Spring Sticker Process

Hey guys! I wanted to show you some of my Procreate process for how I design stickers from start to finish.

I first take a photo of my pencil sketch so I can import it to Procreate and sketch over it. The photo doesn't have to be crazy good quality since I'm just going to trace over it and then delete it.

I use the Small Ink brush from the Dry Texture Procreate Brush pack: https://www.designcuts.com/product/dry-texture-brushes-for-procreate/

I usually line in a warm, dark brown since it looks more natural.

This is what the lineart looks like after it's all completed and the under sketch has been removed. Inking in Procreate was a little bit of a learning curve for me, but I really recommend the Dry Texture Brush Pack for a good variety of traditional looking brushes!

I block in the colors for the stickers in different layers, just so that I can shade and texture everything easily later on. I make one layer for the browns, one for the greens, etc.

My canvas size is an 8x10 in. which has a maximum of five layers allowed, so as I finish different layers, I merge them together in order to add more layers on top for the glows and highlights.

To start shading and adding details, I will alpha lock each layer and begin shading with the default 6b Pencil in the Sketching tab, as well as with the Soft Airbrush, and some of the brushes in the Sargent Oils Brush Pack: https://www.designcuts.com/product/sargents-oils-procreate-brushes/?gclid=CjwKCAjwg6b0BRBMEiwANd1_SAwhUbI5u8XhaXQTzXBcvaBASMwk582ElOq_j0Uz1QOlJLsbP3E8YRoC42wQAvD_BwE

Once all of the details are completed, I go over with the Soft Airbrush and an overlay layer just to add some glowy highlights.

On top of that, I'll use the same inking brush from before to add some white highlights, reflections, and fairy glows.

Since I want these to be clear stickers, I export in PNG without a background layer, and I always take my designs and paintings into Adobe Lightroom to add a filter and some color adjustments for unity.

Here are the final stickers! I'll upload photos of them when they arrive, and again, they will have clear backgrounds, but just for this upload's sake, I added a slight background color so you can see the designs better.

Hopefully this was a little bit insightful for you! Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Sunday. :)