All posts tagged Februdoodle

Februdoodle 2026 #8: Bitten

 Martin · 23 days
A cartoon illustration of a cookie with arms, legs, giant eyes, and a sad face because a giant bite has been taken out of the top of it. The eyes are large and round and are positioned low and wide on the cookie. They are looking up at the upper right side of the cookie, where the bite is. The cookie's legs are straight with small feet, and one arm is hanging straight down next to them. The other hand is reaching up to feel the empty space of the bite. The cookie is a tan color with brown chocolate chips and some cracking in the middle. It is standing in front of a lime green background, with a lighter green ellipse behind it, which is cut off and flat on the bottom.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is of a cookie with a single bite taken out of it. And it's kinda sad about it, TBH.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Syrup brush for fills, and the Sassafras brush for some light shading.

The Rusty 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 #7: The Lizard

 Martin · 24 days
A cartoon illustration of a pear-shaped lizard sitting down, holding a mushroom with a large bite taken out of it. The lizard is a light green that fades to a blue green from top to bottom. He is sitting with his legs out and his tail is standing up behind him, with a bend near the top. The lizard has a small smile on his mouth, his blue tongue is hanging out of his mouth, and his eyes are bugging out in opposite directions. He has a vacant look on his face. The mushroom is white with an orange cap and purple spots. There are multi-colored circles hanging in the air over the lizard's head. The background is a light yellow orange color with darker orange pain splatters behind the lizard.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is of a lizard having a bite of mushroom and going on a trip.

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, and the Fat Nozzle, Splatter, and Flicks 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 #6: Frozen Fish

 Martin · 25 days
A cartoon illustration of a fish frozen in a large block of ice. The block is shiny and has sparkles running across the top and left sides. It has light reflective rays glancing diagonally from the top right to bottom left and melting chunks of frost on top. It is sitting in a small puddle of water. The fish is large and blue, with mouth open and X's for eyes. The ice block is light blue fading lighter towards the top. The background is a sky blue with a white glow behind the ice block.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is of a fish frozen in a block of ice!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Syrup brush for fills, the Soft air brush for some light shading, and the Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for added texture.

The Rusty Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Dot Shader brush is from the Beat Tones pack, both 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 4: Sick Orange

 Martin · 27 days
A cartoon illustration of an orange with a sad face on it and a thermometer in its mouth. The orange looks depressed, with only one eye full open. The thermometer juts out at an angle from the orange. The back of the orange has a green, hairy mold on it. It is sitting on a steel blue background.

I wanted to try out some different brushes for today's Februdoodle and thought an orange would be the perfect subject for some stippling. But sometimes oranges get sick with hairy mold! 🤒

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 the Sharpee Spray Regular brush for stippling/shading.

The Chisel Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Sharpee Spray brush is from the Stipple Studio pack, both 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 #3: Mouse with Cheese

 Martin · 28 days
A cartoon illustration of a skinny gray-blue mouse standing up and holding a chunk of cheese. The mouse is giving a thumbs up with his other hand. He is wearing a yellow beanie, opaque round glasses, a pair of blue shorts, and green sneakers. The glasses make his expression unreadable. The chunk of cheese is yellow and about as big as the mouse's head. He is standing in front of an orange background with a pale-yellow wedge shape directly behind him.

Today's Februdoodle was inspired by a book that my kid loves reading, Time To Pee!, by Mo Willems. There are hundreds of little mice doing all sorts of things in that book, and I was thinking about them when I sat down to draw tonight. It's a silly book about an important subject and I sorta love it.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Inka brush for background texture, and the Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for the halftone shading.

The Rusty Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, and the Rough Dot Shader is from the Beat Tones pack. Both of 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 #2: Frightened Phil

 Martin · 29 days
A cartoon illustration of Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who famously (tries to) predict the weather each year on Groundhog Day. He is sticking out of a hole, looking frightened down at the ground, where his shadow is cast by a bright circle of light behind him. He is a gray-brown color with dark brown nose, light orange eyes, and flaring whiskers coming off his eyebrows and cheeks. His mouth is agape, revealing large upper buck teeth. His arms are gripping the sides of his face in fear. His shadow is short and lumpy over a light blue background. The light circle is a pale orange. There are white lines emanating from Phil's head and a large orange exclamation point on the upper left, intersecting the light.

