How to Add Shading in Procreate Using Clipping Masks

[@yusefvonshekelstein3185]

Why use a reference layer: explains what it does and why. Why use a clipping mask; explains what it does and why. How is it that other content creators can't succinctly do this but you can. I cant even get my uni professors to explain this stuff as easily as you can. Thankyou for taking the time to create this video.

[@RockettDesign]

Honestly nicest comment I think I have ever received. Thanks so much, I try really hard to communicate effectively and hope that people watching find it easy to follow, and I guess I'm achieving that, thanks so much!

[@tiffanymcgillie7114]

Your ability to make masking and clipping understandable is so amazing. Thank you!

[@RockettDesign]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 I’m so glad it’s easy to understand 🙂

[@ihormeden1614]

when you drop colour once, you can press "continue filling" button and just keep taping on areas what you want to be coloured.

[@RockettDesign]

yeah I love that feature, colour drop is so useful!

[@missparadise879]

Thank you

[@TheOllyj]

Thank you!!

[@TheLastDropSobrietyPodcast]

Super helpful, I've been hacking my way through procreate, and I feel like tattoo artists are the only ones who really explain this stuff well. Thank you!!

[@RockettDesign]

So glad it helped! yeah I think the amount of time Tattoo Artists spend within Procreate really makes it easy to explain

[@wolflithay6380]

THANK YOU!!! i was doing everything the hard way! This makes it so much easier!!!

[@RockettDesign]

Amazing, so glad it helped! ✅

[@gunsxdontxkill]

As a newbie with Procreate, I learned something fabulous and time saver! Thank you!

[@RockettDesign]

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!

[@kylebeck2721]

Dude, this was exactly what I needed to do and what I was looking for and you explained it so well and made it super easy to understand and in 5 mins! best tutorial

[@RockettDesign]

Hey man that’s so good to hear, thanks for watching and dropping a comment, I’m just glad the video was what you needed and that it helped so much!

[@-gerrm__]

Thank you, this video helped me so much!

[@RockettDesign]

That’s awesome! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@poppylovestattooing-u8m]

Hey Rocket, this video is tremendous when making tattoo stencils. Thanks for your videos!🙏Poppy

[@RockettDesign]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it!

[@CourtneyTheeArtiste]

I needed this because other videos didn’t mention the Reference & mannnn does that help! Thank you so much because this technique is so simple & well laid out & so easy!💛

[@RockettDesign]

Thank you so much 😊 I’m so glad it helped and was easy to understand, reference is the best!

[@NA-jg5pv]

This was an incredibly succinct tutorial and was super easy to follow. Thanks so much for making this video!

[@RockettDesign]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🏻

[@z4zs3r]

Very good video, helps alot

[@RockettDesign]

Thanks so much, glad it helped 👍🏻

[@paulbradley8876]

thank you! This is exactly what I needed.

[@RockettDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@goldenavocado2303]

Very clear tutorial!

[@RockettDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Tat2TankT]

This is awesome thank you for sharing just subscribed

[@RockettDesign]

Awesome 🙌🏻 thanks so much!

[@greenbrightly]

Thanks this is superb

[@RockettDesign]

Glad it helped 🙏🏻

[@BradenYoungVideo]

Great tutorial!

[@RockettDesign]

Thanks so much 🙏🏻

[@gemlenz]

Good explnation on how to use reference layer and clipping layers. Why don't you use color drop to fill the shapes?

[@RockettDesign]

Thanks so much, I usually do, I just do it a few ways in each video to show viewers 🙂

[@Adam-franka]

Legend, thx

[@RockettDesign]

My pleasure, glad it helped!

[@ExcelWithChris]

Just keep in mind to mention that after doing the shadings to move the drawing layer to the top, otherwise the borders also gets shaded if the drawing layer stays at the bottom. Took me forever to realize what the issue was when I did this the first time around.

[@RockettDesign]

Yeah as long as your not drawing on the outline layer you can move it whenever you like, if your doing solid colour it would be best to move it early as you won’t be able to see the outlines. Good point, thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@EricLopez-c4g]

How do you shade your outline or stencil so that you have a nice smooth shade within your stencil ONLY & not having to erase it because it also shaded everything but your outline. Not sure if this makes sense ? But if anybody could help I’d appreciate it 🤞🏼👍🏼

[@RockettDesign]

Bit of a tricky one but If I understand correctly and you have your outline/stencil on its own layer, tap on that layer so a menu appears and then select 'Alpha Lock'. then you should be able to colour or shade everything on that layer only. Hopefully this is what you meant and that it helps.

[@sriramkumar9534]

Hi i jus want to ask do you use any kinda screen protector or paperlike in your ipad for drawing ?can i do it without any kind of screen protection ?? I heard its very smooth and bad for drawing whats your opinion

[@RockettDesign]

Hi, I use Paperlike fairly frequently on my iPad and I do really like it, at the moment I don’t have it on my iPad but I guess I’m just used to drawing on glass now, if you stick with it long enough you definitely do get used to it so I would say if you’re not going to get a screen protector, then just stick with drawing on the screen and it will feel more natural over time, but I also have used Paperlike before and I do really like it, just keep in mind that it will wear out over time, and you will need to replace it, hope that helps!

[@sriramkumar9534]

@@RockettDesign thank you soo much for your help really needed it🙏🏻

[@kentdavis4446]

I follow these same steps, and when I drag color it messes up my outline, slightly overlapping the line. I can't figure out why

[@RockettDesign]

Hey, I’m really sorry to hear that. I think what might’ve happened is you might have dropped the colour onto your outline. It’s really hard to know without seeing it, but try and be very precise when you are dropping that colour to make sure you’re getting it in the gaps of the outline, and not on the outline, let me know how you go!

[@genevra3678]

It won’t let me drag and drop on my tablet

[@RockettDesign]

Hi, no you should be fine to do it with your finger, you will want to go into the Action section (looks like a little wrench icon), then go to preferences, then go to Gesture Controls and make sure at the bottom under 'General' you have 'Enable painting with finger' and you should be good to go, good luck!

[@CaptainMilk-ns1so]

When I press the S button to select to shade it highlights the whole thing not sure what to do

[@RockettDesign]

It’s hard to say without seeing the artwork you are working on, but when you use the selection tool and press on the artwork, trying holding down for a second and dragging left or right, this will adjust the threshold of how much of the design you are selecting, hope this work 🙏🏻

[@ellabolton2896]

I did the refrence thingy and insted it coloured my lines in

[@RockettDesign]

Oh damn, im sorry to hear that. Make sure when you drop the colour that it doesn’t accidentally drop straight onto the lines, I’ve done that before and it coloured my lines as well, aim for a gap in between the lines and it will hopefully work for you 🤞🏻

[@chrisroldan8106]

So what do I do when I don’t start with a whole reference and I’m just tryna color. I’m hella confused

[@RockettDesign]

You can just colour away and not worry about reference if you want, reference will just help if you have an outline and want to colour drop into different sections of that outline

[@rahwhyu]

Thanks🫶🏻

[@RockettDesign]

Your welcome 🙏🏻