Outlining With Procreate

Learn to outline with these three techniques: standard brush outlining, adding a white stroke to an existing outline, and removing an outline to create a negative-space outline!
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Let me know in the comments what you would like to see covered in upcoming episodes...you might see your idea come to life!

[@sweetirishrose7]

I really appreciate that you show us that you erase a lot until you’re happy. Most people just can do it in one go and I thought I was weird for redoing lines constantly. You are so easy to follow along with, thanks!!

[@BeeJayDeL]

I constantly undo/redo lines and am not afraid to show it, lol! Thanks for watching and appreciating that fact!

[@cjvgkv]

Caitlin Rose Riiight? Like Gal Shir. Makes me feel bad for not getting lines right the first go.

[@van502]

Anyone who says they get em perfect first time is full of poo poo lol

[@IsabellaMaeveFilm]

But when you do get it on the first go it like a party 🥳

[@Cartoons-by-Kirby]

That is a breath of fresh air. I see too many heavily edited tutorials that do not show the real process of drawing. You are dead on Caitlin!

[@deadbytwenty7752]

Would be really helpful if you showed how you set up your brushes to get those nice lines.

[@martialartsonthemove-westc7515]

He has a video on this!!! It’s awesome!

[@kawe-oy9wo]

@@martialartsonthemove-westc7515 what is it called

[@aylapurdee6768]

Yeah I can't find this video either what the name of its

[@BrixDeRossi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nquyZ5KYiL-Fatk

[@davidbyourplanb]

I didn't know about that reference layer - that sort of changes everything THANKS!

[@BeeJayDeL]

It is a super helpful tool- glad I could help!!!

[@dergoose9882]

What does the reference layer do?

[@boing1oings]

same

[@Ic3h0t]

Just got myself an iPad Air 5 a few days ago and tried to start drawing without any experience or talent. After a few days and some tutorials, I was really upset because I was not getting the results I wanted. Just watched your full video and applied everything you said here. One hour later, my designs already look a lot better. You're a legend!! Thank you!

[@sheldonlacsina4305]

Shadowing opacity technique...GENIUS! Thanks man!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Hahaha! Thanks...glad I could help!

[@ariagrumpy8254]

You can set your highlight and shadow layers to "clipping mask" so it technically can't go out of the layer beneath it

[@BeeJayDeL]

Yup...sure enough! I touched on this is one of my newer videos and why I don't use it in often in the videos. I have found people skip around/don't watch the whole video so if they don't see me set up the layer, they get confused and then ask questions on how I was able to do that. I would love if everyone watched from start to finish but it doesn't happen, lol!

[@Nancy_09_]

Amazing tutorial! I found it really easy to follow.. I appreciate that you filmed your natural flow and didn't edit

[@sophiavega3990]

I like how he does tutorials. It’s like a free art class

[@ArcticaTheFox]

Another way you can make a border outline for any of your drawings is by duplicating the later that has the shape you want to outline, fill it until it’s one solid white (or whatever outline color you want) silhouette, applying a small amount of Gaussian blur on it, duplicate and merge the layers until it starts to thicken up, using the auto selection tool and drag up the tolerance so it gets rid of all the fuzzy edges, and voila! Your new outline! I discovered this a while back and it always surprises me when I hear others who don’t know this technique XD. I also made a video on it on my channel.

[@BeeJayDeL]

It’s not so much “not knowing” that technique- it’s the fact that Procreate’s selection tool is pretty piss poor and doing this results in a line that’s not super smooth (and doesn’t look good if you are planning on printing.)

[@ArcticaTheFox]

Let's Draw with BeeJayDeL ahhh, I see. That is pretty true

[@daniellealexandria7946]

I didn’t see where he mentioned what brushes he was using. That’s why I’m trying to find out to begin my own sketches. I’m trying to outline machinery from a photo, and don’t like the “sketching” pencils, I’m looking for a solid line to use in a brush. Ty in advance for any advice! Great drawing ability, to the video maker!!

