Illustration Sketchbook

Inktober 2022 #6 – Bad Bear

Martin · 2 years

My sixth drawing for Inktober 2022 is a bad bear who just threw open the door!

As usual, this was created in Procreate. I used the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework and shading, and the Clouds and Old Beach brushes for texture.

I was feeling very uninspired for this one. Originally, I wanted to just make a hulking creature being silhouetted against the door, but felt like it didn't look menacing enough once I started going down that route with it. Eventually, I just made it into a bear.

If you watch the time-lapse below, you'll see that I meandered a lot in the middle, experimenting with adding a second, smaller bear hiding to the side. I gave up on that though, because it felt too much like an adult being threatening towards a child. Even though they are bears. Oh well.

There's always tomorrow! 🙃

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Inktober 2022 #5 – Tinkering

Martin · 2 years

My fifth illustration for Inktober 2022 is a scientist tinkering with his robot buddy - as the robot looks on.

I always like drawing robots, but I wanted to switch it up a little this time and have a little story in the frame. I still can't make up my mind if the scientist is "mad" or not.

Created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Syrup brush for linework/shading.

If you're curious how this one was made, here's the time-lapse:

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Inktober 2022 #1 – The Start

Martin · 2 years

It's October today, and that means another Inktober project. This is the first drawing for the month, and I'm looking forward to getting back into the groove with my iPad Pro and Procreate, which I've been sort of neglecting lately.

I hope you'll join me as I create a new illustration each day of the month!

Oh, and here's the time-lapse for this one, if you'd like to see how I made it:

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Fenced Alley

Martin · 2 years

I was looking through my photos the other day, searching for some paint color images, and I found a picture I took of an alley that I thought might be fun to do as an illustration. So I made this!

This is partly just some general illustration practice, and partly practice for an acrylic painting I want to do later this year. That painting won't be the same subject, but it's good to practice colors and form.

As with other recent illustrations, I used Procreate to make this. Sketched with the Procreate Pencil brush and painted with the Inka brush.

Here's a time-lapse, if you'd like to see how it all came together:

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Drawrch #31

Martin · 2 years

Here's my thirty-first illustration for Drawrch - the last in the series, and fittingly, a very tired-looking me in a self-portrait. It's not my best work, but it's what I did tonight.

For this one I used the Procreate Pencil brush to sketch, and the soft Airbrush for some fades here and there.

I really enjoyed this project, and I learned a lot of stuff. I'll probably write up a blog post about all that tomorrow. Now, it's time for a break!

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Drawrch #30

Martin · 2 years

Here's my thirtieth illustration for Drawrch - only one more to go!

I wanted to spend some more time playing with a rough brush, so once again I've used Procreate's Inka brush for most of the work. I used the Procreate Pencil brush for the sketch, and the soft Airbrush for the background.

Based on a reference photo from SketchDaily, though I had to improvise on the lighting/shadows a bit. The limited color palette made the more complicated shadows of the photo quite hard to reproduce properly. You can see my struggles with it (and how I eventually resolved things) in the time-lapse below!

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Drawrch #29

Martin · 2 years

Here's my twenty-ninth illustration for Drawrch, and I barely made it under the wire with this one!

I had some work to get done this evening, and wasn't ready to start drawing until 10 PM. I though I might do something simple, and once again, I got into the flow, lost track of time, and next thing I knew an hour and a half had passed. I'm happy with the result though!

I sketched this one with the Procreate Pencil brush, then colored it with the Inka brush. I really like the rough edges of Inka - I'll have to play with it more after I'm done with this project.

Reference image came from SketchDaily.

Time-lapse below!

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