Procreate Meetups -- Notes

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-- Our Third Meetup

-- Our Second 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 and Mathew P

Wyatt's Pub & Grill

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 First 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

Facebook.com/LisaMacCrafts

Etsy.com/shop/lisamaccrafts

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

wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org

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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