[@linearebecca]

I just started drawing with procreate and this was so easy to follow and understand! Thank you!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Awesome! Glad to help!!!

[@SirDude555]

I love it! I clicked on this video for the line information, but you answered two bigger questions / problems I was having. The "reference" setting and the "streamlining". Thank You!

[@CrustyCowboy]

I learned that having the outline on one mask and alpha locking it, I could change the line color by painting over them. It doesn't let the color bleed to the other layers

[@trasure435]

I love the procreate two finger tap erase. The only problem I have with it is when I draw on paper I get annoyed that tapping the paper doesn’t work before I remember I need to use an actual eraser.

[@esarila12.0]

You’re now my teacher, thank you kind sir.

[@BeeJayDeL]

That works! Glad to have you as a student!

[@sanjanachavan3180]

Hey senior! I am the new student here! Hahah

[@schizo910]

The way I make the outlines while staying in Procreate, is by using a very small amount of Gaussian blur on the layer with the white filled image. Duplicate that layer a couple of times, merge them down (they become thicker and more pronounced) and repeat that a couple of times. The smaller the Gaussian blur the crisper the result, but you have to make more duplicates.

[@BeeJayDeL]

I know a lot of people that do this but it just doesn’t give that crisp line work that I am used to.

[@bardfinn]

That "Clear" technique between layers is amazing.

[@merochitrawears5688]

Clear technique is not working in my art.

[@tallitvak5325]

It took me 8 months to find you since I started drawing .... I broke the web to find a decent tutorial on how to draw in this modern style . You made my day thank you

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching!!!!

[@cowboydino356]

I LOVE ALL OF THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS STUFF IN THE BACKGROUND

[@CatAndCloud]

Just found this tutorial! Amazing - under 15 minutes you saved me days if not weeks of work. I installed procreate few weeks ago to create complex illustrations for my book and now learning it at the pace of 1-2 hours a day after work. The reference layer you mentioned and your method of creating shadows using black layer is a treasure! I will now go browse all your other tutorials to see what other hidden treasure are there :) The ones I am looking for in particular are: 1. Layer modes: multiply, difference, burn etc. So far tutorials from other people confused me even more! 2. Layer grouping but without merging 3. Perspective tool to create scenes and larger characters, e.g. to plan location/size of eyes, paws, etc. Thank you again for an amazing tutorial!!!!

[@keithlane497]

Great video and thanks! Also mad props for the Aesop Rock hoody & Nightmare art.

[@BeeJayDeL]

🤘🤘🤘

[@davonburrell9744]

what brush are you using for the outline?

[@citizenraga]

Your vid is supper informative. I feel like i just took a master class in Procreate. Definitely feeling more confident in using it.

[@BeeJayDeL]

That's awesome to hear! Glad the video helped!!!

[@CarlosOleaSixtos]

the reference layer just blew my mind

[@decalpals8496]

You showed how to select one layer, then move to another layer and clear the second layer of any overlapping pixels. I've been manually erasing to remove those extra pixels. This is much faster and will save me so much time as the designs I do very often require that technique. Thanks!

[@danalane2366]

Still new to procreate- you just showed me a few tips that are gonna save me massive headaches! Thank you!

[@carmissalty]

How do i use a pen thats not Pencil looking or gets bigger or smaller. I want to use a regular pen to outline how do I get it

[@lhawkins40]

Video is amazing and techniques! Thank you for your video in real time without the crazy sped up versions I see on KZbin. This is the way to make a video with explanations and actually speaking and showing and I really appreciate you for taking the time to do this a learned a lot and subscribed 😊

[@BeeJayDeL]

Awesome...thanks so much! I really strive to show everything in "real time" with explanations because I think it is so much more conducive to learning the techniques! My videos might run a bit longer than the usual KZbin "tutorials" but there is a reason for that...I want everyone to learn as much as possible! Thanks for noticing!

