All posts tagged Drawrch

Drawrch 2024 #2: Distant Stare

Martin · 293 days
An illustration of a man wearing sunglasses and looking out into the distance. The man has a medium complexion and dark hair. He has a light mustache, goatee, and stubble. His face is lit brightly from the front, and the view of the image is from slightly below him.

Here's my second illustration for Drawrch - nearly late, yikes! I got started quite late though, so I'm just glad I got something out today, I suppose. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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:

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Drawrch 2024 #1: Drawrch Begins

Martin · 295 days
A retro-styled cartoon illustration of a man with a long face smiling and looking at the viewer. The man has a tuft of brown hair and is wearing a green shirt. The word "Drawrch" is written in chunky blue letters vertically down the right side of the image. The background is a textured yellow.

I wanted to kick this year's Drawrch off with something a little simple, so here's my retro cartoon-inspired Drawrch title card, with a little modern flair.

Drawrch is a month-long project where I create a new illustration of a face every day for the month of March. There are no style restrictions. I'll be posting each finished piece here and on social media. Check it out and follow along!

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 Soft airbrush for gradients, and the Hartz brush for background texture.

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

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Inktober 2023 #16: Angel

Martin · 1 year

Today's Inktober illustration is for the prompt "Angel". I feel like I could've employed a whole bunch of stuff from all the art history classes I took with this one - but instead I drew this! ๐Ÿ˜…

As always, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup and Inka brushes for linework and blocking out shapes, and the Medium Nozzle spray paint brush for shading/texture.

The comic style for this one was heavily inspired by the art of BuฤŸra Batuhan Berah.

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:

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This is my thirty-first (and final) illustration for Drawrch 2023 - aw, yeah!

Like last year's Drawrch, I figured I'd finish things up with another self-portrait. I don't consider that last one a failure, but I didn't care for how it turned out either, so I also sort of wanted to redeem myself a bit this year. And I think I did! I'm happy with it anyway.

Perhaps I'll post more about it in the future, but I feel like I settled into a style that I didn't start with this time, and I like how it went. I do this project to explore styles and practice, so I didn't want to do all of them the same way, but I did enjoy some methods more than others, so it was hard not to lean into them a bit more.

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

The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is a selfie I took today.

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

Thanks to everyone who has been following along with these. I will have a new project soon!

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Here's my twenty-eighth illustration for Drawrch!

After Drawrch #23, I swore I wasn't going to do another realistic one for this project, but after I got done with the initial sketch, I started experimenting with brushes I don't typically use, and got caught up in it.

I like going for realism and I don't. I like it because it's fun seeing something come together that looks like the reference. It's also good practice, of course. But I don't like it because it takes forever to finish a piece (at least, in terms of doing a daily drawing) and every time I get done, I can't help but look at it and see all the flaws. It's a balance.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Oil Paint and Dry Brush brushes for color, and the Stucco brush for blending.

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:

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This is my twenty-seventh illustration for Drawrch!

I really wanted this one to be better, but I just ran out of time today. It was a busy work day, and I had a lot of other things to do after hours that left me with only an hour or so to draw. That's still a good amount of time, but late in the day when I'm tired, it doesn't leave much room for mistakes. Anyway...

As usual, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching 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:

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This is my twenty-sixth illustration for Drawrch!

I thought I'd try another like Drawrch #14, and though I like how this one turned out, it's a little too zoomed in now that I think about it. It would've been better to show just a little more of the beanie, and the hair/coat. Oh well!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching 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:

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