CONTENTS

Click a link to be taken straight to that page

Use the OUTLINE & 3D BRUSHES

Colour the OUTLINE & 3D BRUSHES

Create & Colour 3D LETTERS

How to DRAW A FLAG

Welcome to your To ensure you’ve got access

to the most up-to-date How to DRAW A RAIN CLOUD
NEW Procreate instructions, I’ve provided
Brushes! a link below to an online
EXAMPLE ALPHABETS
tutorial that will help you get
started with your brushes.

HOW TO INSTALL PROCREATE BRUSHES visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co

need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support
HOW TO

USE THE
OUTLINE &
3D BRUSHES
The brushes Slipstream
Outline, Slipstream 3D,
Riptide Outline and Riptide
3D, use Procreate 5’s latest
dual-brush technology to
create these cool outlined
effects.
If you lift your pencil off the screen after This is the same for doing words, so try
There are some things you drawing part of the letter then it will completing the word in one go.
need to know before using create a new outline overlapping the first.
them, so you can get the
most out of them.

To avoid this, don’t lift your pencil off the If this is too tricky for you to accomplish in
screen, instead go back over the letter to one go, then follow the guide on the next
complete the cross bar or second part of page showing how to use layers and masks
the letter. to help you.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 1 2 3

Erase these parts Erase these parts

Create a new layer for any overlapping Click on the thumbnail of the crossbar and Click on the thumbnail of the main
parts like a crossbar of an H or t. select Mask from the options. Using the lettering parts and select Mask from the
Slipstream brush erase the top and bottom options. Using the Slipstream brush erase
areas that overlap. the left and right areas that overlap.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

HOW TO

COLOUR THE
OUTLINE &
3D BRUSHES
 1 2 3

Draw out your letter or word using one of
the Outline or 3D brushes.
For this example I’m using the Slipstream 3D
brush.
Create a new layer beneath the letter
outline layer.
Click the thumbnail of the outline layer
and select Reference. Now with the new
layer you’ve just created selected, drag
and drop the primary colour over the
center of the word to fill it in the same way
as if you had the outline layer selected.
Remember to turn off the Reference
option once you’ve done this.
Create a new layer above the primary
colour layer.
Click the thumbnail and select ‘Clipping
Mask’ from the list of options.
Add lowlights to the bottom and left
parts of the letters.
Add highlights to the top and right parts
of the letters.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 4 5 6

Optional: To make the lettering appear
more rounded select the Smudgy brush by
clicking on the finger icon next to the brush
icon on the top right menu.
Merge all the coloured layers together. To
merge items together click the thumbnail
of the top layer and select Merge Down.
Repeat until all layers are merged together.
Now use the Smudgy brush to soften the
highlights and lowlights.
Select the colour white and with the
Slipstream brush draw on some reflections
to the right and to the top of each part of
the letter.
If you feel this looks too harsh, select
Gaussian blur from the effects menu and
blur by about 5%.
To add a shadow, duplicate the black
outline layer and the primary colour layer
and merge them together.
Click the thumbnail and select ‘Alpha Lock’.
Fill with black. Move the layer away from
the main shape. Reduce the opacity down
to about 15% by clicking on the ‘N’ icon. Set
this to ‘Multiply’.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

HOW TO

CREATE
AND
COLOUR
3D LETTERS
 1 2 3

Join up

Draw a black letter using either Duplicate the letter layer. With the top layer selected trace over the
SloppyJoe or Roughneck ‘Mono’ brushes. Move the underlying layer so it’s offset to underlying layer. Only the parts which are
the top layer. outside of the originally positioned letter.

Reduce the opacity by clicking on the ‘N’ Join corners together with a diagonal line.
*Tip: If you’re struggling with your letterforms try using my
product LetterBuilder to guide you. icon.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 4 5 6

Lowlights

Choose the SloppyJoe or Roughneck
‘Detail’ brush.
Add optional details like cracks, broken
pieces, marks or dots.
Go over the corner areas to soften the
letter slightly.
Create a new layer beneath the letter
outline layer.
Use the SloppyJoe or Roughneck ‘Taper’
to fill it with the primary colour of the
letter.
*Tip: If you’re familiar with the Reference option then using
this will save a little time filling in the letter.
Create a new layer above the primary
colour layer.
Click the thumbnail and select ‘Clipping
Mask’ from the list of options.
Add lowlights to the downward facing
panels of the letter.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 7 8 9

