Thin and Thick Calligraphy Strokes in Procreate – My Top 3 Tips

Learn my top tips on how to draw perfect calligraphy strokes in Procreate, with beautiful thin and thick weight that looks just like ink-on-paper writing.

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[chirafronda]

Been using Procreate for my calligraphy since 2019 and this by far is the most helpful tutorial and information video I've ever seen. I'm so excited to subscribe to your website and learn more!

[evaellis]

Molly, this is one of my favorite of your tutorials, and that's saying a lot, because I like them all. This was so helpful, especially the way you started with the explanation of pen and ink calligraphy and how that translates to using the Apple pencil. I would appreciate even more tutorials comparing analogue and digital calligraphy. Thank you!

[neiiBurr]

4:09 timestamp for calligraphy brush settings. Thanks Molly ! This tutorial is very helpful. Please watch full video.

[karenclark]

Thank you for putting in so much effort into explaining how to do calligraphy on procreate. I’m looking forward to learning more from you

[kchart]

Great video! Thanks for the freebies. Your “favorite brush” is now, my favorite too :)

[crossightoverclothes]

Thank you for making this! I've struggled so much with the streamline settings but I never thought about slowing down. I set streamline at 100% and slowed way down and it's improved my letters considerably!

[selinafuentes]

this was a very cool video, i enjoyed watching . I am new to calligraphy! 💕💕🥰🥰

[NutyRiver]

What a great video! I’ve never learned calligraphy, and I’m here because I’m a digital artist working on a commission that needs some nice lettering. What’s interesting is that in digital drawing, one is supposed to draw fast and loose lines in order to keep the lines stable (especially with streamlining turned off, as it decreases the accuracy of the line).

I just think the differences are interesting, as I never would’ve thought to take this approach myself.

[preyashvala]

Great tips! How do we get flat tip at the end or at the beginning of our down strokes. For example downward stroke for a letter should have flat top. Where do we set this setting in the brush studio?

[felipebayan]

Thank you so much for the tutorial Molly. Just wondering if you had any experience working with Procreate Pocket on iPhone and if these techniques could be applied there too. Thank you.

[saradesilva]

it was refreshing to hear an instructor admit that she was totally frustrated by Procreate. So, was I! I still am. My own attempts to add calligraphy to pictures created on Ipad were disastrous and discouraging. Apple classes did not help. The charming young geniuses at the Apple store were programmed to help users draw and paint a pre-designed picture.
They were not trained to help with calligraphy or other explorations - Few users of Ipad Procreate were interested in calligraphy.
. I left Procreate alone for years and did good old fashioned handwriting - with a wedge-shaped nibs. The effects were good but the process was time-consuming and the hand-written work but could not be edited. .. The great advantage of Ipad calligraphy is that it can be edited a zillion times over.
Molly has rekindled my enthusiasm for creative greeting cards made with the Apple pen on an Apple Ipad. It is still a challenge but a manageable challenge not a frustrating one.
Thank you Molly. I hope to take your class soon.
Peace!
Udhaya

[milaperez]

Hola, como realizas las flechas en procreate? Gracias de antemano

[maureenhallahan]

Molly, I am a traditional calligrapher and typographer with many years experince in history hands but am new to "Modern Calligraphy" with Procreate. Your tutorial is EXCELLENT, thank you. Why do you refer to "analogue calligraphy'? Surely you mean good old fashioned pen and paper?!

[ersimn]

Thank you for these tips! I'm definitely guilty of going too fast 😅

[KayceeLemonDrop]

I do not have the streamline setting on my options is that normal?

[slowstbss]

This doesn’t work on my new iPad 13 but it has it on my old iPad help! 😭

[mratx]

I cant get my ipad pro and pencil pro to get it to work like that, ive tried and tried

[audioacc]

What does it mean when you press down with the Apple Pencil, and you start with a thin line but all of a sudden - with the same pressure- you get a blobby oval coming in and out of tip? I can’t find an answer anywhere beyond “checking pressure sensitivity”. I’ve been messing around with it but nothing definitive on the solution. I DO change the pressure sensitivity to allow a lighter touch (and alleviates the wrist pain), though.

[paulinejyllsuanpurcia]

Is it only applicable to apple pencil pro?

[lilu]

i tried your brush but its doesnt make thick and thin lines :(