Procreate - a musing about brushes.

When I started learning to draw, I hated Procreate. I hated it for loads of small reasons, the main being that a layer cannot be larger than the canvas, and there isn’t a real fill tool. Over time, I found things I didn’t like about Art Studio Pro and I couldn’t get behind the (modest) subscription for Clip Studio Paint. I don’t trust Adobe, so Fresco was out. As time went on, I found myself using Procreate more and more, just because it was the least objectionable. Eventually, I embraced it as my main tool. It was months later when I went into another application to grab an old work, that I realised I had totally fallen for Procreate’s brush engine and just wasn’t concerned with interface niceties or layer size any more. Presently, I am trying to draw every day and exploring styles, brushes, and techniques. I’m doing it all in Procreate, gleefully. I think, with all this practice, I am getting better at drawing. Or, at least becoming less terrible at it. Brushes. Procreate being a…