This started out as just “messing about“ with a new brush set. But it was like a rabbit hole; I kept getting more ideas on how I could extend it, balance it, and finish it. In the end, I think it’s one of my most complex paintings yet. More than 10,500 strokes, and 18 hours of painting time according to Procreate statistics.

Original Digital Painting with Procreate, iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

7 hours painting time

Made with Procreate

Original Digital Painting with Procreate, iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Original Digital Painting with Procreate, iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Post-processing with Photoshop.

Digital, Procreate

Original Digital Painting with Procreate, iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

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Procreate

Original digital painting in Procreate on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil.

Art January 2024 Procreate App

Macro shot of a backlit maple tree seed pod.

These pods spin to the ground like a helicopter blade and the heavy seed pod end finds its way into the ground to allow the seed to start a new maple tree sprout

iPad 2 Pro

iPad

Procreate app on an iPad

From memory/imagination

Many people read the bible as it offers them a sense of protection. In this case there appears to be a few extra layers.

Procreate on iPad

iPad/Procreate

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Apps used: Snapseed, Procreate, Inkwork

Recherche perso sur le concept d'une raffinerie. Réalisée sur Ipad.

Feeling a little nostalgic...

iPad/procreate

Digital painting with Procreate five, iPad Pro, and Apple Pencil.

I’m not sure if this one is done or not…

The mating of this pair of Palamedes Swallowtails afforded me probably the best view of the male's wing pattern I'll ever get...