's lives. If I had one piece of advice for starting a daily creative practice, it would be to make it as simple as possible for you to create. Make your tools available and remove any obstacles preventing you from doing so. With Procreate, you have hundreds of tools and every color imaginable at your disposal. Make art whenever and wherever you want. I talked about the Procreate app and explained why you should use it for your drawing and rendering. Also, you'll learn how to download and install Procreate and discover an excellent substitute for Procreate if you have an Android device. Do you want to: Learn how to use Procreate to draw on your iPad? Learn easy tips and tricks to streamline your art-making? Understand the basic concepts, techniques, and all you need to begin drawing as soon as possible without being overwhelmed with information? Learn about the best hardware (iPad) to buy? Know the ideal canvas size to use? Know how to use brushes, layers, colors, clipping masks, select and transform tools, among other things? This guide will help you to: Decide which iPad and accessories you should get for working in Procreate. Learn more about drawing illustrations and working in Procreate. Improve your drawing skills even further. Overcome your creative fears and establish a daily art-making practice. Learn how to use several Procreate touches and shortcuts to save time and become a more experienced Procreate artist. Discover how to create animations easily on the go! This guide is perfect for people with no Procreate experience, but even skilled users can pick up some helpful Procreate tips and tricks. Your ability to create art is not limited by the technology you can afford. If you really want to level up your drawing skills, consider getting this book and challenge yourself to create art everyday. So get a copy and create some fantastic art today!

A perfect gift for anyone who wants to learn the "write" way to craft calligraphy. Calligraphy is about creating something uniquely beautiful, whether to celebrate a special occasion like marriage or to use every day in the form of stationery. Author Molly Suber Thorpe, an award-winning wedding invitation designer and calligrapher based in Los Angeles, works closely with her international clients to give them the distinctive products they're looking for. In Modern Calligraphy, you can learn from this experienced expert how to master this fresh modern lettering style. The first book to teach this bold new style breaks the calligraphy process down into simple steps so anyone can learn to create their own stunning wedding invitations, thank you cards, gift tags, and more. Starting with an overview of the supplies—from paper to ink to pens—you will learn how to form letters, words, and then phrases by following Molly's clear step-by-step instructions, and by practicing with the provided templates. After mastering letter forms using a pointed pen and ink you can take it to the next level by learning how to use watercolor and gouache, or how to digitize your calligraphy. The twenty projects in the book provide lots of inspiration for making your own and are grouped into three sections: weddings, entertainment, and personal stationery. With loads of ideas, practice exercises, and helpful tips, soon you will be turning out gorgeous script calligraphy pieces like the ones featured in wedding magazines and popular websites like Pinterest.

Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere.