Procreate Meetups -- Notes
Our First Procreate Meetup 02/15/22:
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:
(We are all using Procreate 5.25, current version)
Lisa MacNicol
business owner, wreath and door hangar 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
(possibly on folio.procreate.art soon)
has bought brushes and also created his own brushes
uses Splice iPad app for editing and adding music to videos
demoed Hidden Layers, QuickMenu (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
Warrenj on folio.procreate.art
Inkscape and Illustrator user (Photoshop not so much)
stacks, named layers, brush Vintage>Flower Power
masking techniques, destructive vs non-destructive
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:
mandalas and Symmetry (grids, snapping)
more on masking
layer count and "layer anxiety"
sending Procreate files to our Zing and/or Boss lasers
other topics??