Drawrch 2025 #21: In The Distance

Martin · 7 hours (11:00 AM · Mar 21, 2025)
An illustration of a woman looking to the left, almost in profile. The woman has a wistful look on her face, and her lips look slightly pursed. Her head is tilted backward a bit, and her eyes are focused on a point far in the distance. She has a dark complexion, plum-colored lips, dark eyes, and dark hair. Her hair is in tight braids, and it tied into a knot around itself in the back, with single braids hanging down behind it. The background is a light blue. The image is styled to look like an old comic book illustration.

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a woman looking into the distance.

I really enjoyed making this one, though I almost got tripped up on the braids. As I was drawing their outlines, my plan was to just fill them in with a dark color and call it good, but when I started doing the "inking" portion, I couldn't help myself and drew in all the details. I'm glad that I did, because I think the drawing is much better for it.

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 Rough Dot Shader 60/Light brush for shading. I used the Syrup brush to help with fills, and the Worn 2 Subtle brush for the distress overlay at the end.

The Smooth Natural Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, the Dot Shader brushes are from the Beat Tones pack, and the Worn 2 Subtle brush is from the Fast Grit pack, all 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:

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