how to create glowing string lights in procreate - episode 10

video - Episode 10

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In this video chat episode number ten, I am creating glowing string lights in Procreate using glow effect techniques to make them glow on the fish-shaped string lights.

I completed the string lights before I finished the trailer but kept the lights separate from the trailer design on their own layers so that I could make them glow later.

I was looking forward to creating the fish string lights and was motivated to create this particular artwork detail. But I thought ahead as I knew I would make them glow. Creating this detail first before creating the glow effects and finishing out the trailer helped fuel my creativity in designing this lighted penguin trailer.

Watch Glow Effects: Creating Glowing String Lights in Procreate With A Lighted Penguin Trailer

Creating glow effects in Procreate is fun and brings your artwork to life!

If you would like to see the custom project this artwork was created for, you can view the project page here.

To learn more about how to create glow effects in Procreate, including glowing fire and string lights, you can get the guide mentioned in the video below.

Get the Creating Glow Effects in Procreate Guide

Learn to Create Glow Effects in Procreate

In this guide, I share my favorite ways to create glow effects in Procreate. Get the guide and dive deeper into the subject of creating glowing fire and string lights in Procreate.

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Glowing String Lights with Glow Effects in Procreate Transcript:

• Glowing String Lights with Glow Effects in Procreate Transcript:

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  I am Denise Palmer,

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  And I am an illustrator,

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  artist and surface pattern designer working out of my studio close to the

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  Gulf of Mexico where water adventures and botanical

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  Plants

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  Surround my everyday life.

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  Welcome to these video chats where I talk about some of the techniques I've used

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  to create my artwork and chat about all things illustration, art, and

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  Design. In this time-lapse video,

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  I am creating a lighted penguin trailer in procreate that has

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  glowing fish shaped string lights.

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  This trailer was created for a larger design pattern design

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  that was for a custom illustration project.

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  And so this is one of the houses, well, it's a trailer,

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  but it's a house. It's for a penguin that lives there in Antarctica.

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  And if you wanna see the finished design,

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  I will be showing a closeup view of the trailer at the end of the video

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  in the finished design.

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  But I'm also going to drop a link in the description below the video

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  where you can see more details about the custom project that this was

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  created for.

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  I would've normally completed the trailer first before doing the lights,

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  any part of the lights,

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  but I was so excited about the fish lights that I had to draw them at the very

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  beginning. When you are creating illustrations or working on any project,

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  if you feel really inspired to create one particular aspect

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  of your artwork,

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  do that part first and get the idea out of your head and onto your procreate

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  canvas. Your inspiration will fuel the rest of your design,

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  so I find it super helpful to capture that inspiration when it is there

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  waiting for you to tell that story in your artwork.

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  Your excitement will show through in your work and in the details and effort

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  that you put into your illustrations, even though the scene is daytime.

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  In the larger penguin town design,

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  I wanted to make the string lights glow on this trailer because penguins love

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  fish and they,

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  of course would have glowing fish string lights on their trailer in an in

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  Antarctica.

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  This is the finished design that is part of the larger penguin town design

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  for this custom illustration project. For this pattern design,

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  I incorporated two different glowing effects throughout the the

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  overall design.

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  One was on this trailer and one was where the penguins were

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  roasting marshmallows by a fire.

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  And that is in another video that I have also posted as well,

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  if you wanna take a look at that one.

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  If you would like to learn more about creating two different glow effects and

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  procreate, including the string lights. In this video,

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  I created a reference guide to creating my favorite glow effects in procreate,

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  and that includes the string lights shown in this video,

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  as well as fire from the my other video.

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  You can find the link to so that you can grab the guide in the description

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  below this video as well. I will be sharing more process videos,

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  so be sure to subscribe. Thank you for watching!