There’s even a Salt Watercolor brush that can give you a grungy, smooth, watery line that is quite the showstopper when used for an outline. You have a choice between blendable or soluble ink, both of which are non-toxic, so they’re perfectly safe if your kids should get their hands on them—and they’ll probably want to with all the bright colors available. As we saw with Procreate’s monoline brush, inking brushes are a GREAT choice for tracing and outlining your Procreate art. This one isn’t a cinch to use—it takes some practice to get used to—and you might need the help of the manual to put it together. Diana has been an artist for over 26 years and has training in drawing, painting, digital drawing and graphic design.

Some of these pens are noted for being very precise—not something you’d necessarily need at your office desk unless you work in a field that involves extremely intricate penmanship or illustrations. You get three classic colors—black, sanguine, and sepia—and four different nib sizes with the wallet set. Beverly has written and edited hundreds of articles for finance and legal sites like GOBankingRates, PocketSense, LegalZoom, and more. But other drawing pens are also known for their creative bells and whistles, like shading and fill-in abilities.In addition, you can specify the position of the outline by placing it outside or inside the object, or centering it so that it overlaps equally the outside and the inside of an object. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. This makes it a perfect brush for creating inconspicuous lines for tracing, or beautifully clean lines for your outlines. Outline brushes are a type of dual brush, which means we will be combining two brushes for this outline effect. Diana’s latest obsession is digitally drawing with Procreate and creating t-shirt designs with Canva.

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The free Inkscape program has this, and with thicker outlines, you can get amazing effects on your project this way. She also worked as a paralegal in the areas of tax law, bankruptcy, and family law from 1996 to 2010. Uni’s trademarked Super ink is waterproof and fade-resistant, which is pretty much a given, but it’s also tamper-resistant.Do you want a multicolored rainbow brush that you can make from your favorite standard Procreate Brush? That said, if you’re solely looking for Procreate tracing brushes, you may be more interested in pencil brushes.

This will give you a LOT of great ink brushes you can use for tracing and outlining, while also saving you from being overwhelmed with choices. We offer free design resources each week and a marketplace which allows graphic designers to register and sell their products. Looking at Procreate’s default brushes, it’s probably no surprise that the technical pencil wins the award for one of the best pencil brushes to use for tracing. Default line caps have squared edges, and you can switch to round caps or extended square caps that extend line length.

To do this, select the object that has an outline and under the Object menu choose “Convert Outline to Object”. If you want to add some character to your tracing and outlining, the brush pens and rough pens can be fun choices to experiment with. In addition, you can set the outline to print on top of underlying colors, without removing them during printing. Many drawing pens have interchangeable tips, but you won’t have to fuss with all that if you opt for Tombow’s Dual Brush Pens. To do this, select both copies, and next to the wording “Brush Library” you will see the (+) symbol is replaced with “Combine” and “Delete”.