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Februdoodle 2026 4: Sick Orange

 Martin · 262 days
A cartoon illustration of an orange with a sad face on it and a thermometer in its mouth. The orange looks depressed, with only one eye full open. The thermometer juts out at an angle from the orange. The back of the orange has a green, hairy mold on it. It is sitting on a steel blue background.

I wanted to try out some different brushes for today's Februdoodle and thought an orange would be the perfect subject for some stippling. But sometimes oranges get sick with hairy mold! 🤒

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Chisel Nib Cleaner brush for linework, the Syrup brush for fills, and the Sharpee Spray Regular brush for stippling/shading.

The Chisel Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Sharpee Spray brush is from the Stipple Studio pack, both 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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Februdoodle 2026 #3: Mouse with Cheese

 Martin · 263 days
A cartoon illustration of a skinny gray-blue mouse standing up and holding a chunk of cheese. The mouse is giving a thumbs up with his other hand. He is wearing a yellow beanie, opaque round glasses, a pair of blue shorts, and green sneakers. The glasses make his expression unreadable. The chunk of cheese is yellow and about as big as the mouse's head. He is standing in front of an orange background with a pale-yellow wedge shape directly behind him.

Today's Februdoodle was inspired by a book that my kid loves reading, Time To Pee!, by Mo Willems. There are hundreds of little mice doing all sorts of things in that book, and I was thinking about them when I sat down to draw tonight. It's a silly book about an important subject and I sorta love it.

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 Inka brush for background texture, and the Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for the halftone shading.

The Rusty Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Rough Dot Shader is from the Beat Tones pack. Both of those are 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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Februdoodle 2026 #2: Frightened Phil

 Martin · 264 days
A cartoon illustration of Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who famously (tries to) predict the weather each year on Groundhog Day. He is sticking out of a hole, looking frightened down at the ground, where his shadow is cast by a bright circle of light behind him. He is a gray-brown color with dark brown nose, light orange eyes, and flaring whiskers coming off his eyebrows and cheeks. His mouth is agape, revealing large upper buck teeth. His arms are gripping the sides of his face in fear. His shadow is short and lumpy over a light blue background. The light circle is a pale orange. There are white lines emanating from Phil's head and a large orange exclamation point on the upper left, intersecting the light.

For today's Februdoodle illustration, my wife and I asked our son to see what he thought I should draw, and he suggested Punxsutawney Phil. So here it is!

Originally, I intended to draw him in a top hat, but then I felt like that's too many top hats to start Februdoodle with. 😆

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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Februdoodle 2026 #1: Late!

 Martin · 265 days
An illustration of the Monopoly guy looking at a cellphone with a tiny stopwatch on it. He is drawn in the style of the original game's cards, in a similar illustration to the "Grand Opera Opening" Community Chest card. Lines emanate from the phone indicating the timer is going off. The Monopoly guy is leaning against a large sign that says "Februdoodle Tonite 8 PM Sharp". The drawing is in a speckled black and the background is yellow.

I'm kicking off this year's Februdoodle a day late - yahoo!

I had a busy day yesterday and just totally forgot to start the project. I didn't remember it until I was getting ready for bed! That's fine though, it happens. I will catch up soon!

Today's drawing is in the style of a Monopoly Community Chest card. It's almost identical to the "Opera Opening Night" card, except this one features a cell phone with a stopwatch app instead of a stopwatch, and a large billboard introducing Februdoodle.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, Chisel Nib Cleaner brush for linework, the Drrrty 1 and Grainy 1 Dense Fine Grain brushes for the grit, and the Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for the halftone pattern.

The Drrrty and Grainy brushes are from the Fast Grit pack, and the Rough Dot Shader is from the Beat Tones pack, both by True Git Texture Supply.

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

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