Procreate Painter Classic Tips & Tricks

Get creative with your Christmas Card !


Step 1: Open up your photo, and make a selection of the face.

After you open up a photo, first, make sure you save the file in a different name to prevent loosing the original photo. Then, trace roughly around the face with the Lasso Tool and make a selection.



Step 2:  Copy the selection onto a new layer.

Once the selection is made, Copy & Paste the selection. When applied, a new layer [layer 1] will automatically be added onto the image.





Step 3:  Choose a color, and fill in the Canvas (background) with the Bucket Tool.

To make the background a solid color, make sure the "canvas" is chosen, and select the entire image by clicking [Ctrl]+A. Then fill the canvas using the Bucket Tool.



Step 4:  Erase the surrounding area of the face using the Eraser.

Select the Eraser from the Tool Bar, and adjust the size & opacity in the control panel. Zoom into the area, and erase the details by using your pen pressure.
Set the eraser to 1pixel, and erase more in detail.  This will make the "hair" look more natural.



Step 5: Resize the object (face) by using the Scale function.



Resizing the object can easily be done with the Scale function. By clicking the two check boxes at the bottom, the horizontal and vertical scale will maintain the same ratio from the center of the image.
Next, move the object using the Layer Adjuster tool, by dragging the object upwards.




Step 6: Drawing in Santa’s clothes.

Add a new layer, and sketch in the rough lines for the clothes.

Easy Tip : If you don't feel like sketching everything, simply find an image of Santa, follow the same steps as Step1 to 5, and just copy and paste the clothes !


Next, add another layer and color in the clothes by using the Brush Tools. Get creative and use several brushes ! Don't forget to make many layers...this will help you make adjustments easily.

Drag the "Face" layer (Layer1) to go to the top of the layer list, and make the clothes complete.

Follow the same steps again, and draw & paint the hat.



Final Step:  Add some pink cheeks to make Santa adorable !

Done!


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