Ryan Maloney shows four ways to smooth your linework in Procreate: sketch rough on a low-opacity layer, use the default Studio Pen, rotate your canvas so strokes push away from your hand, and draw through lines then zoom in to clean them up.
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Here are a few tips to getting smoother lines in Procreate. 1, don't try to make a perfect drawing on the first pass. Start with a base layer sketch and then create a new drawing on top of it until you're satisfied with the line. My initial sketch is super rough. Then I'll turn down the opacity on that layer and create a new one on top. Then I try to make that next drawing a little bit more smooth. Second tip is to use the Studio Pen. I like the stock settings that come with Procreate. I don't change them at all. Third is figure out the angle that you like to draw at. For me, I get a smoother line when I push the drawing away from me rather than pull it towards me. So anytime I can, I'm rotating the canvas to get an angle where I can push the drawing. Bonus tip number 4: draw through your lines. This will eliminate you getting hesitant towards another line and getting all jaggedy. Then zoom in and erase your lines to get a clean connection of link—