Character Design in Procreate: Silhouettes

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

• 1 min. short (Jordan’s steps)
• 83 min. video (tutorial)
• Character Design Track
• Character Design Area

• Prompt: Create a character design by tracing the silhouette of an inanimate object as a starting point.
• This prompt helps you to step outside of your comfort zone and work with shapes you wouldn’t ordinarily use on your own.
• Determine every aspect of the character: clothing, hair style, jewelry, accessories, shoes.
• The gesture of a character can say a lot about their personality.
• Think of associations you can make with the silhouette shape.

• Consider the time period you want your character to live in.
• Julie’s process with Procreate: combining traditional and digital media together.
• Julie often uses Procreate to color her ballpoint pen illustrations.
• Julie and Cat both use very few brushes in Procreate, 1-3.
• Procreate allows you to create automated straight lines.
• Procreate makes it very easy to import/export files.
• Sketching in Procreate is very fast and helpful when sending editorial illustrations to art directors.

Character Designs

• Character #1: Art Masking Fluid
• Character #2: Lotus Fold Book
• Character #3: Cell Phone Holder
• Character #4: Herd of Sheep

Reference Photos

• Google Drive folder

Software

• Procreate