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I just made the #1 mistake lol

I lost every artwork except those I exported. Can you imagine losing every .psd file because you uninstalled Photoshop? I switched to Clip Studio Paint. I use ProCreate only for scribbles.

The last point is the most important. No one was born a top tier artist any more than any one was born a world class chef, Olympic athlete, or math guru. All require study and practice over time. People are quick to dismiss artistic skill as innate or god-given talent when it's really just years of practice (and plenty of not-so-good-looking pieces along the way). Anyone can do it - gate's wide open :) come in and draw!

I learned about the backups when my son borrowed my ipad and deleted procreate. I cried.

Omg, tip 3 is a game changer, thank you so much! I’ve been using procreate for 4 years and never knew about that!

I somehow managed to come across your video today. I recently treated myself to a new iPad for Christmas while I found time to find a apple pencil on sale not long ago so i can enter the world of digital art again n give it another shot with ProCreate. Really loved how well you explained these beginner mistakes to highly avoid and glad to have given it a watch through. It helped me understand fully on what not to do with making digital art now. I can't wait to practice digital art this year and get decent with it. Thanks so much Brooke.

if you’re looking to get into digital art through procreate, picking an ipad can be tricky. so here’s my advice: ipad - the (relatively) budget-friendly option. still a powerful tablet and as you said, still enough for professionals. ipad air / mini - the go-to pick and what i would recommend for most people. especially since there’s a 12.9in option now! go for the mini if you want an extra-portable digital sketchpad (also great for reading and writing, both of which can be kinda awkward on a bigger ipad) ipad pro - the new ones are honestly overkill for 99% of people, so i would recommend going used here! you can find a refurbished M1 ipad pro for around $500-$600 right now and it’s actually an amazing deal. apple pencil - if your ipad of choice is AT ALL compatible with the second gen, get that one. otherwise, go for the first gen. simple as that aha

I feel like procreate REALLY needs to fix the stack system and Delete art thing. We need to be able to recover accidentally deleted art on the app itself!! When it comes to “stacking art” no, get rid of that. I want to be able to make little organized “FILES” of art in procreate instead !!!

Learning procreate now and this was great! Thank you!

As an avid procreate user I know most of the tricks at this point, but your videos are always so helpful and lovely so I enjoy watching anyway. ❤

Love your earrings

Great pointers … I learnt a few things. And you have a great presentational style. 👍

Someone needs to make sure Procreate themselves see #1 and #2 Also I had no idea you could do #3 and #4. These are going to help out a ton! Thank you!

i didn't know number 3 tysm

I wish I had known about the apple pencil sensitivity years ago when I bought it! (I got the cheaper usb one...). That could explain why I find it so hard to stick to drawing on my ipad when I acquired it for comfort and recreation in the first place. Your explanation about mistakes 3 and 4 was SO HELPUL!

Hi. I have a question I hope you can answer because your videos I can follow and learn from the easiest. I have plenty of memory, and I have been using procreate for about a year to a year and a half now. When in procreate it lags severely and then it locks up and crashes out. Do you happen to have a suggestion for correcting this? I am left handed and heavy handed but I don’t think that has anything to do with it. Any help or video you have is much appreciated. Thank you for the best videos out there in my opinion.

Totally true. You really don't need fancy gadgets to make digital art. When I first got started, I just made little doodles in MS Paint. As a child. As an adult, I still like to use MS Paint. Sometimes. It's a simple painting tool. But man, Clip Studio Paint is soooo much more powerful. I can draw curves in MS Paint easily, but it's even easier to draw curves in Clip Studio Paint. I only have Clip Studio Paint on desktop/laptop, connected to a mouse, as it is the perpetual license one-time fee that has attracted me to buy it. On iPad and iPhone, I use Autodesk Sketchbook (free app), and I have to admit, it's totally cool. I actually don't have an Apple Pencil, no, but I do have my fingers, and I just finger-paint. I do a lot of finger-painting. Believe it or not, the Apple Notes app is also what I use to make simple doodles, and I do that with finger-painting. My fingers are, of course, very imprecise, but the best I can do is a basic sketch.

I noticed at mistake number 3, you are using the case with detachable keyboard that I also have 😭 is there any way to fix the side of the speaker? I noticed like mine it’s a little bit loose, I think my parents were tricked into buying it.. now they’re saying im reckless with my stuff even tho it happens to everyone who has it. Had to buy a cheaper apple keyboard case alternative. Anyways thanks for the tips

heavy on the expensive tech, i have the basic iPad 9th gen 10.2in and i love it. The battery life isn't great but that's not a problem for me personally, but its great and still works really well. The Pencil as well is the 1st gen and works amazingly.

awwwwwwww thanksssssss

Anyone can learn how to draw, it’s whether they want to take the time to learn and practice

I knew i would lose my art progress and my brush but i end up saving my brush and deleting it but i have to buy it back Bad Idea

The most damaging mistake I’ve seen is new ppl tend to want to make it feel like traditional. It is a digital tool so use it like one. Your dream pencil brush is never gonna come if you want that traditional feel then go with real pencil 😂. Color adjustment, transform, photobash, lasso, use hard brush to sketch quickly because you can just always soften things up easily etc

I would add another one that I’m not exactly sure is a general problem, but the app forgets all actions when you open another software, even if Procreate is left running in the background. Say, if you’re messy like me and choose to resize your canvas to export an individual, smaller drawing, and have multiple other, bigger drawings in different layers turned off, you’ll want to return to the original canvas size before leaving the app. Otherwise, you won’t be able to undo it, and all other drawings that got cut in the process? that’s already done and there’s no way to get them back. It happened to me once, I had a minor breakdown over it, but the best way to learn how to work around this app’s frustrating quirks and oversights is to be VERY mindful of them. If you’re going to apply major changes to your artwork, create a duplicate, because Procreate doesn’t store versions of your files. Just in case you won’t be able to undo drastic actions.

I work freelance and up until this year, I had been tied to my desktop computer all the time to work. When faced with the decision of purchasing an iPad to have my "compact art studio" readily available to me, I was initially super intimidated. Because I just was very hesitant to drop $1k on the newest iPad models. Imagine my absolute DELIGHT when I found Apple refurbished iPads on Amazon. For $300 I got a 12.9" 2016 model iPad Pro that is basically in brand new condition. It's been absolutely perfect and I've been able to work with Procreate without any trouble. I truly recommend this option for anyone who wants to break into iPad art without breaking the bank too

well ty, i wouldn’t do that anyway but your voice it’s amazing! i love it! it’s perfect without irritating me, clean loud but small idk! 🤷‍♀️ lol

Hi guys

I think the bigger point is, learn how to draw, not how to use Procreate. I use only 3 of the built in brush for all my Procreate art and often times completely ignored quite a few features of the app, but the point is, it's more important to know how to draw first, then try finding the tools needed to draw it out, than to learn all the tools first and still have no idea when to use them. By all means focus on what you are drawing, not what tool you are using, and doing things the dumb way never hurts as long as you know what you are drawing.

No way people actually delete an app 😮