Over the past couple of months, we have begun to dive into the full capability of our iPad pro. After trying a couple of free drawing apps and not being satisfied, we decided to pull out our wallet and pay for Procreate. It only costs $9.99, so it’s not breaking the bank by any means. We are super happy with all the things you can do with it. It has a lot of brushes, an easy to use interface, and customization creators dream of. The app pairs perfectly with the Apple Pencil and as soon as you open the app and connect the pencil you are good to go. (And if you’re wondering by now by all the positive comments, we are not affiliated with Procreate in any way, this is simply just an honest review based on our experience with it).

As people who have definitely had to work towards becoming decent at drawing and lettering, the best feature of the app over using pencil and paper is that the erasing process is way easier. The trail of crumpled up papers that lined our living room floor as we practiced our drawing skills is now gone, and a clean artboard can be created in seconds. While we do understand the feel of a paper and a pencil is lost, the apple pencil, Procreate app, and iPad form a convenient combination to letter a few words and illustrate on the go.

Some of our favorite features of Procreate:

• ColorDrop fill: create an outline of the shape you want to fill in and then drag the color circle from the top menu to fill it in
• Quickshape: create a perfect shape by drawing the shape and holding down the pencil for a few seconds and it will give you the option to choose a shape based upon your drawing such as an ellipse or circle; same goes for creating straight lines, simply hold down the pencil after drawing the line and it will snap into place to be a straight line
• Three finger swipe: quickly cut, copy and paste when swiping your fingers downward
• Double tap two fingers: easily go back to before the last edit as it undos any action

Here are a few of our favorite lettering and illustrations that we’ve made with Procreate, we hope you enjoy viewing them.