All posts tagged June Toons

June Toons 2025 #6: Donutsss

 Martin · 9 hours
A cartoon illustration of a snake coiled into multiple rolls, with its head sticking up above them, and tongue out. The coils are round and the snake is colored pink with a gold belly. It has white, yellow, green, and red speckles on its top, making the coils look like frosted pink donuts with sprinkles on top. There is a light blue triangle angled behind the snake, over a lavender background.

For today's June Toons illustration, I thought I'd draw a snake that looks a little too delicious at first glance. This might be the one thing that makes me not want to reach into the donut box!

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, and the Worn 2 Subtle brush and Splatter spray paint brush for background detail.

The Rusty Nib 1 brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush is from the Beat Tones pack, and the Worn 2 Subtle brush is 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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June Toons 2025 #5: Bubbles

 Martin · 1 day
A cartoon illustration of a bear blowing bubbles. The bear is brown with pink cheeks and has its lips puckered, blowing a bubble through a small pink loop. Its eyes are closed. The bear is drawn in a fluid way, with its body arcing toward the loop, back in the middle, and then forward again at the bottom. Its free hand is splayed in the air behind it and its tail is visible as its body twists toward the bottom. The negative space around the bear is filled with bubbles of different sizes. The background is a pain-speckled blue green with a slight halftone pattern.

Today's June Toons cartoon is of a bear blowing bubbles!

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Smooth Natural Nib for linework, the Rusty Nib 1 and Soft air brushes for shading, and the Splatter spray paint and Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brushes for background texture.

The Smooth Natural Nib and Rusty Nib 1 brushes are from the Rusty Nib pack. The Rough Dot Shader 45/Light 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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June Toons 2025 #3: Love

 Martin · 3 days
A cartoon illustration of a yellow cat with hearts in his eyes staring at a blue bird. The cat is smiling and has his mouth hanging open. He is clasping his hands together to the side of his face, and his tail is sticking up from the back. He has a broken potted flower sitting on the top of his head, which appears to have fallen on him. There is a small amount of dirt leaking out of the pot onto his head, and the flower is dropping down. There are stars going around the cat's head. The bird is looking at the viewer with a very concerned/upset look on his face. The background is an orange-red with messy pain spots scattered around, and a darker stripe that angles from the top let to the bottom right, towards the bird.

Today's June Toons cartoon is of a recently injured cat finding his true love. 😍

The feeling might not be mutual, though.

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, the Inka and Rusty Nib 1 brushes for details, and the Fat Nozzle and Splatter spray paint brushes for background texture.

The Smooth Natural Nib and Rusty Nib 1 brushes are from the Rusty Nib pack by True Grit Texture Supply.

I streamed this one on Twitch! You can keep an eye out for other live drawing streams in the future at my channel there.

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

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June Toons 2025 #2: Boombox

 Martin · 4 days
A cartoon illustration of a black rabbit carrying and listening to a giant boombox. The rabbit is all black, is smiling, and has his eyes closed. His ears are blowing away from the boombox. His free hand is snapping along with the beat. He has a white nose and front teeth and is wearing a bright green shirt with a musical note on it. The boombox is a pale gold color with blue trim. The rabbit is carrying it on his shoulder right next to his head. The background is blue with light blue paint spots, and a translucent pink square behind the rabbit. Musical notes in the same color are above him.

My second June Toons cartoon is of a rabbit listening to a boombox!

I've been drawing this same rabbit across a bunch of my projects now, and I feel like he's almost as much of a staple as me drawing a robot. He's fun for me to draw though, and I like that I can make him so dynamic at times. Perhaps I'll draw more of him soon!

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, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint brushes for background texture. I also used the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light brush for the halftone shading.

That last brush is available in the Beat Tones 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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June Toons 2025 #1: It’s Back!

 Martin · 5 days

With another June comes another June Toons, a month-long project where I create a new cartoon illustration every day of June!

Will I be able to keep up? We'll see! 😆

A cartoon illustration of the words "June toons". The o's in 'toons' are made from the bugged-out eyes of a green dog. The dog looks confused and has his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth. His head is much larger than his body. He has a blue nose, ears, collar, and tail. His eyes are slightly bloodshot. The words are colored in pink with orange streaks and bright blue highlights at the bottom. The background is purple with a round, pink highlight behind the cog and words. There are small sketches of faces, stars, and other doodles around the end of the highlight. The background is textured as if someone puffed spray paint onto it.