Midtones
Highlights

Add the midtones to the side panels of the
letters.
Add midtones to the left/bottom edges
over the letter.
Add the highlights to the top/right edges
of the letter.
*Tip: To help you know where to put them, draw a sun at the
top right of your screen to remind you where the light source is
coming from.
To create the shadow duplicate the
primary colour layer, select the bottom
version of it, click the thumbnail and
select ‘Alpha Lock’. Fill with black.
Move the layer away from the main shape.
Reduce the opacity down to about 15%
by clicking on the ‘N’ icon. Set this to
‘Multiply’.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

HOW TO

DRAW
A FLAG
 1 2 3

Draw A small circle with two parallel Draw the ropes which attached the flag to Draw a very rough triangle shape,
lines using either SloppyJoe or Roughneck the pole. purposely making the lines wavy to
‘Mono’ brushes. simulate the wind flapping the flag
material.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 4 5 6

Erase the end of the flag and draw a small
triangle going into the flag so you create
two points.
Choose the SloppyJoe or Roughneck
‘Detail’ brush.
Add optional details like cracks, broken
pieces, marks or dots.
Go over the corner areas to soften the
flag slightly.
Create a new layer beneath the flag
outline layer.
Use the SloppyJoe or Roughneck ‘Taper’
to fill it with the primary colour for the
pole and flag.
*Tip: If you’re familiar with the Reference option then using
this will save a little time filling in the shape.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 7 8
Highlights
Midtones
Create a new layer above the primary Add the highlights to the top/right edges
colour layer. of the flag.
Click the thumbnail and select ‘Clipping Add the highlights to the top of the pole’s
Mask’ from the list of options. circle and down the right-hand side of the
Add midtones to the left/bottom edges main pole.
over the pole and flag.
*Tip: To help you know where to put them, draw a sun at the
top right of your screen to remind you where the light source is
coming from.
visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support
9
To create the shadow duplicate the
primary colour layer, select the bottom
version of it, click the thumbnail and
select ‘Alpha Lock’. Fill with black.
Move the layer away from the main shape.
Reduce the opacity down to about 15%
by clicking on the ‘N’ icon. Set this to
‘Multiply’.
HOW TO

DRAW
A RAIN
CLOUD
 1 2 3

To create the cloud shape use the
‘Slipstream Outline’ brush.
Get a feel for how the brush works by
drawing round and round without taking
your pencil off the screen.
Starting from scratch, draw a circle and
then start to zigzag around the edges to
create the cloud shape.
Take your pencil off the screen once
you’re happy.
If you pause with the pencil on the screen
it will turn into a quick shape, which isn’t
what we want.
Create a new layer beneath the cloud
outline layer.
Use the SloppyJoe or Roughneck ‘Taper’
to fill it with the primary colour for the
cloud.
*Tip: If you’re familiar with the Reference option then
using this will save a little time filling in the shape.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 4 5 6

Create a new layer above the primary Add, in the same colour, the halftone Add the highlights to the top/right edges
colour layer. texture using the ‘Pinboard’ brush. of the cloud.
Click the thumbnail and select ‘Clipping
Mask’ from the list of options.
Add midtones to the left/bottom edges
over the cloud.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 7 8 9

Add a new layer below the primary colour
layer. Using the ‘Rain Make’ brush draw
lines of rain down vertically down from
the cloud. Do this 5 or 6 times depending
on the size of your shape.
Add a new layer on top of all black outline
layer and draw 2 dots and a mouth for the
face or add some lettering in the center of
the shape. The brush I like to use for this
is ‘Broken Arrow’ for some nice bouncy
script lettering.
To create the shadow duplicate the
primary colour layer, select the bottom
version of it, click the thumbnail and
select ‘Alpha Lock’. Fill with black.
Move the layer away from the main
shape. Reduce the opacity down to about
15% by clicking on the ‘N’ icon. Set this
to ‘Multiply’.

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

GUIDES

EXAMPLE
ALPHABETS
 SMOOTH EDGES
USING THE BROKEN
ARROW BRUSH

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 SMOOTH EDGES
USING THE BROKEN
ARROW BRUSH

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

 ADD HIGHLIGHTS
USING THE
SLIPSTREAM BRUSH

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support

visit me online at www.ianbarnard.co • need help? visit www.ianbarnard.co/support