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Postcards in Procreate: Vintage-Inspired Text Effects

  • Course
  • 30 Lessons

If you love travel, vintage design, and doing projects on your iPad, settle in, and let's make Postcards in Procreate! In this class, you'll start with a destination of your choice and create a one-of-a-kind illustrated postcard, complete with bold 3D lettering and a vintage print effect.

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Show some love to your favorite travel destinations, your hometown, or even fictional locations! This project will teach you tons of useful skills about digital illustration and working in Procreate.


In this class, we'll cover:
  • Distorting and warping text
  • Text effects such as rounded corners, outlines, 3D block shadows, and more
  • Creating a vintage print effect
  • Finding fonts and installing them to Procreate
  • Setting up a print-ready Procreate canvas
  • Using layers and clipping masks
  • The entire illustration workflow from sketch to final rendering
  • See my drawing process in real-time with lots of drawing tips
  • Plus plenty of helpful Procreate tips along the way!


As a student, you'll get a Postcard Class Resource Pack to help you in your postcard-making journey! This pack includes:

  • A custom Procreate brush set with 12 lettering guides
  • 4 postcard back designs
  • 2 Procreate files containing print-at-home templates

By the end of this class, you'll have created a beautiful and personal vintage-style postcard design (and a ton of new skills!) Let's jump in and start making Postcards in Procreate!

Contents

About this Class

If you love travel, vintage design, and doing projects on your iPad, settle in, and let's make Postcards in Procreate! In this class, you'll start with a destination of your choice and create a one-of-a-kind illustrated postcard, complete with bold 3D lettering and a vintage print effect.
Introduction
Class Project
Tools & Materials

Get to Know your Destination

In this section, you'll decide on a destination and do some research and sketching to get you ready to create your postcard. 
Inspiration & Examples
Choosing your Destination
Research & Sketching

Canvas Setup

In this section, you'll learn about making a print-ready canvas and using the lettering guides.
Creating a Canvas
Placing a Lettering Guide

Text Effects

Over the next few videos, I'm gonna be showing you how to distort text and create some really cool text effects in Procreate.  
Distorting Text
Text Effects: Overview
Rounded Corners
Creating Outlines
Block Shadow
Inner Stroke

Sketching

You've just learned how to do bunch of fun text effects. Now it's time to get into the illustration portion of our postcard design.
Sketching the Layout
Refined Sketch
Speed Sketch
Creating a Color Plan

Illustrations, Background, & Effects

We are at the main event! It is time to start creating our final artwork. In this section, I'll walk you through my illustration process, designing a background, adding additional text, and how to create a vintage print effect.
Final Illustrations: Part 1
Final Illustrations: Part 2
Speed Paint
Illustrating the Background
Vintage Print Effect

Printing your Postcard

Now that your postcard design is all finished, start thinking about how you might want to print it out: at home or through a print vedor?
Printing your Postcard at Home
Ordering Professionally Printed Postcards

Bonus Lesson! Make a Photo Postcard

In this section, you'll get a quick run-through of the entire text effect workflow, then you'll learn how to make a postcard design using photography.
Part 1: Text Effects
Part 2: Adding Photos

Wrapping Up

In this section you'll have a place to share your final postcard design.
Share your Postcard!
Conclusion
More Examples!