Digital Art

Self Portrait Practice With Procreate

Self Portrait Practice With Procreate

Getting better with every practice session!

When I kick back on the couch post-work, it’s a no-brainer to grab my iPad, fire up Procreate, slap on a reference photo, and just roll with it.

Procreate’s got some cool perks, like flipping your work around in a flash and checking it out in grayscale real quick.

I’m all about painting over mistakes instead of hitting that undo button — it’s all part of the journey, right?

Here’s the same image in grayscale.

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Self-portrait in grayscale
Monochrome Self Portrait

Monochrome Self Portrait

Working in monochrome forces you to focus on shapes instead of getting lost in details.

Without color to lean on, you have to commit to your values. And there’s something liberating about leaving things out — letting the viewer’s imagination fill in the blanks.

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