Nature Master - User's Guide

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INSTALLATION
NATURE MASTER USER’S GUIDE INSTALLATION
1. INSTALLING VIA DROPBOX
To avoid having you scrolling like crazy across

the Brushes Panel, Nature Master for
Procreate has been split into three installable
brush files: Nature A, Nature B and Nature C.
After you’ve unzipped your files, from a Mac,

PC or from your very iPad using WinZip or
any similar app, copy the files to Dropbox and
open the folder 01 Nature Brushes.
Once the download has finished go to the top-right menu,

select the three dots at the very right and then, Export.
Another menu will appear

showing you several options.
Select the one that says Copy to
Procreate.
The app will be lunched

automatically.
Inside that folder you’ll find three .brushet files. Select any of
them.
2. INSTALLING VIA DOCUMENTS APP
Documents it’s a full Swiss knife app to

manage all kinds of files on your iPad. It’s
even capable of connecting directly to your
Mac or PC to import and export files between
devices. More info in the app.
Another menu with sharing options will appear, look for the one
called Copy to Procreate and let the apps do their job.
Documents will launch Procreate and Procreate will take care
In Documents, unzipping files is ridiculously easy, just double- of getting your brushes imported.
tap the ZIP file and that’s it.
Open the unzipped folder, navigate to the folder that contains

the brushes, tap the (...) icon below the brush file and select
Share from the floating menu.
To make sure the brushes were successfully imported, open a

document and have a look, at the Brush Library.
Expected more steps? Sorry to disappoint!

TIPS & TRICKS
Instead of being an ordered step-by-step manual,
this guide is packed with a handful of neat tricks
that will help you understand this unique brush
pack a little better and therefore, use it more
efficiently in your artwork.
So, feel free to go about its pages in any order you

prefer, I'm sure you'll gonna find a useful tip
wherever you look at.
NATURE MASTER USER’S GUIDE TIPS & TRICKS
TIP 1: THREE-COLORS NATURE GET LOOSE!

Despite its apparent difficulty, painting nature it's not that One useful advice when using
different from painting any other tridimensional object; we still these brushes is to break the
approach our trees and plants thinking about shape and volume. traditional approach of
drawing even strokes. To get
By using Nature Master brushes, you'd be able to tackle this more organic and aleatory
task with more ease than using regular painting brushes. By results, imagine you're
picking up three color shades, you'll have more than enough painting with a piece of
material to define your nature elements. sponge instead of a regular
brush.
Brush: FTOON - Leafy Bush B

MORE EXAMPLES
On these examples we are using only one brush at a time, to
show you their unique versatility; however, the more brushes
you add to the equation following this same formula, the more
natural your illustration/painting will look.
Overall Shape Add Volume Finish with Highlights

TIP 2: SHAPES GO FIRST Brush: FTOON - Bush Maker A
If you aren't sure about your overall composition, you should

begin working with solid shapes to define visual weights and
overall balance. For this task you can use the blocking brush
that comes with the pack.
2
Brush: FTOON - Blocker A
1
Then you may want to use the same brush in Eraser mode on
certain areas to add some grooves to your main shape and take
away the bulky look.
In FIG.1 you can see how I used FTOON - Blocker A to sketch a

simple tropical forest bush. Doing it this way can be very useful
when planning out larger scenes, where you need to concentrate
on the big picture first and then, add life and a natural feel with
your Nature Master brushes FIG.2.
TIP 3: ‘PAINTING’ BY UNDOING

Nature Master brushes will bring certain randomness to your paintings; because nature behaves, well, very random. This behavior is
way cool because you’ll be running into lots of happy accidents when using the pack. But certainly, not every accident is a happy one.
When I'm sketching my trees, foliages, bushes, stones, grounds, grass fields, etc.; I find myself using my non-drawing hand tapping
with two fingers (UNDO gesture) all the time, as if it was another illustration tool. Finding that perfect shape can be just a matter of
undoing and redrawing. Let's see some examples.
1 2 3
I made a quick silhouette using the brush FTOON - Rainforest A and a dark green tone. Then, I used a lighter green to add volume. I
didn't like how the first attempt looked (Fig.1), so I undone that and tried again. Although the result is different (Fig.2), I was going
after a more 'scattered' look, so I undone that once more and did the same zig-zag motion a third time and, at last, (Fig.3) is exactly
what I was looking for.
This tip might seem quite obvious, but the truth is that not everyone sees Undo as an experimentation tool. Since not every stroke
will look the same when using this pack, your possibilities with just a single brush are plenty.
TIP 4: USE BRUSHES DYNAMICS

You can get the most out of each brush applying different
pressure and velocity while painting.
Notice how different results came up, applying the same I strongly recommend you to try several directions on each
painting direction for every stroke, but varying pressure and brush, to find different patterns. Brush used above: FTOON -
velocity with your Apple Pencil. Brush used above: FTOON - Rainforest B.
Moss A.
TIP 5: CREATING FIRE

