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As I mentioned a while ago, learning to use Procreate (which I am now using for my paper dolls) has been a learning curve. One of the things I dislike about it is that it is not easy to draw a perfectly straight line between two points as I would like. Either way, I am coming around to it slowly.
When I first started using Procreate last year, I decided that learning to use the program was a large enough ask without adding “create totally original art every time” with it. So, I set about drawing paper dolls inspired by pervious paper dolls I’d created.
This set was inspired by Seagulls & Seaside, a set I first drew a decade ago. I still think that paper doll feels pretty modern, though color blocking is not as strong of a trend as it was at the time. I kind of think color blocking is never not in style. The original set’s color scheme was inspired by signal flag colors for ships. I really loved that inspiration. I hadn’t planned on matching the color scheme so closely, but I realized that it looked really good. So, I kept it.
I really do love nautical and ocean themed things. It’s probably because I grew up commercial fishing.
Have you tried drawing the line and holding? It’ll snap into a perfectly straight line. Where you start will be one point. Where you hold will be the second. You can move the second around after it snaps so it lines up perfectly.
Yes, but I’ve struggled to get a perfectly straight vertical or horizontal line. I know there’s a way to do it, I just need more practice and get used to the gestures.