[@AFateSoTwisted]

Thank you for posting this. I'm fairly new to Procreate, but I absolutely love it. This was very helpful.

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate you watching and glad to help!!!

[@Noah-yu3uu]

For the stroke issue, you can always copy the entire illustration into a new layer, resize it a bit bigger putting the layer underneath and then going to adjustments: hue, colour, saturation and changing the entire image to whatever colour you want the stroke to be, or just alpha locking the layer and painting the it in

[@BeeJayDeL]

Nope...addressed this so many times in the comments on this video I’ve lost count.

[@sarasnowflake4729]

You have just discovered a world for me, I can finally make drawings without a line and it doesn't look like someone has bitten it, THANK YOU! greetings from Spain

[@birdie399]

A whole heap of techniques and ways to use procreate. Thanks for the inspiration and help.

[@robbe4711]

Nice tutorial...reminds me of my old Santa Cruz Skate designs (Rob, Natas...)!

[@RED89P13]

Have my 12.9” on the way. didn’t even think about how easy sketching would be and having no erase marks or faint old lines. I am so excited to get drawing again. For a while I was doing pen tool on illustrator and i felt pretty limited.

[@HeyBear]

Used to draw - hard to admit that I used to draw. ;D I have the same hoody XD

[@Elan_Sleazebaggano]

get back at it homie, it's only your decision.

[@lo-tar1442]

Used to paint Hard to admit that I used to paint Natural light on a human face Stenciled fire on his roommate's bass It was blooming addiction Amiss in the pushing of pigment Book like a tattooed pigskin, look Pinhead kids of the minute Drank Kool-Aid from a tube of acrylic And it grew up into linseed oil over linen Joy to the poison, voice of the resin Capture a map of the gesture Back up, add a little accurate fat to the figure :)

[@ajha100]

Great tutorial and process demo. As a beginner in Procreate, I really appreciate the straightforward, clear presentation of info. Earned my subscription.

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@AllenAdrianTompkins]

I like your program and how you teach, so I came back to your videos to find out more of how to ink in the illustration. So you don’t have colour bleed.

[@korgscrew2000]

To get a white outline use the white layer you used to warp but instead just make it bigger and centre it. Perfect.

[@Jimmyjimbert0]

That was my first thought too!

[@arosew7]

This video is so satisfying. You’re an amazing artist

[@raramuri2013]

Awesome!! Great job .. God bless you.!! I will show this video to my son who loves drawing, greetings from Dallas, Tx....🤠

[@BeeJayDeL]

Glad you enjoyed the video and hope your son finds it helpful as well!!!

[@snake1625b]

what brushes are you using for the sketch portion and the final outline portion? sorry if you mentioned it in the video

[@icecake1463]

Really informative video! Thanks, just curious as to which brush do you use to do the outline?

[@tobzyjay6988]

What brushes does he use ?

[@twilight_salem]

That shadow layer tip alone is so helpful, thank you!!

[@annavery2912]

Awesome. Please do one on shadows highlights where to place. Thanks.

[@Kyomiibrown]

You decide which angle the light is coming from, then you simply paint in the light - the shadows are usually opposite to the light for the most part. If the sunlight is behind you, your shadow is in front and so on.

[@brodyrichard263]

You can save brush sizes on the left slider tab, so that way you can go back to the same line weight you had previously. I keep 4 pre saves line sizes on my slider for all my pens and pencils. Just tap the slider and hit the plus sign. Pro tip!!!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Yup…unfortunately, that wasn’t a feature in Procreate six years ago when this video came out 🙃

[@crstone1998]

I just finally purchased a iPad pro to learn how to use procreate and you make everything look easy and fluent. I'm gonna have to play around a bit it seems lol I'm not good with the shading ir shadows with the light you where putting lol

[@BeeJayDeL]

Keep practicing...it gets easier! Thanks for watching!