Nature Master contains a handful of specialized brushes, which
have been designed to be used together to recreate more
believable natural elements. Let’s start by having a look at FIRE
BRUSHES.
Select any of the fire brushes located in the second pack ‘Nature
B’ and draw some strokes from top to bottom in a wavy manner.
If you pick up a regular orange color, the light of the brush will
build up itself as you create new strokes.
FT Nature - Fire (Step 2)
FT Nature - Fire (Step 1)

TIP 6: MIXING FIRE

Pick an orange color and use the brush FTOON - Fire Shaper to
lay down the primary structure (FIG.1), then, use FTOON -
Organic Flame A to shape its contours even further (Fig.2).
You don't have to worry about changing colors; whenever you lift
your Apple Pencil from the screen and start drawing again, the You can use FTOON - Fire A
brightness of the fire be built up automatically. or FTOON - Burning, to add
more character and
dynamism to your flames.
Add the final touches using

FTOON - Fire Particles, to
give your fire extra realism.
Experiment with all these brushes in any order you like, to come
up with different results each time. Try other colors to create
FIG. 1 FIG. 2 some magical fire for your fantasy-themed illustrations!
TIP 7: ROCKS
Rocks can be a beautiful part of your composition. We've
included some rock textures in our pack; however, these brushes
aren't meant to be used to fill-in shapes, but to add a realistic
texture to solid shapes.
Using either Lasso Selection or the included FTOON -

Blocker A brush, create the base shapes of your rocks.
Think about variety and contrast when doing so.
Then, you can use these shapes as Clipping

Masks to paint inside them.
Pick a light source and use the brushes

FTOON - Cliff Rock and FTOON - Rocky B in
combination, to define shading and details.
Change brushe size and pressure as you
paint, to add extra variety and more
dynamic results.
FTOON - Rocky A is also a very useful brush for painting extra details and highlights. Complement your rocks's surroundings using a
couple of grass brushes such as FTOON - Wild Grass, FTOON - Straight Grass, FTOON - Wheat. Another nice set of brushes you can
use on top of your rocks to create mossy surfaces are: FTOON - Moss A, FTOON - Moss B and FTOON - Fine Moss, located in
‘FTOON - Nature A’ pack.
TIP 8: GRASS FTOON - Fine Grass

Perfect for creating even
Nature Master, includes a nice arrangement of brushes to create surfaces, like the ones found in
wild grass fields and lawns in general. Let's break down these football fields or backyards.
brushes group so you can get to know them better.
FTOON - Grass Field A,

This versatile brush, will respond
to pressure and will help you
create large grass fields in
perspective.
FTOON - Straight Grass, will create single strands of grass
following the direction of your Apple Pencil, with a little bit of
The less pressure you apply, the
random rotation. Pressure, will affect each strand’s size.
more distant your grass will
appear.
FTOON - Roots
It will create organic surfaces,
like the areas that surround big
trees, containing small twigs
and such.
FTOON - Wild Grass, similar to Straight Grass, but will populate

your lawn with bunches of grass.
TIP 9: WEEDS AND OTHERS

These ones are like 'companion' brushes, that will add more
realism to grass, rocks and natural surfaces in general. These are
their suggested uses, but you can experiment and apply them on
everything you may think of. These are SOME suggestions:
FTOON - Wheat, use it alongside FTOON - Fine Moss, like Moss A, use
regular grass, to get more natural it like a ‘sponge’. Don’t be afraid of
results. applying extreme pressure to get
more random results.
FTOON - Moss A, use it like a FTOON - Fescue, use vertical

'sponge' to paint these type of movements and different brush
plants lying next to rivers or sizes to get better results with this
coverign rocks. one.
FTOON - Moss B, works perfect for FTOON - Moss C, use it along Moss
tropical scenarios. Use it under trees, A and B, to add variation to
around trunks or next to rocks. tropical scenes or, on top of rocks
lying near water sources.
TIP 10: WATER

Another group of specialized brushes present in
Nature Master, are water brushes.
FTOON - Splash, apply very softly

using non-uniform strokes to
emphasize water impact.
FTOON - Cascade A and B. Use

vertical strokes, doing slight
horizontal shifts to create the main
cascade.
FTOON - Ocean A and B, move these

brushes performing slow circular
strokes along the surface.
FTOON - Turbulent A, B or C, use These brushes can be used together to create a massive
them as if you were doing a waterfall scene in just minutes, or separately to paint breaking
'pointillist' painting to create non- waves, calm waters, splashes, pouring water and many more
uniform splashes. cool effects.
TIP 11: CASCADE BRUSHES
Nature Master’s Cascade

brushes, are quite easy to
use.
These ones have been

designed to be kind of
unpredictable, so you’ll be
hardly painting the same
cascade twice.
Let’s see how to use these

brushes in three simple
steps:
Up and down motion, without lifting Downward strokes, using low More soft strokes around the edges
the Apple Pencil to define the main pressure, to simulate particles of to create a more natural ‘splashy’
shape. water falling down. look.
TIP 12: ERASER AS A DRAWING TOOL

