Today's Drawrch illustration is based on a reference that I pulled a year ago for 2024's version of the project but never got around to drawing. I think I avoided it because of the angle of his head, but after the last few drawings I've done, I was feeling confident and went for it.
Overall, I'm, pretty happy with how it turned out, although I think if I wanted to spend more time on it, I might have reworked the shading to be a little more in line with the reference.
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 Grainy Dot Shader 45/Light, Grainy Dot Shader 45/Dark, and 45 Degree Line Shader Light brushes for shading, and the Burst spray paint brush for background effects.
The Smooth Natural Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack by True Grit Texture Supply. The Dot and Line Shader brushes are from the Beat Tones pack, also by True Grit Texture Supply.
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: