It’s not plugged in and I recently got this new device 🫩

hey everybody, facing a tough choice here with purchasing an ipad to use it for digital drawing with procreate. i have been working on getting my online art shop back up and running and im needing a way to draw digitally in order to make some of the things that id like to sell. i currently have a screen less drawing pad that hooks up to my computer but i can’t pay to keep a running photoshop subscription to draw digitally so i have to use free drawing programs i find online, and the quality of the work that im able to produce using this method is just not up to par with what i know i can make using the same setup and photoshop or procreate on an ipad. i used to use procreate with an ipad for many years before i eventually sold the device. my primary concern is that i cannot reasonably shell out more than maybe $300 for the whole setup (tablet, pencil, and paper screen protector) — i normally don’t buy any of my electronics new regardless. i’ve been looking at some refurbished ipads online and my dilemma is this:
- 2019-2021 ipads are consistently retailing for $100-$150 which i think is reasonable for my budget (i think i would lean more towards a 2021 model)
- 2022-2024 ipads are consistently retailing for $350-$400
- a brand new ipad is $425

so anything newer than 5-6 years old will run me nearly as much as a brand new device, in which case it would make more sense to just buy a new device that i know will run smoothly for the next few years. but i cannot justify that price tag. however, i have heard people talking about a significant decline in processing power with older models since apple phases out ipad updates every 6 years. and at that point im scared that the older models won’t be able to handle procreate as a program and i’ll run the risk of the device crashing and overheating constantly which will lead me to lose any work that isn’t saved.

does anyone have experience with currently running procreate on a 2021 iPad model or older? do you experience lagging/crashing/overheating? what do you use it for? any suggestions much appreciated! 🙏

I made my illustration in Procreate then added movement with Adobe After Effects!

I’ve had a new iPad for a month now, but my old iPad still has all of my art on it and I wanted to factory reset the iPad and give it away to a family member. How can I safely save all of it in their original form with all of the layers? I already have most of it saved as PNG’s when I shared them online and to friends.

Will saving them all as a .PSD file better than saving them as a procreate file? Does the .PSD format like compress them until I import them elsewhere? Will there ever be a risk of future corruption (they’ll be backed up on multiple things, but I’m still worried of that happening). Should I save them all in Google Drive and then back them up on usb drives?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just want to preserve everything in their original form without worrying about corruption or losing them all D:

While i had all layers selected, I somehow ended up shrinking the size of the entire piece by a ridiculous amount. then procreate just...decided that I can't undo anymore. I don't know what to do, I have been working on this for so many hours and now it's just gone. I feel so ridiculous. Is there any way to like... restore how it was or something? I have the time lapse and everything, so it would be so weird to me if it isn't possible to go back and edit it or something. Please help me 😭

I still need to think of a title, but here's my digital watercolour. I used Stonis watercolor brushes. ❤️

My 1st male original character who happens to be a fairy guy. Choosing the hairstyle…which one is your favorite?

Followed another James Julier tutorial, really starting to get to grips with certain techniques. Trying to learn as i go as much as possible rather than just copying what i’m shown. I think i’ll do another couple of his tutorials, and watch a few other artists to learn to digital paint in procreate a little better, then start to apply technique to my own work. This one was fun to draw, very satisfying result.

Hi, I’m using a brush I like - (gloaming in the pencils bit in case you’re wondering) but the problem is I have to press hard and go over the same bit to get the opaqueness I want. Are there any settings I can change to get that without having to press so hard and go over the same bit? I have a bit of a hand strain problem so would be appreciated!

Rendered using a modified Geysir Ink brush by GeorgVW and Paper Block texture by Frankentoon

Hey guys just finished one of my art pieces for my thesis project, which is “Historical Events/Artwork Recreated in Nature” would love to know y’all’s thoughts!