Procreate

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iPad drawing and painting app for sketching, illustration, lettering, and frame-by-frame animation.

Overview

Procreate is an art studio for iPad with customizable brushes, a layered canvas workflow, drawing aids, illustration tools, animation and Page Assist. The product page links to an App Store purchase; the US listing showed a $12.99 price at verification time.

Key Capabilities

  • Draw and paint with hundreds of brushes
  • Organize artwork with layers and masks
  • Use drawing guides and stabilization
  • Create frame-by-frame animations and storyboards

Ideal Use Cases & Goals

  • “Create digital illustrations and paintings”
  • “Sketch concepts on iPad”
  • “Prepare simple animations and storyboards”

Direct Alternatives

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