[@magiashkii]

I love when I watch a video and learn something new. I didn't know about the reference feature when doing line work. This will make things so much easier! thanks

[@HFN_]

U make it look so easy

[@catsrb3st]

This is gonna help me a lot cuz I was planning on getting Procreate ty

[@BeeJayDeL]

Procreate is awesome...you’re going to love it!!!

[@kalubdailey6257]

I’ve come back to this video several times to help me with things like this. Super informative my man and it helped me out a lot!🙏🙏

[@kalubdailey6257]

Subscribed for sure👍🏻👍🏻

[@BeeJayDeL]

Great to hear and glad I could help! Thanks for watching!

[@MamaLionessBeauty]

I’m so glad I found this video! This is the exact style I’m trying to achieve with my drawings. Also a huge fan of the creepy cute art 🙌🏻

[@BeeJayDeL]

Awesome! Glad you found the channel too!

[@coopart1]

Coop, Robert Williams , comes to mind looking at your style. I'm am a new fan of your work, learning a lot

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks man! I’m a huge Coop fan so that means a lot!

[@ajurgo]

Not only was this video perfect to uinderstand, your design is adorable! Absolutly love your art!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!!!

[@ajurgo]

@@BeeJayDeL I really jumped into procreate and actually got some decent works going finally! Thanks again!

[@raindropsandfeathers2245]

This was extremely useful!! Thank you!!!!!!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@dthomp06]

Instead of warp, have you tried Gaussian blur and recoloring that?

[@BeeJayDeL]

Blurred edge is not the desired effect so no....doesn’t work

[@thegapplife9707]

This video is great! Most useful shadowing/outlining video I have watched yet.

[@Fang666x]

The undo function with the two finger tap has gotten to me so bad that sometimes when I'm sketching on traditional I catch myself doing it lol. Thanks for sharing this!, it's super helpful :)

[@bringbackthe80s61]

awesome tips! please make a video on making the right layers for what

[@BeeJayDeL]

"Right layers for what"...not sure I follow. My process for layers is sketch, lines, colors, highlights, and shadows. This is in pretty much all of my videos so if you are looking for something else, let me know!

[@bringbackthe80s61]

@@BeeJayDeL sorry i meant a video for beginners how to use layers properly. i always use one layer to do everything from colour to the background. i would like to know which way is the best way to go out it. and awesome videos you have helped me heaps :D

[@BeeJayDeL]

Danny Draws Gotcha...that’s pretty much what I do in most of the Let’s Draw videos with the finished, colored pieces in the thumbnails...check those out!

[@bringbackthe80s61]

@@BeeJayDeL thank you so much for replying back and ill def do that and check out your other videos too. thanks alot for all the help :D

[@kinggixxerracing8046]

Great video, I learned a lot of tricks. I’m two days in on the program and this video was really informative 👊🏾🙏🏾

[@peachypound6108]

Just a tip Bro, regarding the Eraser Streamline comment you had made. I too hate it when small things like that are affected. So, I make a few Duplicates of Brushes I prefer to Erase with, I put them in a category of their own (Marked “ERASER BRUSHES”). I then adjust each brush to how I want it to perform. So when they’re Duplicated, the “Streamline” option will no longer be invoked when the same brushes are tweaked. Your eraser brushes are essentially left alone. Hope this helps

[@jayillustrator86]

This was an AMAZING tutorial! I learned so much in that small amount of time! Have you done a tutorial on the next stage in this process (formatting the drawing file for print on tshirts)? What does that look like in procreate?

[@kkkumaa]

Watching you draw is so satisfying

[@iRVvyBaun]

I was curious to what pencil and settings you were using? My lines are never that clean.

[@BeeJayDeL]

Custom brush (links to my brushes are in the video description.)

[@tracybuford9243]

You sir are hero of the decade! Thanks for this.

