How to draw Comics on Procreate - Digital Artist, Comic Illustrator

[@EchoJ]

Love your energetic but still clean line work. 😊 Hope to see more uploads showing your work and process in Procreate👍🏾👍🏾

[@jamilsart6570]

Thanks! I'm currently planning out a few more videos thanks to some great feedback and comments left by viewers like you.

[@beastmastersage]

From what I heard, Color always takes longer to produce, that's always hurted the deadlines of American comics. So I rather produce the pages for my comic series in black-and-white like how mangas are

[@jamilsart6570]

Yeah. I'm currently coloring some pages for a comic, and that adds an extra 2+ hours depending on how intricate the page is. I prefer to just work in black and white because I personally like the way a black and white comic looks. Jeff Smith was a huge inspiration to me when I first got into comics, and I prefer his BW stuff, over his color stuff.

[@richvanatte3947]

That was great to watch! I love relaxing and doing clean up after solidifying my roughs. Creating comics is a great outlet! Thanks for the video! I’ve been working on Procreate too. I just love it!

[@kenettelaforteza6567]

I'm so glad I found your video, I totally agree with drawing on a new layer and losing the looseness of the original sketch, I always have a hard time capturing the original energy of the sketch when I add more details to my sketch, Thank you for the advice and sorry I will steal your style.

[@devidevatha]

Nice! Looks good! Could you upload a step by step video on how to easily draw panels on procreate where everything is explained at a slow pace so that it's easier for beginners to follow?

[@APRA30]

Loved the video man!!! So helpful you are very talented

[@jamilsart6570]

Thanks APRA. Glad you enjoyed my video and found it helpful!

[@TheAlliconicOne]

I love your line work.

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you! The inking stage is definitely my favorite.

[@keithguerrero8082]

What brush/pen do you use for inking, and what setting do you recommend streamline to be set to for ink?

[@briansoo5363]

I always wanted to start drawing my own cartoons! Thank you so much for the videos I'm hyped in trying out today! Subscribed!!

[@darkcult99]

Great stuff! Can you talk about resolution, brushes, etc?

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you darkcult99. I can definitely focus more on resolution and brushes for my next video!

[@SinothiPhoswa]

you're such an artist

[@fannyfium]

hey love your style! can I ask you how you choose the dimension of the boundaries for the print near the end of the page?

[@zstolfi]

God damn you make it look easy, amazing

[@attieyag]

You already have a comic page downloaded as a canvas?

[@yesenniavielmas]

Super talented! I just got procreate and it’s hard for me but I’ll keep practicing 😁

[@johncronyn6873]

I am 71 I have always wanted to refine my comic art. Gain the skills and knowledge to create my own comic strip. My illustration creating has always been refine, refine refine and refine again. Eventually coming to finished through tons of tracing paper and lucy machines. When people would see finished pieces. They loved them and ask to do one for them. But it takes me forever so I’d decline to do them. I never used color because I just wanted to use solid color no gradation. So now to fill my retirement time . I’m looking for someone who can teach me from the beginning. How to create my own traditional comic strip. Probably a simple 3 to 4 panel with the use of color. Procreate seems perfect to me. I have the app, iPad Pro 11 and Apple pen. But I can’t get up and started to even begin. I feel like a dunce. But if someone could begin with teaching this simple beginning. Then I feel we could proceed from there. So if that’s something you or somebody you know who could. I’d be very interested in hearing from you. Best regards, John Cronyn

[@lievevb9195]

I love this! Can you make a video on how to make a character?

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi Vanessa! Yeah I can make a video on that!

[@WkjaHsh]

Which brushes Dow you use for sketch and inking?

[@PaulThompson_Music]

I’m curious about the outer edge of this page. It appears to be a bleed proof template. Did you create it or did you download it somewhere. Also, the squares and rectangles etc. Did you drag those in or did you draw them out?

[@gadsdad]

Thanks for sharing your process, you do great work. God bless:-)

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you Brett. I appreciate the kind words! Hope you are well!

[@JiuJitsuero]

Awesome video! Question though, I saw in a comment youre working on a 11x17 canvas, could you also work on the exact size your book would be printed as, or would the quality not be as good? Also, are you lettering pages in procreate or another app? Thanks for any info you can share.

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi there Sketch24, I'm sorry I'm replying so late to your comment. But I hope I'm able to answer your questions. I believe you can possibly work on an exact size of your book, but you have to make sure your PPI is at least 300 or higher if you want it to print out in decent quality. As for my lettering, I tried to letter this particular comic project on procreate at first, but ultimately gave up and did my letters on Clip Studio Paint instead. It IS possible to letter your comics on procreate, but for me, the process was much easier on Clip Studio.

[@JiuJitsuero]

@@jamilsart6570 thank you for that reply. Sorry just getting back to you! I've been working on my own project but not sure if I'm doing things right.

[@streatymcmeaty8962]

Great tips and your characters are all really cute btw!

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you! I hope to be able to share this project with the public very soon!

