How To Create a Glitter Lettering Brush in Procreate

June 23, 2022

In today's Procreate brush tutorial, I show you I made some of the glitter brushes from my Glitter Brush Set! First, I go through step-by-step how to create a glitter lettering brush, and then I show you how to create your own glitter bokeh brush! I also teach you how to combine brushes to make your bokeh brush a little more 3D!

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What I'm Using

For this tutorial, I'm going to be using:

An iPad - I currently use an iPad Air 4 and Apple Pencil 2
Procreate - currently version 5.2

CREATE A GLITTER LETTERING BRUSH

Step 1: Create a New Brush

Create a new canvas (the size does not matter) and open the brush library.
As an optional step you can create a new brush set by dragging down the brush sets on the left-hand side and tapping the blue + button.
Tap on the + sign to create a new brush.

Step 2: Edit the Shape Source

Tap on the Shape menu on the left and next to Shape Source tap the edit button to open the Shape Editor.
Tap Edit and then Source Library to open the default Procreate brush shapes. This is a great resource when you're starting to create your own brushes.
Scroll down and select the Splash shape for this brush. You can also experiment and choose different shape sources to create different types of glitter brushes. Tap Done to save.
Staying in the Shape menu, increase the Scatter setting to 125%.

Step 3: Edit the Grain Source

In the Grain menu, tap the white square next to Grain Source to open the Grain Editor.
Tap Edit and then Source Library and select the Bonobo grain.
Tap Done to save your Grain Source.
Increase the Scale to 33% and decrease the Zoom to 87%.
Most importantly, make sure to change the Blend Mode (in the Grain menu) to Linear Burn.

Step 4: Edit the Brush Settings

In the Rendering menu, change the Rendering Mode to Intense Blending and change the Blend Mode to Add.
In the Stroke Path menu, decrease the Spacing to 10% and increase the Jitter to 4%.
In the Stabilisation menu, change the StreamLine Amount to 100%.
In the Apple Pencil menu, decrease the Opacity setting to None. If you have an Apple Pencil and want to make your brush pressure-sensitive, increase the Size to 80%.
Lastly, in the Properties menu increase the Maximum Size to 350%.
Tap Done to save your settings, and now you have a glitter lettering brush!