Applying general lights to irregular elements such as branches,
Light source
bushes, shrubs, climbing plants, etc. can be quite challenging.
This Eraser technique may help you paint believable and
tridimensional wild plants with more confidence.
LIGHT-BASED APPROACH: TONES FIRST,

SHAPES LATER
A
You can see natural elements as solid
objects; with lights, shadows, and volume.
Begin by concentrating on these three

elements first, not worrying too much
about your overall shape yet. Just think
about the whole mass of it. B
After you've set the lighting of your

object, pick the Eraser Tool and, start
trimming away to find a shape you like.
Doing it this way, you make sure, your

lighting will keep consistent and
realistic across your plants.
Above you can see how I made a blobby shape (A) to figure out
the lights and shadows. As I said before, it's easier when you see
it like a solid object. Then I used the same brush with the Eraser
Tool to re-shape my branch (B).
TIP 13: CLOUDS
Painting good clouds is probably one of the holy grails of environment design. Despite of their undefinable shape, clouds are kind of
difficult to pull out correctly.
IMAGINE CLOUDS AS SOLID OBJECTS TOO EXTRA TIP: USE THEM IN SMUDGE MODE
Using cloud/smoke brushes in Smudge mode, may help you

smoothen out clouds surfaces and make them appear more
As intangible as they are, clouds get also affected by light; so what I use to natural and soft.
do, is to imagine clouds as small groups of boxes in different sizes piled up
together. This way you'll see how easy is to find their volume and values.
TIP 14: RANDOMIZE USING PRESSURE TIP 15: ORIENTATION-AWARE BRUSHES

Get wild with pressure. Certain brushes, like the ones aimed to FTOON - Tropical Bush brush, uses direction to define leaves
create bushes and trees foliage, work better when you apply orientation. Use short and quick strokes to point leaves towards
some ‘violent’ pressure with your Apple Pencil randomly. the desired direction.
ROTATE YOUR CANVAS
You don’t need to follow any order either;

just create a set of three or four stamps
until you find the right shape. You can use Canvas Rotation, to define the direction of certain
brushes, like the ones shown above. Depending on each brush
Let some chaos happen! you’ll need to test clock-wise or anti clock-wise rotation.
TIP 16: STAMPS AS STARTING POINT

Stamp Brushes can be amazing time-savers. Not only because they are already finished elements to drop all over your scenes, but
also they can serve as the base for new ideas. Stamp Brushes are located in the category FTOON - Nature C.
A1 A2
A
Above you can see how the original stamp brush (FIG.A), has been
transformed beyond recognition, when combined with brushes from the
Frankentoon - Nature A Pack.
Seeing stamps as the medium and not

the goal, opens up for endless
possibilities.
1 2
TIP 17: BUTCHERING STAMPS

While on the subject of Stamp Brushes, which we find truly Using either the Lasso or Eraser tools, you can cut away the
fascinating; another technique we love is to create new shapes parts you won't be needing and then combine the results until
by combining two or more stamp brushes. you find a new design that fit your needs.
FTOON - Branch 2 FTOON - Tree 9
FTOON - Tree 6 FTOON - Tree 4
A simple branch and a common pine

tree can make up for a nice scary
halloween tree.
Don't be afraid of upscaling your

stamp brushes, all of them have a
maximum size of
4096 px.
TIP 18: DESIGNING GROUND

Ground is something shouldn't be overlooked when designing
backgrounds and environment paintings. Ground can add a lot
of depth to your scenes. This pack includes 6 specific brushes for
non-grass based ground design:
FTOON - Ground Base FTOON - Ground A
FTOON - Ground B FTOON - Ground C
Like other natural elements, the way you mix these ground
brushes will give a different personality to each type of
environment you're creating. I love to add a handful of weeds
and grass all over to enhance my grounds realism.
FTOON - Speckles A FTOON - Multi Ground
TIP 19: VINES

FTOON - Vines A and B, work either using directional strokes or
a pointillist approach, stamping leaves to create non-uniform
cascading arrangements.
It’s recommended using

these brushes alongside
FTOON - Vines/Branches,
to create more chaotic
and beliavable pieces of
hanging nature.
TIP 20: WARP

