In today's world, iPad is one of the most powerful tools specially when it comes to illustration and graphic design industry. Nowadays, almost every designer owns an iPad which is portable and makes their life much easier. But many of us don't realize its potential when it comes to traditional artwork.
I am a full time freelance botanical and food illustrator and create my illustrations on mpaper with watercolors paints. I bought my iPad in 2018 with a motive to start my digital illustration journey, but honestly speaking traditional media is irresistible for me. But that does not mean, iPad was a wasteful investment for me. Not at all!!!
iPad is such an incredible tool for designers, illustrators and artists. Today in this article I will share one amazing feature of iPad which comes in handy for artists when they need to transfer or trace their sketches on paper.
This lesson is for you if you draw in iPad and want to transfer your sketches and drawings for painting on paper or any creative project you have been working on. I have been using Guided Access feature in iPad since last 2 years and it has completely changed my workflow of painting my Botanical Illustrations.
I grab a lot of images, create a nice composition in Procreate and then finalize a sketch. Once I am ready with a final composition, I can now trace it on a tracing paper and then on the final Watercolor Paper.
Now Why I use iPad for tracing? The reason is I don't have a Lightbox and I did not want to buy one. So after a few hit and trials, I stumbled upon this feature called Guided Access and I was blown away with the possibilities.
So I thought why not share it with you all. If you use an iPad, it will definitely help you in your process.
Steps to Turn Guided Access on:
Open Settings > Accessibility
Under Accessibility , you will see some options on the right hand side of the screen. Go way down to General > Guided Access
Then you can turn the toggle button on to start guided access.
Now when you open any image/sketch in your image gallery, Triple Click the Top Button of the iPad and it will enable the Guided Access.
This will freeze the screen and then you can place your tracing paper on top of the screen and using a soft black pen, you can easily trace the sketch on the tracing paper.
I have a complete process explained in one of the lessons in my Skillshare class - Watercolor Botanical Illustration for Beginners in which I show you my process of painting a botanical illustration suing watercolors from start to finish. You can get access to the full class HERE. If you are not on Skillshare, you can use the LINK BELOW to get 1 MONTH FREE and enjoy thousands of amazing classes absolutely free of cost for 30 days.