The Secret iPad Drawing Shortcut Your Competitors Will Envy

Описание: Want to cut your design and presentation time from days to just hours? In this video I reveal the secret iPad drawing shortcut your competitors will envy — a workflow that lets you design and present at the same time, directly in Procreate.

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As architects, landscape architects, and interior designers, we’re under pressure to present design ideas quickly — but still beautifully enough to engage clients and lead to real decisions. Hand sketches on paper no longer cut it in today’s digital world. And computer renderings in SketchUp, Revit, or CAD often take days to model, only to look overly specific too early in the process.
That’s why I use Procreate on the iPad to create hybrid renderings: fast, flexible sketches that blend seamlessly with photographs, while still delivering the charm of hand drawing and the realism of digital rendering. In this step-by-step workflow, you’ll see how to:
Import a site photograph and establish perspective lines
Drop in plans and sections and align them using Procreate’s transform tools
Use perspective drawing assist to sketch accurately without complex setup
Block in forms quickly with diagrammatic lines
Apply color and texture brushes to simulate vegetation, stone, and water
Layer shadows with Multiply blend mode for instant realism
Add entourage and planting details to bring the design to life
The result? Presentation-ready renderings in under 2 hours — a fraction of the time required by traditional hand sketches or computer models. This technique saves time, engages clients earlier, and helps you keep your options open during concept design.
Whether you’re a solo practitioner needing to wow a client by Monday morning, or a young architect trying to stand out in the office, this workflow gives you the secret edge your competitors wish they had.

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ABOUT: My name is James Akers and I'm a practicing architect who also supported my family as a full-time renderer working in pencil and watercolor, up until the day that pencil and watercolor could no longer keep up with the pace of change in the modern digital office. So in 2015, I followed Tim Cook's lead, switched to Apple Pencil on iPad, and haven't looked back. Now, as UCLA professor of iPad Drawing and founder of the iPad for Architects YouTube channel, I split my time between teaching, rendering, design consulting, architect-ing, and my favorite of all: helping students rediscover the benefits of drawing-by-hand in the digital era through online courses in Procreate, Morpholio Trace and Sketchup for iPad.