How to Create a Halftone Brush in Procreate

What You’ll Be Creating

Are you struggling to find the perfect halftone brushes for Procreate? If so, the answer might be to create your own! Making your own brush might sound daunting, but in reality it couldn’t be simpler.

In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to make your own halftone brush for Procreate, as well as some inspiration for how to use halftones in Procreate to level up your artwork.

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What You’ll Learn in This Halftone Brush Procreate Tutorial

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1. How to Make Your Own Halftone Brush for Procreate

Step 1

First, you’ll need to launch the Procreate app and open up a new or existing canvas. Then select the Brush Library menu by tapping on the brush icon in the top-right menu.

To create a new brush, tap the + icon in the top-right corner of this menu.

Step 2

This will launch the Brush Studio. In the Stroke path section, set the Spacing to 5%.

Step 3

Next, head to the Taper settings, set the Pressure slider to None, and slide the Tip animation switch to the Off position.

Step 4

Now it’s time to edit the Shape Source. Head to the Shape menu and press the Edit button, which is located to the top right of the large white circle.

The Shape Editor should now pop up. Tap the Import button in the top-right corner, and select your chosen source. In this tutorial, we will be using the Source Library.

Once the Source Library has opened, you will need to choose a source shape for your brush.

This dictates the overall shape (but not texture/pattern) of your brush. In this tutorial, we will be using the Soft brush shape, but feel free to play around with other options to best suit your needs.

Once you’ve selected your shape, hit Done in the top-right corner to confirm the selection.

Step 5

Now it’s time to edit the Grain Source of the brush by heading to the Grain menu. This alters the pattern/texture within the shape of the brush.

As with the previous step, you’ll need to begin by pressing the Edit button to the top right of the white square.

Once the Grain Editor has launched, tap Import in the top-right corner and choose your Image source option. Once again, we will be using the Source Library.

Now it’s time to choose your Grain Source. For this tutorial, we’ll select the Worn Dots texture.

Once you’ve selected your texture, hit the Done button in the top-right corner.

Step 6

There are a few settings in the Grain source menu that we still need to edit, so you will need to scroll down to the Grain behaviour section.

Drag the Scale setting to 25%, and slide the Zoom setting all the way to 100% (which will now read as ‘Cropped‘). Turn the Brightness down to -25%, and set the Contrast to Max.

Step 7

Next, let’s head to the Rendering menu and switch the Rendering mode to Intense Glaze.

Step 8

In the Wet Mix menu, drag the Charge to 0% (it should now read as ‘Disabled‘) and the Pull also to 0% (which should now read as ‘None’).

Step 9

Now, head over to the Apple Pencil settings, change the Opacity to 50%, and drag the Tilt angle down to 0°.

Step 10

In the Properties menu, slide the Maximum size to Max.

Step 11

Finally, head to About this brush. Here, you can name your brush by clicking on the Untitled Brush text to the top left of the screen and replacing it with your chosen name (e.g. Halftone Brush).

Once you’re happy with your brush, hit the Done button in the top-left corner to save it.

And we are done! You can now test out your brush on the canvas and have fun trying it out on your artwork.