Martin Crownover

This is my thirty-first (and final) illustration for Drawrch 2023 - aw, yeah!

Like last year's Drawrch, I figured I'd finish things up with another self-portrait. I don't consider that last one a failure, but I didn't care for how it turned out either, so I also sort of wanted to redeem myself a bit this year. And I think I did! I'm happy with it anyway.

Perhaps I'll post more about it in the future, but I feel like I settled into a style that I didn't start with this time, and I like how it went. I do this project to explore styles and practice, so I didn't want to do all of them the same way, but I did enjoy some methods more than others, so it was hard not to lean into them a bit more.

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

The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is a selfie I took today.

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

Thanks to everyone who has been following along with these. I will have a new project soon!

This is my thirtieth illustration for Drawrch - just one more to go!

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

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:

Here's my twenty-ninth illustration for Drawrch - this project is wrapping up soon!

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

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:

Here's my twenty-eighth illustration for Drawrch!

After Drawrch #23, I swore I wasn't going to do another realistic one for this project, but after I got done with the initial sketch, I started experimenting with brushes I don't typically use, and got caught up in it.

I like going for realism and I don't. I like it because it's fun seeing something come together that looks like the reference. It's also good practice, of course. But I don't like it because it takes forever to finish a piece (at least, in terms of doing a daily drawing) and every time I get done, I can't help but look at it and see all the flaws. It's a balance.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Oil Paint and Dry Brush brushes for color, and the Stucco brush for blending.

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:

This is my twenty-seventh illustration for Drawrch!

I really wanted this one to be better, but I just ran out of time today. It was a busy work day, and I had a lot of other things to do after hours that left me with only an hour or so to draw. That's still a good amount of time, but late in the day when I'm tired, it doesn't leave much room for mistakes. Anyway...

As usual, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Inka brush for everything else.

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:

This is my twenty-sixth illustration for Drawrch!

I thought I'd try another like Drawrch #14, and though I like how this one turned out, it's a little too zoomed in now that I think about it. It would've been better to show just a little more of the beanie, and the hair/coat. Oh well!

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

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:

Here's my twenty-fifth illustration for Drawrch: a screaming man in the style of mobile game/app icons.

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 air brush for the background fade.

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

This is my twenty-fourth illustration for Drawrch!

I feel slightly guilty about starting in with the cartoons on a Friday, but this day kind of got away from me and I wanted to make sure I got done with this early. It's good practice for drawing expressions anyway. 😉

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 Hartz brush and Splatter spray paint brush for background texture.

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