Coming up with ideas for painting organic and natural shapes, is no easy task at all. Luckily
enough, we have plenty of tools within Procreate that won’t let us running out of ideas. One
trick I use all the time to create tree tops, is to paint a semi-squared shape, just worrying about
lights and shadows. Then I use the Warp function to play around with different shapes.
To avoid messing up my original shape, I duplicate it before

warping it. This way I can create many varitations and put them
together to see what works best.
TIP 21: WATER HITTING TIP 22: WATER AS TERRAIN

Turbulent brushes work better with fewer and shorter strokes. It Some water brushes can be used to paint ground and terrain too;
gives great results if you just ‘smash’ your Apple Pencil a little we’re specifically talking about, FTOON - Ocean A and B.
over the screen, to produce energetic water splashes. Awesome isn’t it?
Just by changing the color of these

brushes and completely forgeting about
what they originally were made for, we
Make an amazing set of waves hitting a pile of rocks in the shore found a new way of expanding our
in no time! Try different water brushes combinations to find your ground arsenal.
favorite mixes.
Now, imagine, all the
Pouring water? We got you possibilities you
covered. The more you get to have with almost a
know your brushes and how hundred brushes
inside this whole
they work together, the more
pack...
alternative uses you’ll find
for each one. Like on the
example at the right...t
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License
Concept Master Vol.1: Nature - End User License

Attribution-NonComme rcial 4.0 CC applies to the brush set kit as a product. However, users are
free to create personal and commercial products with this product without attribution.
You MAY use Concept Master Vol.1: Nature:

• For unlimited personal projects.
• For unlimited commercial projects for yourself or a client: As long as the parts of the Concept Master
Vol.1: Nature, modified or in original form, aren't available in a distributable form on its own, or
are part of any product where the Concept Master Vol.1: Nature are a significant portion of the value
or content of any major component of the product.
• To create an End Product for a client.
You may NOT:

• Share or re-sell this brush pack in part or as a whole.
For other licensing queries or if you want to extend your rights to commercially exploit these digital brushes
please contact Enrique Figueroa at Frankentoon.com: contact@frankentoon.com

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www.frankentoon.com User’s Guide

1. INSTALLING VIA DROPBOX

To avoid having you scrolling like crazy across

After you’ve unzipped your files, from a Mac,

Once the download has finished go to the top-right menu,

Another menu will appear

The app will be lunched

2. INSTALLING VIA DOCUMENTS APP

Documents it’s a full Swiss knife app to

Open the unzipped folder, navigate to the folder that contains

To make sure the brushes were successfully imported, open a

Expected more steps? Sorry to disappoint!

So, feel free to go about its pages in any order you

TIP 1: THREE-COLORS NATURE GET LOOSE!

Brush: FTOON - Leafy Bush B

Overall Shape Add Volume Finish with Highlights

TIP 2: SHAPES GO FIRST Brush: FTOON - Bush Maker A

If you aren't sure about your overall composition, you should

In FIG.1 you can see how I used FTOON - Blocker A to sketch a

TIP 3: ‘PAINTING’ BY UNDOING

TIP 4: USE BRUSHES DYNAMICS

TIP 5: CREATING FIRE

FT Nature - Fire (Step 2)

FT Nature - Fire (Step 1)

TIP 6: MIXING FIRE

Add the final touches using

Using either Lasso Selection or the included FTOON -

Then, you can use these shapes as Clipping

Pick a light source and use the brushes

TIP 8: GRASS FTOON - Fine Grass

FTOON - Grass Field A,

FTOON - Wild Grass, similar to Straight Grass, but will populate

TIP 9: WEEDS AND OTHERS

FTOON - Moss A, use it like a FTOON - Fescue, use vertical

TIP 10: WATER

FTOON - Splash, apply very softly

FTOON - Cascade A and B. Use

FTOON - Ocean A and B, move these

TIP 11: CASCADE BRUSHES

Nature Master’s Cascade

These ones have been

Let’s see how to use these

TIP 12: ERASER AS A DRAWING TOOL

LIGHT-BASED APPROACH: TONES FIRST,

Begin by concentrating on these three

After you've set the lighting of your

Doing it this way, you make sure, your

TIP 13: CLOUDS

Using cloud/smoke brushes in Smudge mode, may help you

TIP 14: RANDOMIZE USING PRESSURE TIP 15: ORIENTATION-AWARE BRUSHES

ROTATE YOUR CANVAS

You don’t need to follow any order either;

TIP 16: STAMPS AS STARTING POINT

Seeing stamps as the medium and not

TIP 17: BUTCHERING STAMPS

FTOON - Branch 2 FTOON - Tree 9

FTOON - Tree 6 FTOON - Tree 4

A simple branch and a common pine

Don't be afraid of upscaling your

TIP 18: DESIGNING GROUND

FTOON - Ground Base FTOON - Ground A

FTOON - Ground B FTOON - Ground C

Nature Master - User's Guide

Nature Master - User's Guide