[@mikeroyal3216]

I’m new to procreate. I’ve been an airbrush artist for almost 46 years. I’m having a hard time finding the tutorials I need. I want to create a piece from line work to color all in procreate, I want to create textile items with my art. I want to create short comics for my racing to.

[@mischief5905]

heya, I could help you if you’d like! I currently make comics and illustrations all using procreate. I one day hope to publish my comics into the world. If you’d like help, just ask.

[@buckybarnes4540]

Hello, Great job! Can you tell me wich size and resolution did you used for this comics page?

[@artisticangel5795]

What canvas size did you use for making your comics? I’m new at making comics/storyboards but still have long ways to go, so I’m curious about using certain canvas sizes in order to fit the pieces on Procreate if that makes any sense. 🤔

[@janineleonaschleicher6068]

This was very helpful, thank you! I've been drawing all my life, but am only now getting into digital drawing. That technique you used when refining your sketch, where you were resizing and repositioning parts of it - do you have any pointers on what that is called or how to learn it? Just the kind of magic you sometimes wish you had with traditional media ;)

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi Janine! I’m glad my video was very helpful to you! The technique I used for resizing and repositioning was the selection tool on procreate, and using the uniform (to resize) and warp (to make minor tweaks) options. As for pointers, I’d say just play around with the selection tool with your artwork. The beauty of digital art is, if you make a mistake, you can always undo.

[@AGoodJoe]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing 🤘

[@gburgos4648]

Quick question how do you create another page do you create another canvas or use the same one?

[@travislea640]

I'm pretty sure you can create a new canvas but also a folder to put relevant pages together. Not positive though

[@datemasamune2904]

I'm kinda curious about the lineart, because I usually have to use a really big canvas and brush to do details. If I use a more default size for both, the brush becomes too small, and I won't be able to really use the normal strokes. What sizes do you usually do for canvas and brush?

[@303Thatoneguy]

There’s a specific canvas in procreate just for comics. Be aware that it changes your color pallet and you can’t change it back to default while in the comic canvas.

[@LaReinaHealsHearts]

how do you make small drawings without them being blurry

[@patchadventures9247]

Draw them in 4k, with high DPI, then copy and paste them into your given paper sizes.

[@valt.2085]

Thank you for this, still new with procreate. My question is, on the part you were inking, it still shows the lines were jagged inks, how did you managed to refine it to a smoother line finish

[@ashillesss]

I'm in love with this page !! which brushes did you use for it? I've been using procreate for ages but somehow i still don't really know which ones are best haha

[@edinamour]

Wow it really helps me 🥰 Thank you for sharing this since it’s hard to find something that really works for beginners. Can I ask what types of brush did you use?

[@takaw.d8486]

i want to start, but i suck at drawing

[@jamilsart6570]

It's never too late to start. You can begin to learn the fundamentals with just a pencil and paper.

[@takaw.d8486]

@@jamilsart6570 i will try my best

[@Jerseylance1]

Nice🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@狐火]

Hi quick question what pixel size do you set the canvas to ,and the resolution ?

[@jamilsart6570]

Hello! I set my canvas to 11 X 17 inches, 300 dpi, which is the typical size for American comics. That translates to 3300 X 5100, with a 300 dpi. It's a good size to work on in case I decide I want to print my work out.

[@razarnold]

awesome panel. How long did this page take? Man I just started with working on my first "comic" I enjoy the character design and writing but abit nervous to begin panelling scenes. But hopefully it goes well.

[@BarbaraAboagye]

how isi it going?

[@irenek.1834]

Really beautiful comic page here. Thank you soo much 4 sharing, it's inspirational! ♥

[@brecheeze]

Bro ur so underrated

[@jamilsart6570]

haha thanks! Here's hoping more people find my video useful

[@zionleach3001]

My biggest issue is I'm terrible at drawing. I can draw a building decent enough. But I can't draw a human shape. Especially when it comes to facial features.

[@dirtyfighters7751]

Anatomy can help you a ton with that. Just type it in and I'm sure you'll find plenty of videos detailing how you can accurately draw human body positioning, it's helped me a helluva lot.

[@zionleach3001]

@@MizzyDMascot I've tried a little. But I've luckily found websites with artists for hire and a few publishers who might pair me with one. I used to be pro AI art cause I thought it could help those who couldn't draw. But apparently it steals art and corporations are trying to replace real people. Guess machines will take out jobs. 🤷

[@asiarobinson9167]

@@zionleach3001 Tell me: how can someone like this guy make it so good, I’m working on my own comic and it look like a little kid sketch. That’s my opinion.

[@zionleach3001]

@@asiarobinson9167 Well Rob Leifeld is better than me. It's always the face and silhouette I mess up on. Humanoids a indie publishers can at least partner me up with a artist who can probably do better than me.

[@Scarshadow666]

@@asiarobinson9167 As someone that draws people occasionally, it often takes a lot of practice, as well as not being afraid to go through a lot of trial and error and occasionally doing some messy sketches and bad drawings! As one of the comments above says, definitely recommend looking up tutorials on anatomy, as well as figure drawing. I also recommend looking up some reference photos for figure drawing to trace simple box shapes over, while you're starting out (and carrying around a small sketchbook to do quick, messy gesture scribbles while observing people around you).

