Today's Drawrch is of a reference image I've been wanting to do for a while now - almost this entire project! - but every time I considered it, I ended up chickening out.

It's a tough one because of the asymmetry of the man's eyes, the almost warped shape of his mouth, and the lower resolution of the source image itself. But I like it too because the man has a very defined look, the angle of his face is interesting, and his expression is easy to read.

I finally worked up the courage to try it tonight, and I'm glad I did. It's not perfect, but it captures the essence of the reference pretty well in my opinion. Someday I'll make a video comparing all of these to their references, and we'll truly find out how close I got! 😎

Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for gradients. At the end, I also made some use of Procreate's filters, adding noise and blurring it as an overlay.

The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is from SketchDaily.

After yesterday's drawing, I wanted to do another woman in cartoon style (and truth be told, I'm really tired tonight after a 4-hour drive back from Fort Bragg). So today's Drawrch illustration is of Jane Jetson, one of the leading women in The Jetsons, a favorite cartoon from my youth.

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 the background gradient.

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

I didn't have a lot of time for today's Drawrch illustration, so... here's another cartoon. 🤪

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, and the Syrup brush for everything else.

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

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:

I got done with today's Drawrch illustration very early! 😄

The reference image I used was in black and white, so figuring out the shading was a lot easier than normal. I added some color in the background to liven things up a bit too.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Inka brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for background shading.

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:

I really struggled with today's Drawrch illustration. I spent about an hour working on my first sketch before abandoning it and starting over, and then just rushed through it to get done.

The second sketch, which was less concerned with proportions, turned out a lot better. Partly because it was more stylized than then original, and partly because I was more familiar with the reference's face at that point, but it still just doesn't look right to me. It was a hard expression and angle to capture, and I'm not sure I succeeded here. He just looks a little... dopey? I don't know!

This project is about practice though, so they can't all be good! 😅

Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Soft air brush for some light shading, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for the hair/stubble, and the Syrup brush for everything else.

The Dot Shader brush is from the Beat Tones pack, by True Grit Texture Supply.

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

I started drawing today's Drawrch illustration thinking I would make it a little more cartoony, sort of like #10 Night Walk from a week ago.

I couldn't really find the right angles to make the proportions fit that style though, so I opted to just make the sketch a little more realistic and then put the image in a less realistic style. The brush I used was thicker than usual, and I like the effect it produced - almost like a physical art print.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Syrup brush for linework and everything else.

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:

Another late Drawrch illustration, and another beard (which you may recall I am very tired of trying to draw).

I picked this reference because I thought it would be simple to draw, which is sort of was, but then the pattern on the headscarf took forever, and now its past midnight. At least the sketch was easy to do! 😵‍💫

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Inka brush for everything else.

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:

The more I work on Drawrch illustrations, the more I find myself sitting there thinking, "man, I hate drawing _____". First it was beards. Then hair. Now sunglasses. And yet every time I get done drawing them I take a step back and things weren't really so bad. I didn't actually have that bad of a time illustration these things. I think I just find them sort of tedious.

It's especially egregious with hair, since I feel like this project often makes me spend more time on that than anything else, but it's all in service of practicing, so I can't complain too much.

By the way, this drawing marks the halfway point for this project - just 16 more to go! I hope you'll join me tomorrow for the start of the second half of Drawrch! 😊

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, the Old Brush for shading, and the Soft air brush for a few fades/gradients.

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: