Procreate Meetups -- Notes
Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative process by providing shared space, shared tools, materials and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.
-- Our 4th Meetup 05/26/222:
3 attended, (2 no-shows)
More links:
Link Tree -- "makes your online content more discoverable, easier to manage and more likely to convert."
Kenneth Crane -- Illustration & Design
Master Penman Jake Weidmann -- TEDxMileHigh
Art with Flo -- on YouTube
Future topics:
Vectornator -- illustration app for iPad Manikin -- iPad app
-- Our 3rd Meetup 04/12/22:
5 attended, (1 no-show)
Used Chromecast to send iPad screens to the PPM 70" HDMI monitor.
Links discussed:
Sticker Mule -- including holographic stickers
Sticker app -- including clear stickers
Scotty the Painter -- link needed
-- Our 2nd Procreate Meetup 03/15/22:
5 attended, (1 no-show)
Once again forgot to take screenshots and pics.
We used the 70" HDMI monitor again, use Chromecast next time(?)
Links and info shared:
Mickayla B
Mathew P
https://www.udemy.com/course/illustrator-cc-masterclass/ -- often goes on sale for $21 (!)
Marvin Harrell
BackMarket -- the refurbished (super) market.
Ben Severson
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Esquewire
also uses Krita and Wacom tablet
Warren Jokinen
https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Procreate_app_Tips
uses Adobe Illustrator (and Adobe InDesign)
Not on Etsy (yet)
Concluded that we will have a third meeting (April).
Now scheduled for Thursday, April 14th, 5:00PM
-- Our 1st Procreate Meetup 02/15/22 at PPM:
6 people RSVPed on Meetup, 3 attended (2 canceled, 1 no-show)
after some fiddling, we used the newly-repaired 70" HDMI monitor
(we picked HDMI channel 4 (of 5) with the universal remote)
forgot to take any pics or screenshots, however
Attendees (3):
Lisa MacNicol
business owner, wreath and door hanger maker
Instagram: @lisamaccrafts
advanced Boss Laser user
maintains/cleans Boss Laser, too
large format printer user
new to Inkscape and Illustrator
PicCollage -- layouts, stickers, templates, backgrounds
Marvin Harrell
designer and lettering artist
Instagram: @marvharrell
https://www.etsy.com/shop/lettersbyhandnheart
https://folio.procreate.art/mharrell34/portfolio (02/17/22)
has bought brushes and also created his own brushes
uses Splice iPad app for editing and adding music to videos
uses Printful to sell custom products online
demoed "private file/photo" (swipe left on Actions>Insert a file/photo)
(use this to hide an image so it does not show in the playback recording)
demoed QuickMenu (Marvin modified 4-finger tap to be more useful)
Unsplash -- website of free images
future projects: laser cut water painted color paper – butterfly image (02/16/22)
Warren Jokinen
Meetup host, wiki data wrangler and recovering engineer
very new to Procreate
https://folio.procreate.art/Warrenj/portfolio (02/09/22)
Inkscape and Illustrator user (Photoshop not so much)
stacks, named layers, brush Vintage>Flower Power
masking techniques, destructive vs non-destructive
(The three of us are all using Procreate 5.25, current version)
Other Tips:
quickly drag out from the Modify Button to slide the sidebar up or down,
use Actions>Prefs to make the interface appear on the right-hand side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcLhSfB9bYc
Decided that we will meet again next month:
propose next meeting for Third Tuesday, slightly earlier time of 5:00 PM (to 6:30ish)
"Procreate app -- Create and publish digital artwork"
use Chromecast(?)
do a better job of taking pics and screen caps
Potential topics for next meeting:
mandalas and Symmetry (grids, snapping)
more on masking
layer count and "layer anxiety"
sending Procreate files to our Zing and/or Boss lasers
changes and improvements to Procreate wiki page
other topics??
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