I fought the digital transition for a long time because I REALLY love pens and paper- I love ink! But there’s a major problem with pens and me- there’s no undo. I didnt even realize this was a problem until I started drawing using procreate on my iPad with features like tap once to undo a mistake! Amazing. After a few iPad drawing sessions, when faced with ink on paper, I found myself attempting to tap to remove a misplaced line- with no luck of course! As a result I’ve been drawing exclusively on my ipad pro for a few months now. My poor pens are feeling awfully neglected- and my sketchbooks are being filled with fire trucks by my 6 year old, Miles. But I’m having too much fun to turn back. The best part about drawing digitally is that I can record my process, that’s actually the real reason I’m writing this post. I wanted to share how sloppy a drawing originally starts off. I feel like this is important because artist or not, we all start off with a sloppy sketch and more often than not, abandon that sketch thinking it’s a waste. In this video you’ll see that my initial sketch looks nothing like my final drawing. After I was finished I exported my drawing into photoshop where I finished it into a greeting card.

What do you think? If you’d like to see more of these time lapses, let me know!

Also, you can buy this and other greeting cards in my Etsy shop as a single card or as a set.