This is my fifth illustration for Drawrch - almost done with the first week, whew!

For this one, I used a tapered pen, but instead of the Baskerville pen I used one called the Studio Pen. I didn't really like how thick it got with so little pressure, but it wasn't too hard to control.

I also utilized Procreate's ability to do bilateral symmetry, so filling out the two sides of the drawing was pretty easy, and I only had to add a few asymmetrical details here and there, mostly at the end.

I'm not super happy with the colors now that I see the image on my computer, but that's what I get for working on my iPad in the dark, I guess. It looks kinda like a character portrait from a C-list video game.

Anyway, if you want to see how this one was made, here's the video:

My fourth illustration for Drawrch!

I've always loved the art style of playing cards, and so I thought I'd do a less conventional view of one of the queens - having a beer!

I draw this while looking at a playing card, but the profile view is entirely my own. It's not perfect, but the proportions are decent. I went with tapered lines again too, though it's a bit less obvious than the last drawing. It actually caused a few issues with the geometry of the bottle and the finer details on the bottle's neck label - I will have to find (or make) a brush to use that can handle those types of details without breaking too hard from the sharp edges of the main brush.

Here's how this one came together:

For my third Drawrch illustration, I wanted to try something a little different from my normal cartoons.

Usually, I don't draw with tapered lines. I love it when artists use them, but I haven't practiced it much myself, so I have a hard time controlling the width of the lines as I draw. Concentrating on regulating the pen pressure isn't something that comes naturally to me; when I work with physical materials, I almost always use a gel ink pen, and I press uniformly hard.

My lack of experience with tapered lines also means that I often have to spend a lot of time thinking about where lines should begin/end, where they should taper off, where I can get away with splitting broad strokes in two, etc.

So I thought I'd give myself a small challenge today and draw with tapered lines. I used a brush called Baskerville, which creates very sharp edges. It also has some extreme stroke smoothing that took a little getting used to.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and I'm looking forward to spending more time with this brush. It may become a part of my standard brushes.

As always, here's a time-lapse of my progress creating this illustration:

I am not going to do many drawings with this level of detail for Drawrch! But I have to do one every now and then just for practice.

I'm not particularly good at rendering lifelike faces, and I draw this one without a reference. It's not meant to have realistic proportions, but it is meant to look more real than, say, my first Drawrch illustration.

Here's the time-lapse of this one, which is probably one of the longest time-lapses I've made in Procreate so far!

I'm going to try to do a new art project this month, which I've dubbed "Drawrch".

I think I'm going to try to draw a new face each day? No set style or anything, it's all just for fun.

Anyway, here's the first one - and a time-lapse of its creation, of course!