Drawrch 2025 #1: Drawrch

 Martin · 30 days
An illustration of a woman holding up a small sign that says "Drawrch" on it. The woman has a long face and is wearing glasses. She has a light complexion and long brown hair that curls upward at the tips. She is wearing a light green shirt. The sign is a pale yellow and the lettering is red orange. The background is a slightly desaturated blue, and there are three white lines emanating from the woman's head on both sides. The style of the illustration is that of a vintage comic book.

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:

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Februdoodle 2025 #28: Game Over

 Martin · 31 days
An illustration of a robot with his head flying off, connected only by a large spring. The robot has a cylindrical head, torso, and hips. His torso and hips are connected via a large flexible chrome tube, and his arms are made of the same material, only with a much smaller diameter. The robot has one clamp hand visible. On his chest is a screen showing the words "game over" in bright blue. His face has X's for eyes and his mouth is a straight line of glowing teeth. Small sparks are visible around the spring. The robot is yellow, and the chrome is a shiny gray. The background is a rust color, with a lighter circle cut out behind the robot's upper body. The illustration looks faded and dirty like an old comic book.

On that last day of this year's Februdoodle, I realized that I hadn't done a robot drawing yet, so here it is!

I had the idea of doing a robot with his head flying off pretty early in my brainstorming, so I thought it might be fun to draw Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. The problem is, I never owned those as a kid, so that felt a little inauthentic, and the thought of drawing two robots and then coloring them in monochrome felt boring.

So, I made up a robot instead! You can't see a lot of him, but just enough to get an idea for what the rest of him might look like, I think. In any case, I think he's a fitting end to this year's project!

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 Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for shading, the Worn 4 Subtle brush for adding distress. And although you can't really tell that I used it, I used the Syrup brush for a lot of the fills where I wanted to make sure the color was solid.

The Rusty Nib 1, Rough Dot Shader 45/Light, and Worn 4 Subtle brushes are part of 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:

And you can watch all of the drawings in this series be created on this YouTube playlist.

This project flew by, and as always, I had fun doing it! I hope you enjoyed seeing each illustration and perhaps even watching them get made. I'll be back tomorrow for another project: Drawrch.

Until then, thanks for tuning in!

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Februdoodle 2025 #27: Zero Rings

 Martin · 32 days
An illustration of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is flying backward through the air, a look of panic on his face, and his arms and legs sticking out. Rings are flying everywhere. An iPod with white earbuds is flying out from him too, the earbuds still connected to his ears. The scene is drawn with Sonic and the rings all in silhouette, with only vague outlines here and there, like the old iPod commercials from the 2000's. The background is a plain blue with a very slight glow, similar to Sonic's normal color.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is something I was thinking about earlier today: an unexpected situation drawn in the style of the old iPod commercials from the 2000's.

Initially, I thought it might be a cool idea to draw a person doing something deranged, like burying a body or something, late in the evening I had this idea and knew it would be more fun to draw, so I ran with it. I spent a lot of time learning to draw Sonic the Hedgehog back when we got a Sega Genesis for Christmas one year, so it was nice to find some of that old muscle memory and flex it for just 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, the Studio Pen brush for the more uniform linework, and the Soft air brush for some very faint shading in the background.

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #26: Snobs

 Martin · 33 days
An illustration of two deformed cartoon people posing with each other. The person on the left is a short, squat man. He has a light complexion, a long upturned nose, a round chin, a large mustache that arcs outward, and a small tuft of matching hair on top of his head. He is not smiling, and his eyes are closed. His outer arm is holding his shirt collar, and his inner arm is going behind the other person. His figure is thumb-like, and his body is arced away from the other person. He is wearing a green blazer and pale green collared shirt. The person on the right is a woman with a similar shape and pose, except she is much taller and thinner than the man. The woman has a pale complexion, a long upturned nose, thin eyebrows, a small round chin, and large lips with pink lipstick. She is wearing flowery earrings and a matching necklace. She is not smiling, and her eyes are closed. She has long hair that curves out from behind her neck. She is wearing a blue gown. She is holding a small purse on her outer arm, and has her inner arm behind the man. Both figures are spotted with a spray paint texture making their skin and clothes slightly darker. The background is a bright turquoise with a large sky-blue spray paint splatter directly behind the people.

I like occasionally drawing people from absurd shapes, and that's exactly what I did with today's Februdoodle. I've done similar images for other projects before, with a very mis-matched man and woman together in a portrait, and I always end up making the woman tower over the man. Not sure why!

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, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for texture.