[@jayarts699]

For me, it depends on the mood of the artwork I'm doing! Right now, I've been doing a lot of fall themed art, so I make my lines layer in a very dark red, duplicate it, then take one lineart layer and apply a gaussian blur to it and it looks soft!

[@kvanart]

I finally started using Procreate. THIS is exactly what I’ve been looking for...how to digitally line draw. Love your work!!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful!

[@redrubyartgallery]

Thank you for this tutorial this helps a ton. I want to learn cartooning to be able to hand paint into a hotrod pinstriping design.

[@gailalli8086]

Awesome video! Really gave me some great ideas for my POD! And yes would love to see a video on highlights and shadows!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Awesome! So glad it sparked some ideas! This is actually an older video- I have already done a highlights and shadows video so check it out if you haven't already!

[@heidilynnm6522]

You can also use a monogram brush and not have think & thin spots in your white lines.

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

Just bought this brush pack and I LOVE IT.. have been searching for brushes exactly like this pack. Thank you!

[@celinemcfly4409]

Which pack is it?

[@tequilaghoul]

Love your are style. I'm new to art and learning how to draw and trying to find my style. totally gonna be checking out more of your videos!

[@koabalanay111]

Thank you for showing us this -- can you comment on what type of brush you are using? I searched your gumroad but I didn't see anything that looks like it.

[@Sedgley9024]

Oh and I am interested in how you prepare a canvas for creating a design to print in a t-shirt and how to set it up, save it and uploading so I get the right DPI , size for print and quality design. Any ideas. Also taking a pre made shape and creating coloring within the tool too.

[@BeeJayDeL]

For t-shirts I use 4500x5400 300DPI...save as PNG with background turned off.

[@Sedgley9024]

@@BeeJayDeL not sure what you mean about background turned off

[@GhostShooz]

There is an app called SketchClub. If you save your main graphic in Procreate as a PNG, you can then import it into SketchClub. This app has a “selection tool” that you can select the graphic with. If you do the “duplicate” trick you used here you can select that layer and then expand the selection to make a border area. I throw a light blur on the outline layer to soften the edges a bit as the “selection tool” is pixel perfect and too sharp. Great video and your art is Damn! man! Good stuff

[@BeeJayDeL]

Nick Massetti I’ll have to check that one out!

[@lewisbyers800]

What brush you using ? Standard one in the program or created yourself? Great stuff dude

[@susyperez8445]

Hi! What type of screen protector do you recomend? I want a good one for drawing because I’ve already scratched my screen a little💔

[@whachamacallit6992]

This was unbelievably helpful… just started drawing on Procreate & now I feel less stressed out

[@120MinutesWithMattsPinealGland]

Do you recommend a screen protector or does it effect the pencil? If you use one which brand and type do you use? Love the lessons btw.

[@BeeJayDeL]

I do! I use a matte one (check the link the video description.)

[@Ironstark-xt9sc]

What brushes did you use. I just found your channel and it’s great! Do you think in he description you could write what brushes you use to colour, sketch and outline.

[@AriSalazarteodia]

Here i am, a year later.. trying to learn as much as i can and thanks to the universe i found your channel.

[@BeeJayDeL]

Glad to help!!!

[@lindatain6496]

I'm new to the Pencil and iPad Pro. Looking forward to using it for comments and corrections on student's work. Seems I'll have a lot to learn and very excited! An informative video in short time.

[@frankiebiase6632]

just got recommended this video, thank you! Also love the Aesop Rock sweatshirt, now I know I'm listening to someone credible!

[@BeeJayDeL]

✊

[@masonh5077]

Very useful video! One question: On the layer where you create the white outline and warp it outside of the top layer - why not use a uniform transform of the white layer and just increase the size, allowing you to keep the outline clean and width consistent?

[@BeeJayDeL]

Have had a lot of people leave this same comment...on a design with a bunch of curves , this doesn't work- does not give a uniform spacing/stroke. Try it and see what I am talking about!

