My Storybook Process

Part 6: Publishing

This part focuses on Procreate.

2022 | March

I caved.

And eventually it became one of those “why didn’t I do it sooner” moments because I could have saved a LOT of time.

But by the time I got it, I was pretty drained from working on the first draft that I took a bit of a break.

2022 | April

Taking a break.

Nothing much happened, I was trying to wait for people’s feedback on the 1st draft before I do any more work on it.

The break did me a lot of good, because I came back with fresh eyes and it made me realize I really needed to re-write parts of the story.

This is why a lot of what was shared before you’ll probably never see in the final.

2022 | May to July

Back at it again!

It took some time getting used to drawing in Procreate, and at first my workflow was still 80% Photoshop and only 20% Procreate…

But my friend swore by the all-Procreate process and thinks I should do it too... as well as redoing all my drawings so they can be more consistent. (aka not half-assed)

and ONCE AGAIN she was right, especially now that I’ve gotten more comfortable in drawing, it really is just easier to draw better ones with more convenient tools.

Year in Review:

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Owl vast field scene (with time lapse)

Fishy pond scene (with time lapse)

Colour palettes

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Character collections

I save a collection of every character pose I've drawn so that instead of redrawing from scatch, I can reuse them as a starting point, otherwise I find it really hard to keep them consistent. I'm sure everyone does this.

The "Starkeeper scene" below is an example.

Starkeeper scene (with time lapse)

Next: Prepping for Print