#procreate posts — Ben Crowder https://bencrowder.net/blog/tag/procreate/ Feed for blog posts tagged with #procreate. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:01:44 GMT en-US https://bencrowder.net/ New artwork: I Am a Child of God V. A reference to the Primary song. The rectangles represent (botto... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1608/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1608/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: I Am a Child of God V. A reference to the Primary song. The rectangles represent (bottom to top), a child, its mortal parents, and our Heavenly Parents. (Figured it was time to do a more abstract version of this idea. It ended up also alluding to Hearts of the Children IV and Hearts of the Children V.)

I Am a Child of God V

My process for this style, for what it’s worth: mock up the design in Figma, export an SVG, open it in Inkscape, use the roughen and simplify filters, export a PNG, open it in Procreate, select the rectangles, paint the streaks within the rectangles, export a PNG, texture in Affinity Photo as usual.

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]]> New abstract hymn print: Be Still, My Soul. I’m experimenting with a slightly new style here, maskin... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1443/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1443/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT New abstract hymn print: Be Still, My Soul.

I’m experimenting with a slightly new style here, masking the notes (after adding noise to the outlines with SVG filters and then eroding/dilating with Imagemagick) and painting inside the mask in Procreate. (And then texturing it in Affinity Photo as usual.)

Be Still, My Soul

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]]> New artwork: Behold My Beloved Son. Basically a Christ Visits the Nephites but with a different titl... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1442/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/1442/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Behold My Beloved Son. Basically a Christ Visits the Nephites but with a different title, one actually from the scriptures.

I painted this in Procreate, and goodness, it messed up my back a bit. (Which is unfortunate because I really like the woodcut-style look on the white triangle. I may still do occasional pieces this way, when there’s not a billion little circles like I have here.) It’s frustrating when my spondylolisthesis keeps me from making art the way I want to. At some point I’ll probably try to figure out a way to do this style with code. (Speaking of which, I generated the circles here with a little bit of JavaScript. It was fun doing a piece that’s a little more three-dimensional.)

Behold My Beloved Son

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]]> New artwork: Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength. This is the first piece I’ve painted in Procreate wit... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2021/1140/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2021/1140/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength. This is the first piece I’ve painted in Procreate with my new iPad Air and Apple Pencil. Also of note, I used one or two brushes from Matthew Baldwin’s oil masterset. And a touch of chromatic aberration and lens distortion in Affinity Photo.

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]]> I’m slowly getting back into doing non-religious art, and What Do You Mean, “What Are You Doing?” is... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/1099/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/1099/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT I’m slowly getting back into doing non-religious art, and What Do You Mean, “What Are You Doing?” is my first real entry there. It started out as a random doodle in pencil, which I scanned and then redrew in Procreate Pocket on my phone, which is also where I did the coloring and texturing.

With this piece, by the way, I found that a) working on an iPhone 11 really, really makes me miss the pressure sensitivity on my old iPhone 8, and b) I’m at the point where I’ve finally decided to start saving up for an Apple Pencil and iPad. I’ve hesitated to go down that path since it’s an expensive one (the iPad part, that is), but the benefits are now pretty clear to me.

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]]> New artwork: Prodigal Son. https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/878/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/878/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Prodigal Son.

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]]> New artwork: Mine Angels Round About You. https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/841/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/841/ Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Mine Angels Round About You.

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]]> New artwork: Light of Truth and Love. https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/836/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/836/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Light of Truth and Love.

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]]> New artwork: Families Can Be Together Forever. https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/835/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/835/ Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT New artwork: Families Can Be Together Forever.

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]]> Another new painting based on a hymn: When Our Heavenly Parents We Meet. https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/833/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2020/833/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT Another new painting based on a hymn: When Our Heavenly Parents We Meet.

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