June Toons 2026 #8: Friendly Sewer Monster

Martin · 11 hours (11:13 PM · Jun 8, 2026)
A cartoon illustration of a green, gooey-looking sewer monster sticking up out of a man-hole, smiling and waving at the viewer. The man-hole cover is sitting on top of the monster's head, and one of his eyeballs is resting on a tentacle that has gone through it. The other eye is just below the lid. The monster has a large open-mouthed grin on its face, and one tentacle is raised up as if to wave. There are drops of green goo around the edge of the hole. The man-hole lid is a light brown/copper color, the inside of the hole is purple, and the background is a faded teal. The drawing is shaded with halftone dots, hatched lines, and solid black. It is distressed and the colors are mis-aligned, giving it the look of a faded print.

Today's June Toons illustration is a friendly sewer monster, just popping up to say "hello".

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Soft air brush for line shading, the Rough Dot Shader - 45 Light and the 145 Line Shader - Light brushes for halftone and line shading, and the Worn 1 - Bold and Worn 2 - Subtle brushes for texture. I also used the Syrup brush for fills and other utility.

The Rust Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, the Rough Dot and Line Shader brushes are from the Beat Tones pack, and the Worn Bold/Subtle brushes are from the Fast Grit pack. Those are all by True Grit Texture Supply.

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

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