Creating a brush that appears to have a 3D effect in Procreate often involves manipulating brush shapes, textures, and blending modes within the Brush Studio. While Procreate primarily works in a 2D canvas environment, specific brush settings can simulate depth and dimension.
Crafting Brushes with Simulated Depth
Procreate allows users to combine different brush elements and modify their behavior to achieve unique visual results. One technique involves using blend modes and size variations between combined brush components to create effects that lift off the page or carve into it, giving the appearance of a third dimension.
Steps Based on Reference for a Simulated 3D Effect
According to the provided reference, a method to achieve a desired simulated 3D effect involves combining brushes and adjusting their properties. Here are the key steps mentioned:
- Select the second brush: This implies working with an existing brush and adding or modifying it with another brush shape or grain.
- Change the combined mode to subtract: When combining brush shapes or grains, setting the blend mode of the second element to Subtract can carve away from the first element, creating depth or indentations.
- In properties change the Max and minimum size: Navigate to the brush properties or dynamics settings and adjust the Max and minimum size parameters. This controls how the brush size varies based on pressure or other dynamics, further enhancing the desired visual effect.
By following these steps, particularly using the Subtract combine mode and adjusting size dynamics, you can modify a brush to produce results that simulate a 3D appearance, achieving something that looks like the desired effect described in the reference.