[@DarkenedRoseArt]

Thank you!

[@nanchoparty]

Hi lmao Great vid! 👍

[@jamilsart6570]

Thanks!

[@jamilsart6570]

Oh yeah. And Hi back! Lol

[@nothingiseverperfect]

THIS WAS SO USEFUL THANK YOU KIND SIR

[@jamilsart6570]

Glad it helped!

[@finnamencinnamon8253]

What’s the size of the page?

[@jamilsart6570]

The size of the page is 11X17 inches, 300 dpi

[@kidricksshow1195]

I want to do how use a regular style to make a comic on paint x ibisthe android

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi Kidrick, unfortunately I don't have an android to really make a video on that. I'm sorry! But I'm sure you can find plenty of videos for comic making on android on youtube! Best of luck!

[@sneakyystudios8836]

Where did you get your comic art board from (or the comic page template on the back with bleed lines)?

[@sandyzaloum4124]

Lovely! Which brush did you use for inking?

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you! I am currently in love with Procreate's default Tinderbox inkbrush. It's so smooth, and feels just like a brush pen!

[@asiarobinson9167]

@@jamilsart6570 Can I ask you something? 1. How do you make the lines of the panel so good? 2. How can I make my own comic like yours? 3. Do I use animation assist? 4. How do you get a page layout/sketch for a comic? 5. What kind of brush do you use for the drawing? ‘Cause my brush is pixel instead of straight.

[@indranilsaha775]

What canvas size did you use sir

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi there Indranil, I set my canvas to 11 X 17 inches, 300 dpi, which is the typical size for American comics. That translates to 3300 X 5100, with a 300 dpi. It's a good size to work on in case I decide I want to print my work out, or resize it for web, without losing any compression information.

[@indranilsaha775]

@@jamilsart6570 thanks a lot for the information 😊

[@indranilsaha775]

@@jamilsart6570 thanks a lot sir

[@kaizenkinben985]

♥

[@finn4580]

Good video

[@Cesar_M_Romero]

Hi! For future videos try to speak directly to the camera (you’re obviously looking at your monitor to see how you look while speaking). It’ll help,you connect with your audience better :)

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you for the tip! I'm still getting used to youtube lol. I consider myself a social person, but it feels very different when the "person" you're speaking to is a camera.

[@Cesar_M_Romero]

@@jamilsart6570 I know, it’s weird at first but it gets easier with every video. I wish you all the luck in the world with your channel!!

[@ucheonobie4521]

Hi

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi hi!

[@Limitlesspotential52]

👋

[@MrArtist1971]

Problem is it takes twice as long, bruh.

[@友美上治]

kawaii

[@jamilsart6570]

Thank you! ☺️

[@b004club]

cara de brasileiro kkk

[@b004club]

sei la nao gosto desses laytout de quadrinhos sobrepostos... é desnecessario e desconfortavel

[@George-go8zt]

​@@b004club boohoo Brazilian

[@nimabahrami4746]

Hey! Would you be kind enough the share the template of the page you used?

[@jamilsart6570]

Certainly! Credit to JimmyReyes on DeviantArt for creating the template and sharing it with the world. You can download it here: www.deviantart.com/jimmyreyes/art/Comic-book-Art-board-template-11X17-688130135

[@Musashi246]

Great video :) But don’t keep using Ipad for comic work. Over time the small size will overstrain your eyes and the bad posture will ruin your back. Not to mention you can only use wrist motions on it for linea. Bigger screen = Better

[@Overwatch2003]

It cost money for me

[@Epic-tales786]

hello, can you tell me which software you use?

[@jamilsart6570]

Hi there! I am using Procreate for the ipad here.

[@barrybabbot7481]

I hate to be that guy but I think the term inking should be reserved for physical art, specifically ink with a brush or nib. Line work would be a better way to describe what you're doing digitally without undermining the art of real inking or digital line work. Both share similarities but are also extremely different Great vid

[@EchoJ]

🙄🤦🏾‍♀️ So disappointing that in 2022 such outdated (and unfounded) opinions of the digital art process persist.

[@Misskraehe]

As an artist who works in both digital and traditional, inking is a fine term for a digital inker…. Just like penciling with digital pencils or painting with digital paintbrushes, spray painting with digital spray paint… the list goes on and on. What would you have them do? Call everything line work? Umm……Digital coloring? Really unrealistic perspective. Also people do linework traditionally, where should the line be drawn?

[@bluebay1031]

@blue fridge That’s good for you, but for a lot of us it’s easier to have a layer we can freely be loose and make mistakes on while figuring out the linework and composition, which allows us to ink more confidently since we know 99% of how we want it to look. The fact that it’s all editable means nothing, because “saving a step” only works if the time it takes to just ink is significantly *less* than the amount it takes to do pencils then inks which, for many of us, isn’t the case.

[@beanpasteposts]

You're undermining the art of digital inking with your statement though?

[@jang2386]

It was never that serious

[@Eis4Electric]

What's the brush you are using?