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Practical tips, short tutorials, and fun tricks to know, helping you get started and work more smoothly across Procreate and other digital art apps.


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add halftones textures and patterns to abstract art in procreate
Add Texture, Patterns & Halftones to Shapes
Sometimes a composition keeps calling you back, asking for more. In a previous tutorial, I created a simple abstract shape composition using my free Abstract Shape Stamps. But once my Midcentury Magic brush set was ready, I couldn't resist revi...
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Dotty Pop Art Garden
I like making chaotic, colorful things, and this one is no exception: dots layered on dots, patterns mixing with patterns, and "greenery" that is entirely the wrong color. In this tutorial, you'll see how I built this pop art garden by testing out d...
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Digital Alcohol Ink: The Ribbon Tutorial
This was made in the Procreate app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, using my Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set. Tutorial based on the Ribbon Technique by Phoenix Artworx: https://youtu.be/uvOhRP0hlJ4
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paint a digital alcohol ink wave in procreate
Paint a Digital Alcohol Ink Wave
For this tutorial, learn how to paint a wave in Procreate using my digital alcohol ink brush set.
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How to export graphics with a transparent background in Procreate
Export a Graphic with a Transparent Background from Procreate
For today’s tutorial, I wanted to demonstrate how to make a gold glitter border in Procreate using my Gold Rush brushes, and export that image with a transparent background so that it can be layered on top of other images. This great for anyone...
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create three different kinds of alcohol ink flowers digitally in the procreate app
3 Different Digital Alcohol Ink Flowers
For this tutorial, learn how to create three easy types of alcohol ink flowers in Procreate.
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paint a coral seascape in Procreate with digital alcohol ink
Paint a Coral Seascape in Procreate
In this process video, I accidentally ended up painting an underwater coral seascape and just went with it. This was painted in Procreate using my Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set, with a pure black background. Canvas size 16×20 inch at 300 D...
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digital alcohol ink fade out technique in procreate
Alcohol Ink Fade Out Technique in Procreate
In this process video, I use digital alcohol inks to create a minimalist fade out technique. This was painted in Procreate on a 16×20 inch canvas at 300 DPI, using my custom Amazing Alcohol Ink brushes.
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create a wispy minimalist alcohol ink ribbon effect in Procreate
Wispy Alcohol Ink Ribbon in Procreate
In this process video, I use digital alcohol inks to create a minimalist, wispy ribbon. This was painted in Procreate on a 16×20 inch canvas at 300 DPI, using my custom Amazing Alcohol Ink brushes (download link above). The most important brush used...
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make terrazzo and stone textures in Procreate
Terrazzo and Stone Textures in Procreate
In this video, I play around with different options for creating terrazzo and stone textures using two of my brush sets for Procreate.
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paint an agate slide digitally in procreate with alcohol ink brushes
Paint an Agate Slice in Procreate
I love geode and agate art made with resin, alcohol ink, foil and acrylic pours in “real life” so I wanted to make this type of art more accessible in digital format. To make this, I used mainly my Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set on iPad Pro...
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digital alcohol ink fluid art beach made digitally in the procreate app with custom brushes
Alcohol Ink Beach in Procreate
I’ve seen lots of incredible resin and fluid art that looks like a beach so I wanted to make something like that digitally in this tutorial, using my Amazing Alcohol Ink brushes. I started using a royalty free photo from Unsplash (link below), ...
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minimalist digital alcohol ink artwork made in the procreate app
Minimalist Alcohol Ink in Procreate
This is a demo showing how to do a minimalist negative space effect with the Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set for Procreate. This was made on a larger canvas – 4000 x 6500 pixels (roughly 14 x 22 inches) and would make a nice high resolution print for ...
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digital alcohol ink artwork made in procreate
Create Alcohol Ink Artwork in Procreate with Negative Space
A demo showing how to make a do a negative space technique with my Amazing Alcohol Ink brushes for Procreate. Alcohol Ink for Procreate finally makes it possible to achieve fully customisable, realistic digital artwork in this notoriously tricky med...
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Gold Shape Abstract Collage in Procreate
Learn how to create a contrasty, abstract gold shape collage, using geometric shapes and metallic textures in Procreate. This beginner friendly tutorial focuses on clean lines, thoughtful composition, and layering different gold textures for depth a...
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