CROM PROCREATE CLASS CURRICULUM

What you will Learn

Step1: developing ideas that have narrative and storytelling

Step2: Using thumbnails to develop composition and create impacting and effective artwork.

Step3: Bringing ideas and paper sketches into procreate. 

Step4: using Brushes that enhance your style and work for your linework

Step5: finishing touches that make your art pop.

Step6: Using colour palettes to your advantage.

Welcome

1. Meet Your Instructor: CROM!

2. Introduction to the course

3. Introduction to Materials and Procreate

Chapter 1: Overview of Procreate

1. Understanding brushes and layers

2. Inking line-work in procreate - (activity)    (Prepare skull sketch to be traced in black , use clipping mask on lines, and opacity of layers, as well as TEXT masking)

3. Using clipping mask and alpha lock for line colour. (activity)

4.Using masking layers for Lettering placement (activity).

Chapter 2. Finding References and Brainstorming

1. The importance of keeping a sketchbook

2. Break out of the preciousness of a new sketchbook (activity)

3. Using reference to brainstorm and practice

4. Story telling and addition of narrative into your sketches

5. The freedom of playing with loose lines and soft shadows (let them shade a linework sketch with pencil)

6. Understanding the use of planting seeds of ideas for yourself

Chapter 3. Creating  Thumbnails and Developing a Sketch from It 

1.The importance of thumbnails.

2.  Composition in thumbnails

3.  Creating a process of selection

4.  Sketching from your initial idea and thumbnails (activity)prepare sketch with plenty of mistakes to be fixed in this process

5.  Learning the use of notes to self to save time and focus on the big picture.

Chapter 4. Cleaning Up your Sketch and Moving it to Digital 

1. Options to bring in your sketch into Procreate and what’s best for you.

2. The digital rough to fix and assess. (activity)

(prepare sketch with plenty of mistakes to be fixed in this process)

3. Separation of elements using colour coded strokes

(use character with many elements in action so red ink can be used)

4. Inking linework and setting the space for blocks of shadows.

5. Adding texture and volume with your line work before the shadows

Chapter 5. Blocking shadows and using tones

1. Understanding the basics of light and shadow 

2. Blocking shadow to enhance key pieces of your work

3. Looking at screen tones 

Chapter 6.  Color Palette

1. Using strict Palettes for training

2. Understand colours as moods setters

3. Using hues and saturation for adjustments

4. use of colour shadow and colour highlights

5. Unifying tones

Chapter 7. Building Your Own Style

 1.  Studying your favourite artists

2.   Practice and error

3.   The theory of creative digestion

4.   Self curation and understanding of your own style

Bonus Chapter: Your work in the wild and social media

1.Pop culture

2.People are fickle

2.Dos and dont’s

Outro

1. Congratulations on Completing the Course