I wrote this yesterday or so in a digital art group as my first (maybe 2nd?) post.
With great response š„°
An important HD detail to add is that Morgan & Khris both have 19/49 defined too (as I do).
āSensitive to the needs of the tribeā
Youāll understand why I point to that below.
Now for the rest of the story ⦠:)
Ooh and the butterfly animation works here! (it didnāt on FB).
Okay so I was completely unfamiliar with Procreate and didnāt have an iPad ā¦
⦠but went ahead and bought the seamless [Procreate files] course earlier in the Fall anyway.
I also have access to one of the ābig nameā surface pattern design programs - itās been two years now I think (or maybe just one, time runs together šš¤·š»āāļø) but anyway, I bought this course and I finally finally understood that it was what I wanted to do.
Thanks in no small part I think to the way Brooke teaches - inch by inch, click by click - practical guidance is what I needed, not to wade through a bunch of fanfare, highly produced videos and launch emotions.
Donāt get me wrong, I find value in that too, itās just not what ultimately got me moving.
So I peeked inside the course to begin to grok the details of what goes into making these endless patterns - but still didnāt have an iPad.
And tbh, trying to figure out which older model I wanted had me āstuckā again (the $2300 or whatever one I thought I really wanted was gonna be a stretch š¤ ⦠especially for something I had yet to tinker with really.)
Well, I mustāve been yacking about it enough. Trying to get my adult daughters to lend me theirs (they were NOT budging lol, didnāt wanna let theirs out of their sight - it was confusing 𫤠and I was a little pissed tbh - I can say I understand why now š
)
On Saturday, my younger daughter texts āweāre coming overā ⦠they live an hour away so this short notice thing, itās unusual.
I say āyou mean now? Okay š¤·š»āāļøā - lol they were already partway here when she messaged.
š„ŗš„ŗš„ŗ they brought me an iPad!! š„ŗš„ŗš„ŗ
Itās one that, I think because Iād been so pesky and vocal about it - she knew to raise her hand when it crossed her path. Someone at her work was upgrading or something and it became āobsoleteā to them.
So this backwards way of approaching learning this āeven though I wasnāt equipped with the tools - yetā has worked a treat. And the very first thing recommended in the course is a beginner Procreate tutorial series ⦠which I needed because if I told you I knew squat about the program, itād be an understatement.
I just had this incredible pull towards it.
This picture is a screenshot of the first 3 of 4 tutorials (the results) ⦠the picture on the far right is were I started ⦠2 days ago š®
The last tutorial was for making the butterfly ( which feels like a distraction away from pattern design but is kinda cool too)
I am so excited to now go dive into the course proper š¤©
Thank you all for being part of this group - I think this also played an important part. Seeing everyone whoās contributed work and even questions has helped me breakthrough what was a HUGE hurdle of some kind.
Keep dreaming and creating and telling the people around you who support your creativity what interests you ⦠you just never know what can happen next šā¤ļø
(and now that Iām literally sleeping with this new tech lol ⦠so totally forgive my girls hahahaha š).