June Toons 2024 #9: Squirrel Man

Martin · 27 days (5:17 PM · Jun 9, 2024)
A cartoon illustration of a man with a deformed face. He was created from a reference photo of a red squirrel, and his features reflect that in various ways: his eyes are far apart and bulging, his nose is very far forward, he has a tall forehead, an extreme overbite with teeth jutting out, and he is hunched over. The man has a scruffy mustache and goatee, and scraggily hair sticking out from a floppy, pointed brown beanie. He has a light complexion, orange hair, and a red shirt. The man is drawn in various shades or orange, red, and brown, and the background is a light green with a noisy yellow burst from behind the man.

Today's June Toons cartoon is my attempt at drawing a human from a picture of an animal - in this case, a red squirrel. The result is sort of grotesque, but I had fun making it. 🙃

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, the Soft air brush for gradients, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for background texture.

The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is from SketchDaily.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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