Certificate in Digital Illustration Using Procreate

1. Course Overview and Learning Expectations (reading)

1. Introduction to Procreate (video lesson, 5 minutes)5:00
2. Navigating the Procreate Interface (video lesson, 7 minutes 41 seconds)7:41
3. Using Procreate Gestures (video lesson, 6 minutes 10 seconds)6:10
4. Understanding Accessibility Features (video lesson, 2 minutes 40 seconds)2:40
5. Using Apple Pencil and Keyboard Shortcuts (video lesson, 2 minutes 24 seconds)2:24
6. Working with Menus and Widgets (video lesson, 1 minute 35 seconds)1:35
7. Sharing and Exporting Artwork (video lesson, 1 minute 33 seconds)1:33Quiz

1. Working with Colors (video lesson, 8 minutes 55 seconds)8:55
2. Working with Brushes (video lesson, 9 minutes 11 seconds)9:11
3. Creating Custom Brushes (video lesson, 14 minutes 41 seconds)14:41
4. Working with Layers (video lesson, 8 minutes 21 seconds)8:21
5. Using Blend Modes (video lesson, 11 minutes 6 seconds)11:06
6. Using Masks (video lesson, 6 minutes 24 seconds)6:24Quiz
7. Adding and Formatting Text (video lesson, 4 minutes 16 seconds)4:16
8. Working with Selections (video lesson, 9 minutes 24 seconds)9:24
9. Applying Image Adjustments (video lesson, 19 minutes 20 seconds)19:20Quiz

1. Introduction to Digital Art Fundamentals (video lesson, 4 minutes 47 seconds)4:47
2. Drawing Shapes and Lines (video lesson, 12 minutes 22 seconds)12:22
3. Understanding Volume and Tone (video lesson, 27 minutes 45 seconds)27:45
4. Understanding Color in Digital Art (video lesson, 34 minutes 23 seconds)34:23
5. Understanding Perspective (video lesson, 27 minutes 19 seconds)27:19Quiz
6. Understanding Composition (video lesson, 34 minutes 21 seconds)34:21
7. Creating a Simple Illustration (video lesson, 36 minutes 8 seconds)36:08Quiz

1. Drawing Simple Forms with Perspective (video lesson, 48 minutes 14 seconds)48:14
2. Creating a Floral Still Life Illustration (video lesson, 30 minutes 32 seconds)30:32Quiz

1. Introduction to Digital Illustration Projects (video lesson, 20 minutes)20:00
2. Creating an Animal Illustration (video lesson, 33 minutes)33:00
3. Creating a Watercolor Illustration (video lesson, 37 minutes 4 seconds)37:04
4. Creating a Landscape Illustration (video lesson, 66 minutes 39 seconds)1:06:39
5. Creating a Character Illustration (video lesson, 57 minutes 41 seconds)57:41
6. Designing Digital Stickers (video lesson, 47 minutes 25 seconds)47:25
7. Creating a Paper Cut Illustration Effect (video lesson, 42 minutes 22 seconds)42:22
8. Creating Pattern Designs (video lesson, 45 minutes 19 seconds)45:19Quiz
9. Creating Comic-Style Illustrations (video lesson, 83 minutes 41 seconds)1:23:41
10. Creating a Poster with Photography (video lesson, 48 minutes 14 seconds)48:14
11. Creating Typographic Illustrations (video lesson, 41 minutes 27 seconds)41:27
12. Creating a Digital Collage (video lesson, 57 minutes 41 seconds)57:41Quiz

1. Introduction to Procreate Animation (video lesson, 21 minutes 30 seconds)21:30
2. Animating a Simple Illustration (video lesson, 68 minutes)1:08:00
3. Animating Text-Based Illustrations (video lesson, 44 minutes 51 seconds)44:51
4. Animating a Landscape Illustration (video lesson, 66 minutes 48 seconds)1:06:48Quiz

1. Understanding Portrait Proportions (video lesson, 41 minutes 35 seconds)41:35Quiz
2. Drawing Facial Features (video lesson, 89 minutes 38 seconds)1:29:38
3. Portrait Drawing Fundamentals (video lesson, 135 minutes 47 seconds)2:15:47
4. Creating a Stylized Portrait (video lesson, 73 minutes 21 seconds)1:13:21
5. Using 3D Models in Procreate (video lesson, 32 minutes 3 seconds)32:03
6. Creating a Realistic Landscape Illustration (reading)Quiz

1. Course Summary (video lesson, 4 minutes 25 seconds)4:25

Yes, and there is no way around it. Procreate is an iPad application with no Windows, Mac, Android or browser version, so every lesson happens there. If you do not have one, the drawing theory would still be useful but you could not draw along, and drawing along is most of the value. Consider the Illustrator or Photoshop certificates instead.

It is paid, but it is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, which makes it one of the cheapest professional art tools going. The instructor names the price she paid on camera. App store prices move, so check the current figure yourself rather than trusting anything written on a course page.

No. The instructor uses one and says plainly that you do not need it: pick a brush and a color and draw with a finger. Pressure sensitivity is pleasant and it is not the thing standing between you and a good drawing. Start with what you own, and buy a stylus later if you find yourself wanting one.

Yes. No drawing background is assumed and no formal art training either. Two modules cover the app, then the course deliberately goes back to first principles: shape, line, volume, tone and composition. Most people who think they cannot draw have simply never been taught to see, and that is exactly what the middle of this course fixes.

Yes, a full module on it. You learn the animation assist timeline and then make three animated pieces from illustrations you have already drawn, which is far more satisfying than animating a shape you have no attachment to. The emphasis is on loops that actually close rather than restarting with a visible jump.

The app itself takes a weekend. The course takes roughly 25 to 35 hours if you draw along, and drawing along is the only version that works. It is self-paced with no deadlines, and the twelve-style module is designed so you can do one piece a week and still finish with a real body of work.

Heads, yes. Bodies, no. The final drawing modules cover proportion, features, a portrait and a stylized portrait, and stop at the neck. There is no figure drawing here. If drawing whole characters from imagination is the goal, the Character Design and Concept Art certificate in this school is built for it and works well taken afterward.