Drawgust 2024 #4: Thumb’s Up

Martin · 45 days (10:53 PM · Aug 4, 2024)
A black and white illustration of a man with a long face and large sideburns smiling lazily at the viewer and giving them a thumbs up. The man's hair is a little long in the back and scruffy. His hairline is receding slightly on his temples, but he has a full head of hair otherwise. He has small crow's feet and wrinkles on his forehead. His head and hand are skewed/distorted, leaning to the right. He is wearing a t-shirt with a loose neck in the back. A wash of black ink fills the bottom half of the background behind him.

Today's Drawgust illustration isn't meant to be a self-portrait, but I wanted to draw a dude with some big sideburns, because I'm in the middle of growing mine out a bit again (despite my wife's protests). My facial hair is in a sad state though, so it will probably take a month or two for them to be fully realized. 😖

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for touchups, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light for shading, and the Tarraleah brush for the background.

The Rusty Nib 1 and Rough Dot Shader brushes are by True Grit Texture Supply, and can be found in the Rusty Nib and Beat Tones packs.

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

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