Smooth Lines in Procreate

notes from video by BeeJayDel

canvas size = 4500x5400 @300 dpi

using natural inker brush with these settings




he uses matte screen protector
and drawing gloves

let the tip of pencil do all the work
do not put palm against the screen
let arm do all the movement, uses arm to move instead of wrist
adjust pressure as you go
don't come up with hand to taper off, do that with pressure
he usually starts heavier and tapers off, but you can start soft then go harder then let up
practice daily just do lines like this
or use as a warm up exercise to get your arm and hand loose and fluid
his sketch lines are just a guide or general idea
he likes the fluid organic flow
if you try to hard to trace it looks like its traced and mechanical
stay loose with your lines
the slower you go, the more jitters you will see

can turn streamline up to help with jitters, but your tapers won't be as nice and it spills out more
he usually only uses streamline to do long lines, like a whole head at once
smoothing adjustment under pencil adjustments works also, makes thinner line, so you have to hold down at start to get thicker line
combining streamline and smoothing while you are learning may help
most important is practice