Creating Willow Eucalyptus In Procreate - Episode 15

video - Episode 15

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In this episode, I am creating willow eucalyptus leaves in Procreate.

The willow eucalyptus plant leaves are used as filler greenery elements in a much larger design. So, I kept the stems of the leaf elements separate and on their own layers so I could easily move them around later to fill in different areas of the finished design.

Drawing Willow Eucalyptus Plants In Procreate

A tip for creating filler elements for more extensive illustrations is to create a grouping of separated leaves instead of one large branch when creating filler plant elements in Procreate.

You can then use the separated leaves to fill in areas and also nestle the leaves next to and on top of each other to create larger, more dynamic branches, which add variation to your designs.

To learn more about drawing plants in Procreate, you can get my free illustrating leaves in Procreate mini course right here!

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Willow Eucalyptus Plants In Procreate Transcript:

• Drawing Willow Eucalyptus In Procreate Transcript:

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  I am Denise Palmer,

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  And I am an illustrator,

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  artist and surface pattern designer working out of my studio close to the

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  Gulf of Mexico where water adventures and

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  botanical plants surround

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  My everyday life.

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  Welcome to these video chats where I talk about some of the techniques I've used

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  to create my artwork and chat about all things illustration,

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  art, and design. In today's episode,

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  I am sharing about the progress of drawing these willow eucalyptus leaves

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  I created and Procreate.

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  These leaves became part of a much larger design for a custom illustration

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  project,

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  and I will share how it turned out in the finished design at the end of this

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  video. These leaves were filler elements in my design,

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  so as I was drawing them,

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  I wanted to keep parts of the leaves and stems separated from each other.

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  This way I could move them around independently and not have them be just

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  one large willow eucalyptus branch on my Procreate canvas.

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  But by grouping them together as I draw them,

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  I can think about how these leaves would interweave in the design and create

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  movement.

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  So my tip for today is to try creating a grouping of leaves instead of one large

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  branch. When you are creating filler plants,

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  it makes it easier to move them around later,

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  and you can always nestle a leaf next to each other to create larger stems.

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  Here is a peak at the finished design where I incorporated these leaves into

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  this pattern design I created for Australia.

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  Having the separate branches made it easy to place them around the animals too.

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  This week's episode was rather short and sweet,

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  but next week's video chat episode is a special one,

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  so be sure to subscribe to get reminders of new episodes each week. If you

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  would like to learn more about the process I use for drawing plants in

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  Procreate,

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  I have a free beginner mini course where I share how to create leaves,

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  my tips for sketching plants, and my full list of favorite procreate brushes.

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  Plus a free download of a favorite brush I created and I use

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  all the time, which is my monoline brush.

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  It also includes color palettes and three step-by-step illustration lessons too.

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  You can find that in the description.

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  I will be sharing more process videos, so be sure to subscribe.

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  Thank you for watching!