Use Procreate to draw and color Wise Fluorine from LMN's, practicing sketching, layering, and digital brushes to create a polished character illustration.



Step-by-step guide to Make Wise Fluorine from LMN's on Procreate
Step 1
Open the Procreate app on your iPad.
Step 2
Tap + to create a new square canvas roughly 3000 x 3000 pixels.
Step 3
Import your reference image of Wise Fluorine onto its own layer.
Step 4
Lower the reference layer opacity to about 30% so it becomes faint.
Step 5
Create a new layer above the reference layer for your sketch.
Step 6
Use a pencil brush to draw a rough sketch of Wise Fluorine with simple shapes.
Step 7
Create another new layer above the sketch for clean line art.
Step 8
Pick a smooth inking brush from the Brush Library.
Step 9
Trace clean outlines of your sketch on the line art layer.
Step 10
Create a layer beneath the line art for flat base colors.
Step 11
Fill in the flat base colors for each part of the character on the base color layer.
Step 12
Create a new layer for shadows and set its blend mode to Multiply.
Step 13
Paint soft shadows on the Multiply layer to add depth.
Step 14
Create a new layer for highlights set to Add or Overlay and paint bright highlights.
Step 15
Export your finished Wise Fluorine illustration as a high-quality image and share it on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!


Help!?
What can we use if we don't have an iPad or Procreate?
Use another drawing app that supports layers like Clip Studio Paint, Autodesk Sketchbook, or Procreate Pocket on a tablet or computer and follow the same steps: import a reference, lower its opacity, sketch, make a clean line art layer, add flat colors, multiply shadows, and Add/Overlay highlights.
My line art looks shaky or the inking brush isn't smoothing—what should I do?
Turn on StreamLine or increase stabilization for your chosen inking brush in the Brush Studio, choose a smoother inking brush from the Brush Library, or work at the recommended 3000 x 3000 canvas size so your strokes are less jittery when tracing on the line art layer.
How can I adapt this project for younger kids or older kids who want more challenge?
For younger kids reduce complexity to three layers (reference at 30% opacity, a combined sketch/line layer, and a base color layer) with large simple shapes, while older kids can add extra layers for textures, clipping masks, layer effects, and refined Multiply and Add highlight work.
How can we personalize or extend the finished Wise Fluorine illustration?
Add a custom background on a new layer, paint patterned clothing or props on additional layers, experiment with gradient maps and layer masks for different moods, or export a Procreate time‑lapse or short animated GIF to share on DIY.org.
Facts about digital illustration and character design for kids
✏️ Character designers often start with tiny thumbnails and bold silhouettes to find strong, memorable shapes quickly.
🧪 Fluorine is element number 9 and the most electronegative element—it's extremely reactive and normally a pale yellow gas.
🖌️ Procreate includes hundreds of brushes and lets you create and import custom brushes and textures.
🎨 Procreate launched in 2011 by Savage Interactive and quickly became a favorite digital painting app for iPad artists.
📱 Procreate supports Apple Pencil pressure and tilt, so strokes can feel just like real brushes and pens.


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