In the meantime, here's the first illustration, which will serve as the title card for the project.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Smooth Natural Nib for linework, the Inka and Rusty Nib 1 brush for details, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Fat Nozzle spray paint brush for background texture.

The Smooth Natural Nib and Rusty Nib 1 brushes are 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:

I'd love it if you'd follow along with me for June as I create all of these things, and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about the process, my inspiration, etc. Join me!

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June Toons 2024 #30: That’s It!

 Martin · 341 days
A cartoon illustration of a realistic pig, wearing a bowtie and suit jacket, leaning out of a set of circular color rings and smiling at the viewer, with one hoof up in the air. The pig has a light complexion and its tongue hanging out. The bowtie is red, and the suit jacket is a dark blue. The color rings are red. There is a small word bubble coming off from the pig to the upper left, with the word "oink!" inside. The words "That's It!" are written in yellow, in cursive, arcing under the bottom right half of the image. It is meant to parody the "That's All, Folks!" outro animations, typically featuring Porky Pig, from Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons.

My final June Toons cartoon for 2024 is of a pig sticking out of a series of familiar colored rings. That's it! 😆

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 gradients.

I mentioned this a few days ago, but I really felt like I ran out of gas on this project. Work got really busy about halfway through, and I never got a chance to catch up and do them during the day - I was always chasing the project at night, barely finishing on time, and cutting corners wherever I could.

That said, when I look back on all the cartoons I made this month, I'm happy with the project as a whole. I've been drawing on my iPad Pro in Procreate for a long time now, but I still am surprised at how much more comfortable I get with it, with each project completed.

I hope you enjoyed see each drawing this month and watching them get drawn! Hopefully I'll have some more ideas for the new drawing project in August! Until then, I'll be posting other projects, so keep an eye out for more fun stuff. Thanks for following along with me!

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

And if you'd like to see all of the drawing time-lapses once more, you can find them on this YouTube playlist.

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June Toons 2024 #28: House of Seuss

 Martin · 343 days
A cartoon illustration of a fantasy house drawn in the style of Dr. Seuss. The house is yellow with a salmon-colored door and sloping blue roof. The roof has a very unrealistic curve to it, sloping up at the apex and down and then up again at the edges. There is a small gable window on the left side, and a chimney angling out of the roof at an impossible angle on the right. The door has an oversized knob and there are windows of various sizes all over the house. The house is flanked by deformed, curvy trees on both sizes, and rests on turquoise grass. A lighter path curves away from the house, and a wall of purple trees lines then background. The sky is salmon-colored, with large pale-yellow clouds angled across.

Today's June Toons cartoon is a house, drawn in the style of Dr. Seuss. Not sure what inspired me to do this, but it was sort of fun trying to draw something outside of my own style - although I grew up looking at Dr. Seuss books, so my style is probably inspired by it in some small way.

Anyway, 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:

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June Toons 2024 #27: Watching TV

 Martin · 344 days
A cartoon illustration of a man watching TV. The man has a medium complexion, thinning hair on the top of his head, and a mustache. He looks like a giant, sitting on a tiny couch and watching a giant TV. He is hunched slightly forward, his legs are bent upward from sitting so low, and he has his hands on his legs. He is wearing a red shirt, green pants, and gray shoes. The couch is a light teal. The TV is an old-style boxy set, with a double-pronged antenna on top. It is sitting on a brown stand that is just the right size. The background is a light mustard yellow with a lighter yellow half-circle behind the man and the TV. There is a white oval behind the TV where the screen would be, and there are white lines emanating from it, indicating that it is on and showing something.

Today's June Toons cartoon is a giant man sitting on a tiny couch watching a tiny TV!

I don't know why, but I really struggled with the linework on this one. Some drawings I get started on and I just get in the groove, and some I don't, and this one I felt like every line I made was the wrong weight, tapered the wrong way, etc. It came together in the end, but it was frustrating to make at the start.

Anyway, 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:

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