For today's Februdoodle illustration, my wife and I asked our son to see what he thought I should draw, and he suggested Punxsutawney Phil. So here it is!

Originally, I intended to draw him in a top hat, but then I felt like that's too many top hats to start Februdoodle with. 😆

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 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 #1: Late!

 Martin · 30 days
An illustration of the Monopoly guy looking at a cellphone with a tiny stopwatch on it. He is drawn in the style of the original game's cards, in a similar illustration to the "Grand Opera Opening" Community Chest card. Lines emanate from the phone indicating the timer is going off. The Monopoly guy is leaning against a large sign that says "Februdoodle Tonite 8 PM Sharp". The drawing is in a speckled black and the background is yellow.

I'm kicking off this year's Februdoodle a day late - yahoo!

I had a busy day yesterday and just totally forgot to start the project. I didn't remember it until I was getting ready for bed! That's fine though, it happens. I will catch up soon!

Today's drawing is in the style of a Monopoly Community Chest card. It's almost identical to the "Opera Opening Night" card, except this one features a cell phone with a stopwatch app instead of a stopwatch, and a large billboard introducing Februdoodle.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, Chisel Nib Cleaner brush for linework, the Drrrty 1 and Grainy 1 Dense Fine Grain brushes for the grit, and the Rough Dot Shader 45 Light brush for the halftone pattern.

The Drrrty and Grainy brushes are from the Fast Grit pack, and the Rough Dot Shader is from the Beat Tones pack, both by True Git 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 2025 #28: Game Over

 Martin · 1 year
An illustration of a robot with his head flying off, connected only by a large spring. The robot has a cylindrical head, torso, and hips. His torso and hips are connected via a large flexible chrome tube, and his arms are made of the same material, only with a much smaller diameter. The robot has one clamp hand visible. On his chest is a screen showing the words "game over" in bright blue. His face has X's for eyes and his mouth is a straight line of glowing teeth. Small sparks are visible around the spring. The robot is yellow, and the chrome is a shiny gray. The background is a rust color, with a lighter circle cut out behind the robot's upper body. The illustration looks faded and dirty like an old comic book.

On that last day of this year's Februdoodle, I realized that I hadn't done a robot drawing yet, so here it is!

I had the idea of doing a robot with his head flying off pretty early in my brainstorming, so I thought it might be fun to draw Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. The problem is, I never owned those as a kid, so that felt a little inauthentic, and the thought of drawing two robots and then coloring them in monochrome felt boring.

So, I made up a robot instead! You can't see a lot of him, but just enough to get an idea for what the rest of him might look like, I think. In any case, I think he's a fitting end to this year's project!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Rusty Nib 1 brush for linework, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for shading, the Worn 4 Subtle brush for adding distress. And although you can't really tell that I used it, I used the Syrup brush for a lot of the fills where I wanted to make sure the color was solid.

The Rusty Nib 1, Rough Dot Shader 45/Light, and Worn 4 Subtle brushes are part of the Rusty Nib pack, the Beat Tones pack, and the Fast Grit pack respectively, all by True Grit Texture Supply.

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

And you can watch all of the drawings in this series be created on this YouTube playlist.

This project flew by, and as always, I had fun doing it! I hope you enjoyed seeing each illustration and perhaps even watching them get made. I'll be back tomorrow for another project: Drawrch.

Until then, thanks for tuning in!

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Februdoodle 2025 #27: Zero Rings

 Martin · 1 year
An illustration of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is flying backward through the air, a look of panic on his face, and his arms and legs sticking out. Rings are flying everywhere. An iPod with white earbuds is flying out from him too, the earbuds still connected to his ears. The scene is drawn with Sonic and the rings all in silhouette, with only vague outlines here and there, like the old iPod commercials from the 2000's. The background is a plain blue with a very slight glow, similar to Sonic's normal color.

Today's Februdoodle illustration is something I was thinking about earlier today: an unexpected situation drawn in the style of the old iPod commercials from the 2000's.

Initially, I thought it might be a cool idea to draw a person doing something deranged, like burying a body or something, late in the evening I had this idea and knew it would be more fun to draw, so I ran with it. I spent a lot of time learning to draw Sonic the Hedgehog back when we got a Sega Genesis for Christmas one year, so it was nice to find some of that old muscle memory and flex it for just a moment.

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 Studio Pen brush for the more uniform linework, and the Soft air brush for some very faint shading in the background.

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

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