DA2 Reading Blog #2

While reading an article on Procreate from a person who is a children’s Illustrator. They talk about the Pros and Cons of Procreate as an application from personal experience. They talk about the initial investment if you have an iPad and Apple Pencil all you have to do is pay $12.99 for the Procreate app which is a one-time fee. They then jump into the pros of Procreate such as the mobility it offers since you can work from anywhere versus being stuck at a desktop at a desk and chair. Comfort since they are not at a desk she can work anywhere that is comfortable rather than being at a desk all day. Procreate has a lot of helpful features such as layers, masks, and layer blending modes, that make it fast and easy to create illustrations. They talk about how learning the basics of the program is very intuitive and how there are plenty of online tutorials, the Procreate Instagram feed, and Procreate's online manual with tutorials on their website. Brushes in Procreate has so many loaded brushes and they are easy to copy, edit, and move around. Her favourite part is that you can use and brush as a smudge or eraser. They also love how you can easily just draw directly on the screen and the ability to add text to illustrations. They also talked about animations and how easy it is to create little animations. So many file types to share your work such as jpg, png, pdf, GIFs, mp4 for animations, and photoshop PSD.

https://sketchdesignrepeat.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-procreate-as-a-childrens-illustrator/