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #25: Lizard Milk

 Martin · 34 days
An illustration of a pint of milk with a straw stuck in it. The milk is actually "lizard milk" and features a small cartoon lizard giving a thumb-up on the front. The rest of the package is adorned with the usual sort of things found on a milk carton, except for a banner near the top that says "99% bug free". The carton is white with green ink. The straw is striped in white and blue and looks shiny. The background is yellow, with a hard black shadow from the milk carton and a smaller, skewed orange silhouette of the carton behind it.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is of another inside joke with my wife and son: Lizard Milk.

My son once saw a lizard try to sneak into my wife's office, and ever since it grew into a character that we frequently throw into stories, pretend like he's coming along with us on trips, etc. One such trip was to the grocery store, and since my wife, my son, and I all drink different types of milk, it seemed only natural that we have the lizard buying his own "lizard milk" as well. 😆

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

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #24: Roasted

 Martin · 35 days
An illustration of a marshmallow on a stick, with a small corner of it starting to roast/burn. The roasted portion has a small fire lit on it. The marshmallow has a face on it and is looking up at the flame, worried. The marshmallow is a light cream color, the burning spot is brown, the stick is gray, and the background is pink with a darker pink ellipse angled behind the marshmallow.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is a worried marshmallow with a small roasted portion on the back of it. I almost feel bad for it, but roasted marshmallows are just too yummy.

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.

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #23: Crazy Eyes

 Martin · 36 days
An illustration of a coffee mug filled to the top with coffee. On the mug is a cartoon sun with crazy spiral eyes and mouth open. Wispy steam is rising from the mug. The mug is white and is casting a brown shadow onto the background. The coffee is brown. The sun is a gold yellow with brown eyes and mouth. The background is a creamy beige.

I started this Februdoodle illustration wanting to draw a cartoon fly, and then changed course and drew a coffee mug instead! ðŸ˜ĩ‍ðŸ’Ŧ

I'm starting to get a little nervous about March's drawing project, Drawrch. I've had to crunch a lot of these Februdoodle drawings because I don't always have a ton of time for drawing in the evening. With Drawrch, I do portraits every day, and those usually take a pretty good amount of time, so... we'll see, I guess! 😅

Anyway, 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 the steam fade, and the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for shading.

That last brush is from 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:

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Februdoodle 2025 #22: Just Stop

 Martin · 37 days
An illustration of a cartoon dog flying a very deformed airplane, pulling a banner behind it that says "just stop" on it. The airplane is orange with a peach-colored front. The propeller is a little too small for the plane, and the plane is overall very stubby, with a large opening for the pilot. It has a pink peace sticker and a yellow happy face sticker on the back. The dog is green and pear-shaped. Its ears are trailing behind it in the wind, and it has its eyes shut. The banner is being pulled by a hook attached to a wire behind the plane, with the ends of the wire attached to the top and bottom of the banner. The banner is red with yellow lettering. The background is a sky blue that fades to near white at the bottom, and with bulbous white clouds drawn over top.

Today's Februdoodle is of a polite little dog flying a plane with an important message trailing behind.

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 a little bit of shading, and the Inka brush for the clouds.

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #21: Birds

 Martin · 38 days
An illustration of a twisted tree branch with birds perched on it going all the way around the spiral. The tree branch is black with white lines indicating texture. The birds are all the same shape and perched in the same orientation but descend in size as they go around the spiral to the smaller part of the branch. The background is a noisy light green with tree leaves drawn over it in a slightly darker green color.

When I create Februdoodle illustration, I don't usually like copying and pasting large parts of the sketch, but this idea really called for it. I like making silly stuff like this! ðŸĪŠ

That's three weeks down, and only one to go, by the way.

This project has been speeding by! 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 Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for some light shading, and the Worn 1 Bold brush for background texture.

Those brushes are from the Rusty Nib pack, Beat Tones pack, and Fast Grit pack, all by True Grit Texture Supply.

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

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Februdoodle 2025 #20: Pizza Party

 Martin · 39 days
An illustration of a slice of pizza. The pizza has gooey yellow cheese melting in drips down the edge. It has red slices of pepperoni, black olives, and green peppers strewn on top of the cheese. The crust is tan and has a slight texture to it. The pizza is casting a hard black shadow onto the background, which is a light blue plaid pattern.

I've been wanting to make a Februdoodle illustration like the one I did of a paper airplane a few years ago for Inktober 2022 but I never really had a good idea for what the subject matter ought to be.

Today, I randomly got the idea to draw a pizza slice and as soon as I started drawing, I knew this was going to be similar. It's mostly just the isometric angle of the pizza slice and the hard black shadow, but it's pretty close, I'd say. And it sorta makes me hungry, too. 😅

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 Inka brush for a little background texture.

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

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