Martin Crownover

Here's today's Drawrch illustration - a man covered in paint!

When I picked out the reference photo foir this one, I thought the guy in the picture was just having colored light bouncing onto his skin. When I actually sat down to draw it, however, I realized that he also seems to be covered in bits of paint here and there. I have no idea why.

This drawing was kind of an experiment and is a mashup of a bunch of different styles/techniques that I have used in other drawings in this series. It mostly works though, and I think I am getting some good practice in with the halftone shading.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for some underlying linework, the Soft air brush for shading, the Hard air brush for the very faint background Bokeh effect. Additionally, I used two brushes from True Grit Texture Supply: the Smooth Natural Nib brush from The Rusty Nib pack, and the Rough Dot Shader 45deg/light brush for the halftone pattern from the Beat Tones pack.

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 of a woman looking up!

I started out with this one with the intention of making something a bit loose and caricature-ish. But then I began coloring it in and it ended up looking a like many of the other drawings in this series. I don't dislike it, but I wish I would've been able to stick to my original plan. Oh well!

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 and Old Brush for shading, and the Fat Nozzle 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:

Here's today's Drawrch illustration: a guy in a hood looking rather cold.

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 shading, the Oil Paint brush for a little bit of the blending, and the Old Brush for the rest of the 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:

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a woman smiling at the viewer with her head cocked to the side, as if to say, "sure, I guess". This is the final week of this project!

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 light shading, the Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for texture, 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:

For today's Drawrch illustration, I drew a dude in a similar style as some of my other drawings from this project, but with a more colorful background.

Originally, I had planned on just having the drawing be plain red in the background, but at the last minute decided to try some color. After mulling over it a bit, I settled on this design. It's not perfect, but I like the messy background coloring bleeding into the shading of the subject. I think it makes it less mundane/safe.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Tarraleah brush for background texture/shading.

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 took me a while to get done - almost 3 hours in total, according to Procreate. I had a really hard time getting the shading right, and ended up changing course halfway through.

In the end, I was able to add some colorful flair to the image however, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, even if it wasn't really what I'd originally intended it to be.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Soft air brush for gradients. I also used some brushes from True Grit Texture Supply: the Smooth Natural Nib brush for linework and the Grainy Dot Shader (45deg/light) for shading. These are from the Rusty Nib pack and the Beat Tones pack, respectively.

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 of a guy on his flip phone - that's three weeks of daily face drawings done!

I'm not really sure if I like this one or not. I like parts of it, and it's sort of pleasing to look at in its finished form. But I can't decide if I think it's good or not. It feels a little trapped between caricature and not, I guess?

The purpose of this project, and the others like it that I've done, haven't really been to always make good art, but just to get a daily session in, for practice. Still, I want them to be good (and sometimes they are!).

Anyway, as always, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Dry Brush paint brush for some shading and 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 is of a woman looking downward and laughing.

It took me a long time to get the sketch right on this one, because this is a funny angle to draw for me. I was also planning on making the singular color blue up until the very end, then decided it looked too Smurfy, and opting for something warmer. 😎

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:

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a man in sunglasses looking down at his cell phone.

I don't know why, but I was feeling a bit off with this one. I started out drawing the man's ear for some reason, and it took me a while to get my bearings right. After I finished the sketch, I decided to change things up a bit and use some weird colors. It's a little brighter than I wanted it to be, but overall, I like it.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for the background gradient.

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 of a woman staring to the side, in black and white.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and brushes from True Grit Texture Supply for the rest. This includes the Smooth Natural Nib for linework, the Grainy Dot Shader (45 deg/light) for shading, and the Halftone Stamp 7 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: