Line art is something artists either love or hate. If your lines look pixilated or blurry after resizing your art in Procreate, then these quick tips will save you future frustration when it comes to creating crisp and clear line work.
Canvas Settings for High-Quality Line Art in Procreate
Setting up your canvas correctly is one of the most important steps in creating high-quality digital paintings. Detailed work may require a larger canvas size and DPI, which means larger files. So verify to consider your storage space before launching into painting.
A higher DPI will allow for a less pixilated image, thanks to a denser number of pixels per inch of canvas.300 DPIis a standard setting that will produce excellent outputs and also accounts for high-quality printing if necessary.
Likewise, a larger canvas will allow for more detailed work that won’t lose its quality when edited and exported.
Keep in mind that in Procreate, a large canvas size paired with a high DPI will limit the number of layers you can use. If you usually paint using lots of layers, then a particularly large canvas (such as A3 or larger), will limit your options. Knowinghow to use layers in Procreatewill help you decide how many you may need for your future paintings.
The perfect canvas size is dependent on your artwork and painting style, but Procreate’s standard canvas menu offers fabulous options. If your work is being shared online, then anything equal to or higher than1200 x 2000 pixelswill account for keeping your line art clear and high quality.
How to Scale Your Line Art Without Losing Quality
Pixelation often happens in Procreate when layers are edited and resized. If this happens to your line art, then theInterpolationsettings being changed might solve this problem.
Select your line art by tapping on thearrowtool at the top left of your screen while your line art layer is selected. A dotted selection box should pop up around your work.
SelectNearestat the bottom right of the selection menu and change the setting fromNearest NeighbororBilineartoBicubic, before beginning to resize your work. Your lines should now be much clearer and less pixilated, even after resizing or editing.
Brush Settings for Smooth and Clear Line Art in Procreate
Different brushes in Procreate help create artwork with vastly different visual aesthetics and painting styles. If you are making especially detailed line art, then a brush with minimal Jitter and Fall off is an attractive option.
You can check these settings by selecting any brush in the brush dropdown menu, which will the open theBrush Studiotool.
SelectStroke pathto open the Stroke properties menu. Here, you can adjust theJitterandFall offso that they are minimal or set them toNonefor the clearest line setting.
Using these settings will ensure that your lines are sleek, unbroken, and don’t fade at the beginning or end of a stroke. These are the aesthetic aspects that can suffer and become pixilated if used for intricate line art, or after resizing and editing.
You can also selectStabilizationin the Brush Studio to increase the stability of your brush stroke. This will keep your line work steady, helping your line art to remain as clear as possible. See ourProcreate Brush Library tips and tricksfor more ways to improve your line art.
Get Sharp and Clear Line Art in Procreate
Using these settings and quick tips will keep your line art as clear and high-quality as possible when creating art in Procreate. Confident brush strokes, paired with a large canvas, and a well-chosen brush, will leave your line work clear and sharp.
