video - Episode 16

In today's episode, I am illustrating a Tasmanian Devil in Procreate.

Drawing animals can feel intimidating at first, but the more you draw the animals, the easier it becomes, and you start to see the building blocks that make up your animals. You begin to see basic shapes you can use to create their bodies and build up the drawings from there.

Having a sketch and reference photos to work from makes things easier, too, so you know what details you want to include as you illustrate your animals in Procreate.

For creating animal furr, use a brush that helps you get the effect you want for their furr. I used the Inka brush, which is a standard Procreate brush you can find in the inking brush library.

Creating A Tasmanian Devil In Procreate

A tip for working with dark furr animals is to work from dark to light. If you start with the primary body color and work your way up from that with highlights, it makes it easier because you are not trying to darken everything later.

My process is always main color, shadows, then highlights, but since this Tasmanian devil has dark fur already, I did not do a lot of shadowing for this animal illustration.

Resources For Creatives

To get my drawing and illustration resources and learn more about illustration and design, you can find those here on the resources page.

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Tasmanian Devil In Procreate Transcript: