what do you mean there's no colour picker? lol
There's like 4 different ways in which you can choose your colours - the colour weel, the classic square thing with the hue, saturation and brightness controls at the bottom, one where you have even more sliders if that's your thing, and one where there's a few default palettes but you can basically create your own too.
If you mean colour picking from the canvas, you just tap the little square inbetween the size and opacity sliders and you can colour pick to your hearts content. ^^"
alternatively you can hold on the screen with your finger and you also get the colour picker thing. (don't do it with the pencil, only works with the finger)
never assume you're able to figure out all the features of a program by yourself hahaha. It is always fun to try shit out tho.
glad you still like it tho haha Procreate is awesome.
honestly, I completely agree with the awkwardness of charging the pencil that way but I am pretty sure that if Steve were still alive, he would have never let such an unsexy thing out the factory doors but insisted on a sleeker, classier way of solving the pencil charging problem.
also, obviously you can't erase with the backend if that's where you charge it.
tho honestly I don't understand why you should have to charge a pencil at all, but I guess it works somewhat differently than say a wacom pencil.... :/
meh.
You should probably maybe also look into how to create your custom brushes or try using different brushes (also in the less obvious categories) because you're kinda getting that blurry, vague "this-person-is-clearly-new-to-digital-painting" effect atm, especially in the hair, despite the fact that you're obviously an amazeballs draftsman and painter. That usually has to do with picking the wrong brushes, or the most obvious seeming ones, which aren't necessarily fantastic or just have too soft an edge.
my favourite brush for sketching fo example is the chalk brush in the calligraphy section. I duplicated it (I don't like fucking with defaults without "saving" them first) and then turned off "streamline" completely so it wouldn't alter my line quality. I like that one way better to sketch with than the "pencil" ones for example.
Thanks for the mention buddy ;D
glad you're enjoying it so far. hehe
I was looking for the color selection tool like the eyedropper. Glad to know it is so easy. I figured it was something ridiculously simple like that.
What are you talking about girl? That is how I learn everything. ;) lol In the beginning I always start by exploring and seeing what I can figure out first. Then when there is something I can figure out I will seek help. This is the fastest way I have found to learn.
Damn it @jillustrations I don't know what kind of alchemy they are working with. Can't you just let me dream? :D
................uh.............but I am new to digital painting.....lol..... what? You don't like the medium sized airbrush? lol It seemed the most comfortable to me at the moment.
I totally agree though; you can really see it in the hair. I got a little lazy with the shadows. I pretty much just took a really big brush and threw down a slightly cooler shadow and changed the blending mode. I didn't even bother to make any clarification to its form. I mean really, it's not much better than spaghetti hair.
I will definitely look into making some new brushes, and making some "classier" brush selections. As always it is a pleasure to hear from you. :) Have a great day.
haha yeah, nah, "try it till you can't try no more and then check out additional shit" is definitely a good method. And to be fair, this program is relatively intuitive but it has some neat little hidden-ish features.
XD XD yes I realise you are new to digital art.. I mean.. you like... mention it in the post too haha but, you don't want your art to look like it too, do you? XD
I mean most people kinda default to the airbrush thing. it's also one of the most effective at applying larger colour areas but you can't get a nice edge with it, it just makes everything kinda... mushy
WELL! I'll be looking forward to further digital shenanigans in any case hehehe