With the new Procreate Layer Group feature you can now easily do comic strips as well as page and panel layouts on your iPad. For my personal and professional work I created some layout templates for comics, mangas and cartoons. You can download them for free or make a small donation to support my work.
The Procreate file (4947 x 3249 px) with 3 layers in a "LAYOUTS" group is great for:
- Comic PAGES (e.g. graphic novels) use blue grid and portrait orientation
- Comic STRIPS (e.g. newspaper strips) use red grid and landscape orientation
Both layouts can be used with the
GOLDEN RATIO template I included on a separate layer. It's very helpful to create harmonic page layouts and pleasing compositions!
TIPS
- For drawing clean, straight panel borders I recommend using the QuickLine or Streamline (stroke correction) features (see Procreate Handbook).
- Keep your panels in separate folders. Use sub folders for text and speech bubbles. This allows you to easily drag around and rearrange your panel layout.
- If you use the PNG files set the layers to "multiply" and put them on top of your artwork.
FREE UPDATE[01.18.2017] Added a PhotoShop version (PSD) and 3 separate PNG files
If you like the templates, check out the cool brush sets I developed for my personal and professional comics and cartoons: https://sellfy.com/georgvw
Feel free to follow me in the Procreate forum, leave a comment or share some of your artwork: http://procreate.si/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=41415
In this forum you can also see work in progress, suggest new brushes and get infos about regular freebie brushes and updates.
I hope you’ll find the templates useful and wish you lots of fun with them!
Happy Drawing,
Georg
http://www.cimoc.de/brushes
