As promised, my fourth illustration for Drawrch is much more cartoony - I needed a break from the more realistic stuff for a moment.
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 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:
Here's my third illustration for Drawrch!
Yesterday I told myself that I wouldn't do something super realistic for today's drawing - and I sorta didn't! - but this still took a turn into realism that I wasn't planning on. I'm happy with how it came out anyway.
Looking at it again... maybe I made the eyes too big? That is my constant struggle.
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 Larapuna brush for fills and shading, and the Splatter 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:
This is my second illustration for Drawrch!
It's been a long time since I've sat down to draw a realistically proportioned face, so this one took me a while. It's a little rough, but I don't hate how it turned out. I feel like I've been looking at it too long to really judge whether or not it turned out well, haha. As with last year's Drawrch, they won't all be this detailed.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Inka brush for linework and fills.
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:
Well, I thought I was going to take a break, but I couldn't help myself, and so here' s my first illustration for Drawrch 2023. I'll be posting a new drawing every day again, but this time they'll all be faces of various shapes, types, and styles.
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:
Here's my final illustration for Februdoodle: See the Moon!
This one was a suggestion from my mother-in-law, who thought this would be a neat idea for a drawing: me, my wife, and our son looking at the moon and stars (which is one of his recent obsessions).
It's nice to be done with this project. I know that I will miss doing it every day - and I should honestly keep doing more drawings just to keep up my skill - but I also need a little break to recharge.
As with the others, 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 Watercolor brush for background texture.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
If you've been following along with these, thanks for stopping by to see them all! I'm sure I'll have another project ready to start soon, so stay tuned!
For my twenty-seventh Februdoodle illustration, I drew an island paradise (inside a bottle).
I can't believe this project is almost over! I've been weighing continuing the effort into March over the last couple of days, but it took a lot to get this one done - and in the end it's still not quite how I would have liked it. I think my creative fuel tank is just running a little dry.
While I was drawing this one, I also realized just how much I've grown to like doing my "ink" work with the Sryup brush. I used to use the modified Mercury brush that I used for this illustration almost exclusively, in part because the clumpy nature of the texture it has reminded me of the gel pens I used to use when I'd draw on paper, and in part because the texture hides the imperfections in the lines.
I think that the Mercury brush variant I used to use had a more uniform thickness to it though, because I had a hard time controlling that with this one. In places where I wanted the lines to go thinner, I found the virtual ink running super thin and splotchy, which looked bad and made it harder to fill with color later on. Oh well!
Like all the others, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, a modified Mercury brush for linework, and the Hartz and Splatter spray paint brushes for background texture, with a few assists from the Soft air brush here and there.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
Just one more to go!
My twenty-sixth illustration for Februdoodle is a duckling wearing a fun human-headed inner tube.
I channeled all my years of watching DuckTales and reading Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics for this one.
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 Leatherwood brush for background texture.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
My twenty-fifth illustration for Februdoodle is a robot barista!
Would it truly be a drawing project for me if I didn't include a robot in there somewhere? I'm surprised it took me this long to squeeze one in there!
Created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Syrup brush for linework/fills.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
My twenty-fourth illustration for Februdoodle is a rooster leaning up against a wall, waiting.
I'm barely making it under the wire today, so I wanted to keep this one simple. I'm happy with how the colors turned out though, and I feel like I'm getting a little more confident with my color choices.
As usual, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, and the Syrup brush for linework/fills.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below. You will see a sketch I made at the beginning that I chose to abandon in lieu of the finished piece above!
For my twenty-third Februdoodle illustration, I drew a tea bag who is not very happy about being dunked into the hot water!
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 some masking, and the 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: