All posts tagged illustration

Drawrch 2024 #11: Laughing

Martin · 38 days
An illustration of a man laughing. The man has a light complexion, dark eyes, short wavy brown hair, and a mustache and goatee with beard stubble. His face is pointed at the viewer, but his eyes are looking to the right. He is wearing a dark coat and top and is drawn over a light blue background.

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a man laughing and looking to the side.

I had a hard time getting the skin tone right, and he looked quite pale for a lot of the time I was working on it. I also had to go in and fix the teeth at the end because I got the scale of them very wrong at the start. They were massive! 😆

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for shading.

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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Drawrch 2024 #10: Peachy

Martin · 39 days
An illustration of Princess Peach from the Super Mario Bros. universe. She is drawn as a cartoon with the traditional light complexion, blond hair, blue eyes and earrings, and pink dress. A small, jeweled crown rests on the top of her head, and she is looking away to the right mischievously.

Today's Drawrch illustration is a mischievous Princess Peach! I wanted to draw something for "Mar10" day, but figured the internet would be awash with pictures of Mario, so I figured, why not give Peach some love instead? 😊

I considered using some non-traditional colors at one point, but ended up going with the standard blond hair, blue eyes, and pink dress, since this is really the first time I've ever drawn her. Maybe I'll try something new in a future drawing.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Syrup brush for everything else.

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

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An illustration of a man looking down to the left in disappointment. The man has a light complexion and thin blond hair. He has a large beard that is dark at the roots and goes blond around his mouth and red up towards his ears. His mouth is slightly agape, and his face is in shadow. He has on a gray top and the background is just a dull, grayish-olive color with a faint, splattered glow.

Today's Drawrch illustration is a blond, bearded man who looks quite disappointed about something.

Many of the reference images I've chosen for this and past Drawrch projects feature people with beards, and you know what? I hate drawing beards!

Anyway! This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Studio Pen brush for linework, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Hard air brush and 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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Drawrch 2024 #8: Headphones

Martin · 41 days
An illustration of a woman looking up and to the right. The woman has a light complexion and dark eyes and hair. She is wearing a gray top and has large, closed headphones on her ears. There is a red cord coming off of the earcup nearest the view, which falls off the bottom of the image. The woman's hair has a few blond highlights in it, and it is curly and wavy around the bottom as it gets near her shoulders. The background is a splotchy red fading downward to light pink.

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a woman wearing headphones! 🎧🎶

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, the Soft air brush for some light shading, 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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Drawrch 2024 #7: Grin

Martin · 42 days
An illustration of a man looking to the right. He has a pale complexion, dark eyes, short dark hair that's parted on the side and oiled down, and a stubbled mustache, beard, and goatee. He is smiling slightly, and his face has been stylized like a caricature. He is wearing layers including a blue plaid shirt and tan coat. The background is a warm brown.

Here's today's Drawrch illustration. I was able to force myself to stay a little more stylized with this one, and managed to work some brush strokes in there too! That's the first week of Drawrch done already!

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 Old Brush paint brush for added texture/light details.

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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Drawrch 2024 #6: Curls

Martin · 43 days
An illustration of a woman looking slightly sideways at the viewer, with her head turned and tilted a bit. She has a pale complexion, pink lipstick, blue eyes, and large glasses with round lenses. Her hair is brown and very curly. It is put up in the back, but many curls are falling down from her forehead over the side of her face.

For today's Drawrch illustration, I set out to draw something a little more cartoony than normal, and ended up drifting hard toward the stuff I've been doing for most of the rest of the drawings in this project so far. 😵

I guess I needed to focus more on sketching it cartoony? I don't know. It's been a long day, so I just wanted to get through it. I wish I could have spent more time on the hair though - the curls in the reference photo were crazy!

Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for almost everything else, and the Hartz 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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Drawrch 2024 #5: Plaid & Hat

Martin · 44 days
An illustration of a man wearing a red plaid shirt and a hat. The man is looking to the left, away from the viewer. He has a dark complexion, dark eyes, and black hair and beard. He has a look of mild concern. The background is a very light green that fades to yellow.

Today's Drawrch illustration is a guy in a plaid shirt and a hat!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for some light shading.

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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Drawrch 2024 #4: Hooded

Martin · 45 days
An illustration of a woman wearing a scarf and hood. The woman is staring directly at the viewer, with an expressionless face. She has a light complexion, black hair, and green eyes. The sides of her face are shrouded in a hard black shadow. The scarf is light lavender and the hood is gray. The background is an olive green.

Today's Drawrch illustration is a hooded woman in the woods!

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 Hartz 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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Drawrch 2024 #3: Night Lights

Martin · 46 days
An illustration of a woman looking to the left. The woman has a light complexion, blond hair, and hazel eyes. She has a green top and black necklace, and she is lit by bright lights of a city at night. The background is a blur of color and points of light.

Today's Drawrch illustration came in late again - I got started late and it took 2 hours to finish - but I'm happy with how it turned out!

Normally I don't go for much airbrushing, but I think it really helped bring out some dimension with this one. It's cool how just a tiny touch of light or dark here and there really helped make it pop. The hair is a little funky, but whatever. It's done and tomorrow's drawing needs to be simpler!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Soft and Hard airbrushes for gradients and background details. I used the smudge tool with the Soft airbrush as well, to smooth out the highlights in the hair.

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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Drawrch 2024 #2: Distant Stare

Martin · 47 days
An illustration of a man wearing sunglasses and looking out into the distance. The man has a medium complexion and dark hair. He has a light mustache, goatee, and stubble. His face is lit brightly from the front, and the view of the image is from slightly below him.

Here's my second illustration for Drawrch - nearly late, yikes! I got started quite late though, so I'm just glad I got something out today, I suppose. 😎

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for gradients.

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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