Beginner's Guide To Procreate: Characters: How to create characters on an iPad ®

by 3dTotal Publishing (Editor)

Thanks to Procreate, designing characters for the entertainment industry can be done on the iPad.   In this book for newcomers to the software, several renowned and experienced designers demonstrate how they do it, sharing not only their professional tips and tricks, but also how the traditional character design process translates to Procreate. Whether you sketch or paint, draw from reality, or dream up new concepts, you will become fluent in using Procreate for all stages of character design. The thorough Getting Started section spotlights the specific Procreate tools, such as Brushes, Layers, and Adjustments, that bring your characters to life. Perfecting color and nuance of hair, skin, eyes and fabric of your characters is vital, and the Quick Tips section lets you quickly locate and manipulate the tools you need.  Take the opportunity to observe and practice the techniques as part of a real-world workflow, as professional character designers demonstrate in seven step-by-step Projects how to use Procreate’s tools to successfully evolve a character from initial thumbnails to final hero pose. Whether or not you have used Procreate before, Beginner’s Guide to Characters ensures your character ideas and concepts become fully realized creations on the iPad screen.

Genres: Art

216 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2021

About the author

Originally a digital artist’s resource website, 3dtotal has grown into an industry-leading art-book publisher. Renowned for creating high-quality, inspirational, and practical tutorial books with some of the best artists working in the movie, games, animation, and publishing industries, 3dtotal Publishing sets the standard for modern art books.

Reviews

[Andrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and well illustrated book to quickly read through and scan for tips and tricks, not going to reproduce anything, but I loved the end-to end guides to learn from and repeat in my own work.