Hi, it's Jenny here. I'm a Finnish illustrator and writer and a designer. I'm passionate about a lot of things. But today I'm here to share with you one of my passions, which is digital illustration, combined with hand lettering. So in this class, I will show you how you can make fun illustrations quickly on an iPad using appropriate app. So for the class project, we will create an illustration that you can use for example as the month starter as I'd like to call them on Instagram or you can use it as wallpaper for your laptop or your smartphone.

Or you can even print it out as a birthday card if you wish. So I'll show you some examples in a minute. But first I will run through the things that you will learn in this class procreate is a really An app that you can use for creating illustrations, practice hand lettering, do sketching or even digital painting. And it has quite a lot of features that you might not even realize at first glance. But I will introduce only the essentials so that you can get started quickly and you don't feel overwhelmed with too many tools or too many new tricks. So, in this class, you will learn how to create different sized canvases, how to choose and streamline your brushes, how you can use layers to make illustrating easier to how to use the color picker in different ways.

I will also show you how to make your hand lettering easier by using guidelines and how you can create a shadow for your text really quickly. And finally, I will go through how to use a texture layer and apply Blend Modes so that you can add a fun final touch to your illustration. And then as promised, here are a couple of examples of What I'm talking about, this one is a monster for Instagram as I call them. It's a fun way of starting a new month on your Instagram feed and it helps you mark where your month has started. And later on, it helps you get an overview of what you were posting during a particular month. But if you're not into Instagram or you prefer posting photos there, you can still create one and use it as wallpaper for your laptop or smartphone or use it as a card and print it out.

So your illustration does not need to be month to month related. You can write any word or words that you want, like your own name, the name of your partner, your pet, hometown favorite dessert, best season of the year, whatever you feel like. My suggestion is that you create something that makes you smile. I recommend that you first watch the whole classroom. And then in the second round, you can start making illustration together with me I really appreciate that you're here and I cannot wait to share my process with you