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My last tutorial was all about how to add shadows to your lettering in Procreate. This will give it the look of a drop shadow. Like this –Īdditionally, you can take it a step further by duplicating the offset shadow layer, moving it a bit more in the same direction, and reducing the opacity to about 10% more or less. This will create an offset shadow effect. You can also do it on the left, imagining that your light source comes from the top right. We can further pimp out our outlined lettering piece by adding some shadows.ĭuplicate your outline layer (the bottom one) and move it slightly down and to the right. It will look much cleaner and less distracting.Īfter all, it’s a lettering piece, not a piece of swiss cheese 😛 Tip 2# – Add some shadows! Grab the brush tool and fill in the gaps. If you outlined your lettering, chances are you will still have some gaps in your piece.

Ok here are a few extra tips that you can further implement on your piece. A few extra tips to improve your outlined lettering Super quick, super easy, and without having to duplicate a whole bunch of layers. You’ve successfully outlined your lettering piece. This will cover the selection AKA the lettering outline. With the color you selected for your outline, go all over your lettering piece. While still being in the selection mode, open up a new layer, and pick a big hard brush. What matters is that you see the blue line going all around your lettering. I will leave mine to about 98%, and again in your case, that could be more or less. You will see a bright blue color on the screen, and you should keep sliding until it’s outlining your lettering to your desired thickness. Once you’ve touched, slide with the pen on the right, as you did with the Gaussian Blur. Touch with your pen on the lettering, not under, above, left, or right. Hit the select tool from the top left corner, and make sure it’s under the automatic selection. This will help us get a smoother outline in the next step. Merge the blurred layer with the one below. The important is that you create a small outlined blur around your lettering piece.

For you, it might be a bit more or a bit less. For reference, I’ve selected ‘’Screen Size’’. Quick note – The amount of gaussian blur might be different depending on the size of your canvas. Select the middle layer, open up the transformation panel from the top left corner and select ‘’Gaussian Blur’’. Once you are done, make sure to turn off the Alpha Lock mode. That will color everything in your layer, and since the lettering is in Alpha Lock, it will only color the lettering. Once they are on the ‘’Alpha Lock’’ mode, tap the thumbnail once again and choose ‘’Fill Layer’’. To color them quickly, open up the layer panel, tap on the thumbnail icon, and select the ‘’Alpha Lock’’ mode. I will color them both in my selected outline color, which is a nice contrasting dark blue. If you are struggling with your colors, I’ve written a beginner guide on color theory and how to use them in your lettering.ĭuplicate your lettering layer two times. My background will be yellow, my lettering will be white, and the outline will be blue. My advice is that you select colors that have good contrast between each other.

Here we are working with 3 different elements – Outlining your lettering in Procreate in 6 EASY stepsĪs mentioned, I think this is the quickest, and easiest method Procreate currently has to offer. Quick Note – If you are trying to create an outline on a lettering piece with texture, especially on the edges, the outline won’t be super smooth.

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I am using the Procreate 5x version at the time of writing this tutorial.Īside from these tools, you’ll also need your lettering/calligraphy piece to be ready.įor this tutorial, I’ve created a quick calligraphy piece that says ‘’Outline’’.įor it, I used the ‘’Beautiful’’ brush from my Calligraphy brush pack (links to ), but feel free to use any brush you have at hand. You will, of course, need an iPad Pro, an Apple pen as well as the Procreate app.

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