[@kristoffalltrades6903]

Thanks for the great tutorial vid. I learned a lot. My favorite part was making the line art layer the reference layer. It made coloring easier. I just noticed in the last technique where you let the background do the lining, we lost the white highlights. But overall, i love this tutorial vid. 😊

[@VilaToro64]

I'm new to procreate and coming from hand drawing it's weird but man I tell you I learned a lot from this

[@steveblais1392]

Great Video Just starting on Procreate. I appreciate the pace you work at to, well done! Learned so much. especially like the shadow trick too

[@swally902]

I’m new to procreate. This video helped tremendously - thanks! 🙌

[@BeeJayDeL]

Great to hear! Appreciate you watching!

[@danwatts3335]

Thank you so much. I was struggling for so long. That is until I found this video. You’re amazing. I’ll now go subscribe

[@Martillo_de_Dios]

Hey BeeJay, I really enjoyed the tutorial...I'm really new to drawing with the iPad, but, I'm looking forward to learning. I noticed that you didn't have a screen cover on your iPad, or maybe I couldn't see it? If not, doesn't really slide a lot? I'm thinking about getting a screen protector but I was wondering if you would suggest some that would be good? Great tutorial tho...learned a lot, in short time, thanks!

[@BeeJayDeL]

I do use a screen protector. It's a matte one (there is a link in the video description.)

[@B1G_ChUnG5]

My guy, you get an automatic sub just for that Aesop Rock hoodie! ❤ Great tutorial!

[@geoffsoe-paing1136]

so what brush did you use for the inking? please answer!

[@VoidComix]

Bruh he left u on read for 5 months 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sweetrollpapa]

Geoff Soe-Paing I’m pretty sure he used the studio pen!

[@salmarfrig]

The natural inker brush

[@ayumemo7074]

It shows in 4:55

[@miken7020]

Do you have a tutorial or preference video on the brushes you use in procreate? Especially for line work?

[@BeeJayDeL]

I use something called the Natural Inker brush that I found years ago on the Procreate forums...check out one of my newer videos for a link in the description that directs you to where you can download it!

[@nativeblend]

What would be the recommended canvas size be? I notice as you zoomed in it’s not as pixelated?

[@BeeJayDeL]

I usually use a 4500x5400 300 DPI canvas

[@justinaguilar8343]

To get that outline easily I duplicate and select the bottom as well then feather it out how ever thick I want that outer gel and just fill it in with the white or what ever color I choose works great

[@BeeJayDeL]

Doesn't that still give you a slightly blurred edge?

[@justinaguilar8343]

@@BeeJayDeL I think it does as a matter of fact. Maybe it worked for me on one of my pieces because I adjusted the image to be in black and grey then used the glow pen because it didn't work so well in color

[@justinaguilar8343]

I just got the thing and am slowly figuring out what it is capable of

[@BeeJayDeL]

@@justinaguilar8343 Gotcha. A lot of what I go over is in regards to print on demand platforms-can't have any opacity like that in the outer lines using direct-to-garment printing.

[@violaharris47]

well done, I’m really enjoying your tutorial, Thank you!

[@dvnnyb0y]

What if we wanted to get the black outlines back on the drawing would we have had to save the image first before clearing it in the other layers or is there someway to add back after messing around with the colors like you were?

[@SteffaniesJourney]

Thanks so much, this is GREAT info for us Beginners BeeJay!!! You explain stuff so well!!

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks Steffanie! I appreciate the feedback! :)

[@Hamoozee]

Can you tell us what brushes you use? And like what canvas size etc

[@dietcheese2546]

Hamoozee I use Microsoft Paint

[@dietcheese2546]

You’re welcome

[@adelante2171]

Which brush did he use ?

[@chimmyspromise]

You’re a treasure! Thank you for the amazingly clear information! 😊✨

[@BeeJayDeL]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching!

[@mikev_art]

I’m switching from traditional pen and pencil to digital art. How should I manage my expectations?