I got started on today's Drawrch illustration pretty late, and guess what? I finished it pretty late too! 🥴

I like how it turned out mostly, but it doesn't look a lot like the reference to me. I tried to fix it a bit at the end, and it helped, but not enough. But it's done, and it was good practice and on to the next. Only two left to go!

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 shading. The Syrup brush also made a brief appearance for helping me erase some things properly.

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:

Today's Drawrch is another cartoon, but I have a good reason for that!

This was one of the first nights in a long time that my wife and I had an opportunity to just hang out and catch up on some TV, and so I wanted to spend time with her while I did my drawing, instead of being cooped up in my office, like normal. And since I can't really concentrate on a complex portrait while I'm watching Top Chef (plus, I usually look at reference photos on my computer, which is in my office), I ended up just doing something basic and fun.

I like this one though, and in my opinion, it turned out better than the one I did of Jane Jetson a few days ago!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, a small assist from the Soft air brush for the background gradient, 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 wearing glasses and a hat, which I have learned are two other things (in addition to beards) that I just don't enjoy drawing that much.

I suppose that I need to just suck it up and accept that a drawing project where I'm illustrating heads/faces is probably going to have lots of those things in them, because those are things that lots of faces have on them... but I like to complain. 😎

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.

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:

Today's Drawrch illustration features a man with a super big, scraggly beard.

I have been avoiding drawing lots of bears this time around, but figured I could do this one by going about it in a slightly more stylistic way, and I think it paid off. Despite the simplified style, the drawing still took me about an hour and a half to complete. 😅

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:

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a woman looking over her shoulder at you.

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 the background gradient.

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:

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: