And the next of Lisa Bardot‘s mini tutorials! Recently I signed up for a Procreate digital art workshop in Algarve, Portugal with this lovely American illustrator in May. How exciting! And in preparation for it, she suggested we follow her 4-week tutorial, Kick Start with Procreate. And what useful tips did I pick up from that. Although she starts from the very basics, we quickly learn and cover areas that even I myself had never discovered earlier! And this one involves creating a beautifully brilliant butterfly using the Symmetry tool. I have in the past played around with this tool for a portrait painting of Little One some ago as per my blog Symmetrically Yours. As promised then, I am now taking this opportunity to paint an animal. A butterfly seems a perfect choice!
I was in the mood for vivid colors and went for violet as basic color. Clipping mask was then used to paint the colorful patterns on it with shades that complement such as yellow and orange whilst introducing hot pink to pull it all together. To complete the triad complimentary color scheme, green seemed a logical choice for the body. Of course, aren’t caterpillars green anyway? And I thought I would draw some eyes for some added cuteness! Background was a brilliant turquoise with the leafy patterns as “framing device” using again the symmetry tool for the butterfly to stand out more. Finally we learned about Magnetic Transform which allows us to move the subject in perfect alignment to the canvas. So pleased with the outcome, and I look forward to another opportunity to use this handy Symmetry Tool again in the near future. How about another animal or something abstract?
My Kawaii Quarter 