Today's Drawrch illustration was the quickest one I've done so far. I could add more texture to it, and maybe re-work some of the line thickness here and there, but I think I like how simple it is (and I need to be done with this tonight, haha). ð
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 shading and 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:
Today's Drawrch illustration got off to a rough start. So much so that I did something that usually only happens once or twice during the entire project: I give up on my drawing and start over from scratch!
The angle of this woman's face was a tough one for me, and on my first go, I was struggling a lot with getting the eyes the right shapes and at the right angle, getting the nose to look right, the shape of the lips, and finally the shape of the whole face.
When I started over, I took a difference approach: I started with the head shape first, then drew in the surrounding details, and finally moved onto the face. It was much easier to get the details in at the right angles that way, but it's just not how I usually do it. I'm glad it turned out well in the end though, and I was excited to try out a style that I'd done before in a previous Drawrch, albeit with a more stylized illustration.
Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Smooth Natural Nib brush for linework, and the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light and Grainy Dot Shader 45/Light brushes for shading.
The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is from SketchDaily.
Today's Drawrch illustration is of a blond dude looking intently at the viewer.
I chose this reference image for because I thought the man's plain features would be pretty easy to sketch out/render, but it took me a really long time to get the shape of his head and proportions of his face looking right. It just goes to show you how the smallest details make a difference.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Smooth Natural Nib brush for linework, the Syrup brush for fills and some details, and the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for shading.
The Smooth Natural Nib and Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brushes are from the Rusty Nib pack and the Beat Tones pack, by True Grit Texture Supply.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
For today's Drawrch illustration, I drew a woman looking upward.
This has been a really long week for me, and it was a moment of sadness when I realized that I hadn't done my drawing yet today. But I hunkered down and did it, and I'm happy with what I made. I probably need to think about that feeling more when it's time to start these drawings on harder days.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Inka brush for just about 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:
Today's Drawrch illustration is somewhat stylized. In part because I wanted to try to get it done quicker than some of the others, and in part because it gets a little boring to just try to recreate photos, sometimes.
It's hard not to get caught up in the details even when you're trying to gloss over them, and at one point the addition of red made this start looking like the famous Obama "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey. I wasn't trying to make something in that style however, so I'm glad I was able to veer away from that as I added more color and more details.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Soft air brush for background shading, and the Inka brush for linework and just about 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:
For today's Drawrch illustration, I wanted to do something a little different. I focused a lot less on making sure the sketch was accurate and just worked on making angles that I liked and texturing things in an interesting way.
The result could probably use some refinement, but I think I capture the essence of the reference image, and overall, I like the way the face and colors turned out.
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 Larapuna 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:
I've used this style for a few Drawrch illustrations in the past, and it is a bit hit-and-miss. For this drawing, I think it is mostly a success, though the shape of the man's face looks a little too angular to me after finishing the drawing and viewing it from afar.
To borrow a phrase from a famous author: so it goes! ðĪŠ
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 Soft air brush for background 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:
I didn't wait long this Drawrch to bust out the Inka brush, but it's one of my favorites, so I have no shame in that. This illustration seemed like a good fit for it too, with the woman's hair slightly wind-blown and the bright highlights on the left.
The sketch looked good to me, but the finished drawing has the woman's face looking a little too wide compared to the reference. That's how these things go, though! ð
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 extra shading, and the Tarraleah 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:
It's not a great look to be just about late with my second Drawrch illustration but this is the first one I used a reference for this year, and I'm a little out of practice (which is sort of the point of this project).
So the sketch took a long time to finish, and then I didn't know what style I wanted to do for the final. As you can see, I ended up just going with the sketch, which I'm actually pretty happy with. I would have probably started off a little differently if I had planned on doing that, but in the end, it turned out fine.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for just about everything, and the Inka brush for the white fill at the end.
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:
So begins another Drawrch, a project I created in 2022 to practice drawing faces. In this project, I draw a new face every day for the month of March, with no style or theme restrictions. Most of the time, I end up finding a reference picture and just drawing that in whatever style sounds fun for the day.
For the first day of this year's Drawrch, I drew a woman holding a small "Drawrch" sign. I feel like I don't draw women enough, so it felt like a good way to start this year's project. I was also still feeling the comic book style from my finishing illustration for Februdoodle, so I went with that here too.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Syrup brush for fills, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for shading, and the Worn 1 Subtle brush for adding some distress to the image.
The Rusty Nib 1, Rough Dot Shader 45/Light, and Worn 1 Subtle brushes are from the Rusty Nib pack, the Beat Tones pack, and the Fast Grit pack respectively, all by True Grit Texture Supply.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
