Procreate: Digital Mastercopies

• 1 min. short (blue light)
• 1 min. short (Photoshop vs. Procreate)

• 1 min. short (Cintiq vs. iPad)
• 1 min. short (6B brush)
• 81 min. video (tutorial)

• Mastercopies allow you to practice fundamentals of art.
• Starting with a background color that isn’t white makes it a lot easier to see colors.
• Duplicate the original painting to make sure your mastercopy has the same aspect ratio.
• Is a mastercopy the same as making fan art?
• If you post your mastercopy online, it’s courteous to credit the artist whose artwork you are copying.
• The purpose of a mastercopy is entirely about study and learning.
• Clipping Masks in Procreate allow you to crop something without losing all of it.
• It’s a good idea if you make fan art to be sure to have your own art practice.

• Jordan recommends picking 4 colors to get started with your palette.
• Time yourself when doing a mastercopy, about 1 hour so you don’t pick too much. (for more time consuming media like oils, don’t use this time limit)
• A mastercopy gets you to think more into their head and process.
• Doing a mastercopy can expose what skills you need to work on.
• Jordan recommends starting with hard edge brushes to block in big shapes at the beginning and then moving to softer brushes later.
• There’s no need to work on a mastercopy obsessively, but it’s a personal preference and what you want to focus on.

Artists Mentioned

• Nathan Fowkes
• Emily Tetri, Legend of Korra
• Patrick O’Keefe (art director for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

Software

• Procreate