Here’s my latest iPad Pro drawing. It is a behemoth for this device. 12.5” x 18.5” at the equivalent of 600dpi which is at the current max at that resolution. I am sure future builds of the iPad Pro will allow the program to let me more comfortably illustrate at this size. I only get 4 layers at that resolution, but I have made due with it. The layers allow me to copy and paste sections to speed things up and make certain elements consistent. Look at the two sets of 3 large wheels on the city. I duplicated them and made slight changes to make them a bit different. Same with the circular engine rooms along the body of the vehicle. Also, the tree above and left of the bear balloon I duplicate and changed the foliage on the right side and placed it at the very bottom center of the drawing. Some of the roof windows I did the same. The dirigible, I copied and pasted from another drawing and then I traced over it. 

I am just about to start rendering it in color. The file size will only get bigger, but the actually storage memory on the iPad is plenty. It is the RAM that I am concerned with. So far so good. I will use the layers I have available and once I am sure about an area, flatten the layers to reduce memory. 

Mobile Mountain Lodge

My drawings are very detailed and hard to see all that is in them on a tiny computer screen, so I made this tour that animates the drawing with sounds.  Best viewed in HD if your internet will allow.  This was drawn traditionally with pen and ink  and colored pencils.  I like to keep my paper clean and dent free so that is why I mock the whole thing up on multiple layers of tracing paper before transferring the final sketch onto smooth Arches 90lb watercolor paper to color.  

How I Draw

Carrot Spears.  Unedited process movie, Procreate, Apple Pencil,iPadPro

This drawing is made to look like colored pencil despite being digital.  My technical is somewhat old school as I don't really block out shapes of colors first like many digital artists.  The sketch began with a hand drawn, scanned in sketch.  I still have a number of these to work on before I do a drawing start to finish on the iPad.

Illustration ©2016 Schallau All Rights Reserved

Inking on iPad

©2016 Schallau All Rights Reserved

I am tracing over a sketch on my iPad Pro.  I imported the hand drawn sketch into the iPad and am now inking over it on a separate layer and will color it on the iPad.  I could have started the drawing with a sketch on the iPad, but I had already sketched it before purchasing the iPad.  On to the next step.  Coloring!  

Apple Pencil, iPad Pro, Procreate