Martin Crownover

My twenty-second illustration for Februdoodle is an Ice Cream Bar!

I'm sure I'm not the only out there who has fond memories of eating the old Chip 'n' Dale ice cream bars in the summer. The faces always ended up looking melty and droopy, and I couldn't tell you what the nose was. A knock-off M&M, maybe?

Anyway, I decided to draw my own knock-off version of that today. It turned out better than I thought it would, but it also took a lot more effort than I originally wanted to put in. Oh well.

As usual, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, a slightly modified Mercury brush for linework, the Soft air brush for detailing, and the Quoll and Hartz brushes for texture.

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

My twenty-first illustration for Februdoodle is The Frog and the Scorpion.

I don't really like the story "The Scorpion and the Frog", and so I thought I'd remake it my own way. Nobody gets stung in this version.

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. I'm posting each finished illustration at my website.

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

My twentieth illustration for Februdoodle is... a thoughtful monkey.

Not pictured: the 20 minutes I sat staring at a blank canvas, trying to think of something to draw. I hate it when I can't think of anything!

As always, 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 and Larapuna brushes for background texture.

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

My nineteenth illustration for Februdoodle is a Painted Lady butterfly.

We took a short road trip to a local nature conservancy today. It is home to a large wetland area where a lot of birds spend their time - primarily ducks, but also cranes and sandpipers.

There were a few butterflies as well, but unfortunately most of them were dead. We saw one live one hanging out on an observation deck, and then watched it fly down into the water, where it got stuck and couldn't get out. It felt bad just watching it struggle.

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 and coloring.

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

My eighteenth illustration for Februdoodle is... a tostada! I drew this because we had tostadas for dinner, and they were yummy!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, a slightly modified Mercury 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:

My seventeenth illustration for Februdoodle is a mouse standing up for himself against a giant cat: Enough!

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, Splatter spray paint brush, and Soft air brush for effects and background texture.

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

Here's my sixteenth illustration for Februdoodle, King's Credit.

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:

My fifteenth illustration for Februdoodle is a Pig in a Blanket!

I was in such a hurry to get my drawing posted yesterday that I completely forgot to note that it's already been two weeks for Februdoodle - yikes, It's a day past halfway over now!

As with my other drawings, 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 Decimals 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 fourteenth illustration for Februdoodle, in honor of Valentine's Day: Cupid!

I was going for a Danny Devito-ish look on this one, because who needs another baby Cupid?

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:

For my thirteenth illustration for Februdoodle, I drew a clog screwing up someone's shower.

This was one of those nights where I really struggled to come up with something to draw, and then once I got started and developed the idea, I'm still not sure if I like it. I think the colors look okay and the framing is good, and I like the overall illustration, but the dark black lines just aren't really doing it for me or something. It starts feeling a little too much like a schematic or something.

I also discovered that there's something that I hate drawing more than hands: feet. If you watch the time lapse below, you'll see that I re-did the foot 4-5 times before settling on something.

As usual, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, a slightly modified Mercury brush for line work, the Syrup brush for edge cleanup, and the Hartz, Tarraleah, and Grunge brushes for background texture. I also made use of the Liquify effect to make my water shading look a little more dynamic.

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