June Toons 2025 #14: Shooting Star

Martin · 2 days (11:00 PM · Jun 14, 2025)
A cartoon illustration of an astronaut gripping a falling star for dear life. The star is large and glowing gold. The astronaut is in an orange spacesuit, with light colored helmet and air tank. The gloves and boots are brown. The visor of the helmet is a pale red, and the astronauts face looks alarmed and concerned. The star is casting a bright glow on the astronaut's arms and legs. The star is leaving a fading yellow trail behind, and other smaller stars in white and gold are visible in the background, set against a dark blue space. The background is masked in an oblong oval shape that points in the same direction as the shooting star. The rest of the background is white.

I had a lot of ideas for today's June Toons illustration, but settled on doing something a little simple again. I'm not a big fan of drawing spacesuits and the like, but I once the concept of this drawing entered my brain, I couldn't not draw it.

It reminds me a bit of a book that my son likes, Harold's Trip to the Sky, which is a part of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. When I was a kid, I would have liked these books a lot, just for the sheer creativity and magic. As an adult, though, they are quite tedious to read. 😵‍💫

That's it for the first two weeks of June Toons 2025, and only a day out from the halfway point. It's going by fast! If you've been following along, or you're just now joining in, thanks for checking it out. I get a lot of encouragement hearing from people who enjoy the daily drawings, and it means a lot to me that people out there would take time out of your day to enjoy my work.

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, 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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