All posts tagged Februdoodle

Februdoodle 2026 #18: Piggy Bank

 Martin · 14 days
An illustration of a piggy bank being broken with coins spilling out below. The piggy bank is broken in half by a jagged, broken crack. It is pink and looks like a stylized cartoon pig, with a grimace on its face and X's for eyes. There is a coin slot at the top, and the crack goes right through it. Both sides of the bank are angled downward towards the break. A handful of shining copper, silver, and gold coins are tumbling out. The background is red with a dark red paint splotch behind the pig. Faint white lines emanate from the pig at the edges of the canvas.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is of a piggy bank being broken, with coins spilling out below.

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 Inka brush for edge texture, the Old Brush paint brush and Soft air brush for shading, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint 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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Februdoodle 2026 #17: Summer Snake

 Martin · 15 days
A cartoon illustration of a snake wearing a hat and sunglasses and holding a bottle of beer with his tail. The snake is smiling and his forked tongue is hanging out of his mouth. He is green with a lighter belly. His hat is blue and his sunglasses are shiny and black. The beer bottle is brown and being held at an angle. It has an obscured tan label on it and the beer can be seen sloshing around inside. The background is orange with a cut to yellow orange going across diagonally from top left to bottom right. There is a circle drawn in the upper region, behind the beer bottle and snake's head, to imply a sun.

For today's second Februdoodle, I drew a snake trying to stay cool for the summer. I'm finally caught up with my Februdoodle drawings - wahoo! 😄

If you watch the time-lapse below, you'll see that I had a couple of misfires before finally settling on this idea. I think I just felt a bit creatively spent after a full day's work plus doing a drawing earlier. My ideas for these aren't always the greatest, but they often take quite a bit of mulling over before I'm happy with a subject.

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 Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for halftone shading, the Soft air brush for smooth shading, the Syrup brush for fills and other utility, and the Old Brush paint brush and Worn 2 Subtle and Worn 3 Bold brushes for background texture.

The Chisel Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, the Rough Dot Shaer brush is from the Beat Tones pack, and the Worn brushes are from the Fast Grit pack. Those are all 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 #16: Shark Bite

 Martin · 16 days
A cartoon illustration of a large shark getting ready to eat an unsuspecting fish. The shark takes up the majority of the canvas, with a large, menacing mouth wide open and exposing jagged teeth and tongue. The shark is frowning and looking down between his jaws with red eyes. There is a small, round orange fish almost in the shark's mouth. The small fish is bug-eyed and has a silly U-shaped smile on its face. It has blue eyes. The background is a simple underwater scene, with light blue swishes of paint doing across, wavy plats rising up in the corners, and dark shapes of other fish swimming around. Bubbles rise around all parts of the scene.

For this Februdoodle illustration, I drew a shark getting ready to eat an oblivious fish.

Since I started working on this one a bit earlier than normal, I had more time to add some details - and I'm hoping it means I can do a second drawing later and finally get caught up! 😅

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, Soft air brush for shading, the Inka brush and Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for texture, and the Old 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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Februdoodle 2026 #15: Darkwing Duck

 Martin · 16 days
An illustration of a normal duck dressed as the Disney character, Darkwing Duck. The duck is white with a yellow bill. It is wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat, a purple mask, a dark cape with pink underside, a purple jacket with large gold buttons on the front, and a green turtleneck underneath. The duck is just standing there looking like a duck. The background is a bold blue color with a moon-like, pale yellow glow coming in from the upper left.

For today's Februdoodle illustration, I thought it'd be fun to draw a regular duck dressed up as Darkwing Duck.

Part of the way through, I got the sense that I'd drawn something like this before, but I took a quick look through my iPad and couldn't find anything so... false alarm, I guess!

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 some light 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 #14: Don’t Be A Pill

 Martin · 17 days
An illustration of an orange medication bottle open, with the white cap flying off in the opposite direction. A number of round, shiny, pink pills are tumbling out into the air from the bottle. The pills have manic, open-mouthed happy faces on them. The background is a lime green color with a white burst of spray paint between the bottle and cap.

For today's Februdoodle illustration, I drew a bottle of pills dumping out into the air. They don't look too worried about it.

I've had this idea bouncing around in my head for a while but hadn't felt like drawing something so geometric until today. I'm obviously not always a perfectionist, but for some reason I have a really hard time letting go of imperfect geometry in drawings like this, and so I find myself avoiding them occasionally, until I'm in the right mood for it.

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 other utility, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for background texture.

The Chisel Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, 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 #13: Podcasting Horse

 Martin · 18 days
A cartoon illustration of a horse yelling into a microphone. The horse's face is pushed forward and angled downward. His mouth is high and open wide, with tongue in air and spit coming out. He is frowning with one eye and has an intense look on his face. There is a word bubble coming from the horse with a skull, star, x, spiral, and pound sign in it. The horse is a light brown with a triangular white spot going down his nose and a dark mane. His eyes are red. The microphone is gray and shiny. The background is red with a puff of pink and white spray paint behind the horse.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is an angry horse yelling into a microphone for his podcast.

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 Fat Nozzle and Burst spray paint brushes 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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Februdoodle 2026 #11: Eat The Bone

 Martin · 20 days
A cartoon illustration of a dog eating a bone. The dog is stylized with a pointy head, long neck, and slouching body. His eyes are closed as he enjoys the bone, and his mouth is in a large open smile, with a wad of chewed up bone on his tongue. He is wearing a collar the is way too wide for his neck but still stays in place. He is holding a large bone out that has one end chewed off. He has small, perky ears on the top of his head and a thin wiry tail sticking up from below frame. The dog is gold, his ears, tail, and nose are indigo, the collar is red, and the bone is white. The background is a bright cyan with a speckled white glow behind the dog.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is a quick cartoon of a dog eating a bone!

Yes, yes, more "food" drawings. I just thought this was a funny idea. 😎

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 Sassafras brush for shading, the Worn 4 Bold brush for background texture, and the Syrup brush for fills and other utility.

The Chisel Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Worn brush is from the Fast Grit pack. 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 #10: Big Backpack

 Martin · 21 days
A cartoon illustration of a small child with a large head struggling to hold up a massive backpack. The child looks like a boy and has a large elliptical head, a tuft of red hair, and eyes bugging out. He looks upset and slightly sad. His arms are holding the straps of the backpack and he is hunched over. He has a pale complexion and green eyes and is wearing a bright blue shirt and lavender pants that hang over his shoes. His shoes are a light purple gray. The backpack is a bright red orange with dark red straps and gold zippers. It has a pocket with a blue water bottle in it on the side. It is nearly double the size of the boy. The background is a bright yellow gold color, with a white triangle shape behind the boy. The entire image has a faded grit effect over it, like it was printed on a t-shirt.

Today's Februdoodle is a drawing of a kid holding a backpack that's way too big for him. There's always at least one kid like that.

This was a long day, and I needed to do this drawing quickly but still wanted to make it something fun, so I experimented a bit with a slightly looser style than my usual. I like drawing like this, but it's really hard for me to stick with it from start to finish. Usually, by the time I'm done with the sketch, my brain has faded back into my normal drawing conventions, and I start getting hung up on all sorts of technical details that don't really matter. But I like how it turned out 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 Soft air brush for shading the lines, and the Worn 1 Bold brush for texture.

That last brush is from the Fast Grit pack, by True Girt Texture Supply.

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

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