I barely got done with today's June Toons cartoon - whew! This one is of a dejected Cap'n Crunch. He's eating some Crunch Berries to console himself. We've all been there, haven't we?
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 background gradient.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
My June Toons illustration for today is a kid doing a LOT of scribbling with his favorite red crayon. 😆
I seem to be having some trouble getting these out on time this week, which is a bit of a bummer for the opening week of the project, but I'm hoping things will smooth out as things go on.
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 brush for some light texture.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
My third illustration for June Toons is a salty-looking beaver!
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 Flicks spray paint brush for texture.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
Here's my second entry for June Toons - anyone remember this guy? It's Twinkie the Kid, but with a little more grit than the old days. ðŸ¤
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Soft air brush for shading. Additionally, I used the Smooth Natural Nib brush for linework, from the Rusty Nib brush pack by True Grit Texture Supply.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
Just when I'm getting used to having tons of free time every day, it's time for another illustration project: June Toons 2024!
As usual, this is a project where I create a new cartoon illustration every day of the month of June.
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 gradients, 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:
It's finally here - my last illustration for 2023's June Toons!
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 Old Beach and Tarraleah brushes for background texture, along with some help from the Splatter spray paint brush and the Soft air brush.
June Toons went by quickly this year and I learned a lot as I went. I'm really happy with how these all turned out, and I'm glad that I have been able to share them with you. Seriously: thanks for viewing, and I hope that you've enjoyed the ride along with me!
As always, if you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below.
Additionally, there's a YouTube playlist for all of 2023's June Toons drawings here.
My second-to-last illustration for this year's June Toons is a cat slurping some milk (through a straw).
I've been making art for a long time, and so my brain has a set of "rules" that it wants to follow whenever I sit down to make something new. I've been trying to fight that a lot with this project, to varying success.
My favorites have been the drawing like this one: a bit simpler than some of my previous work, but also more fun, wacky, and creative.
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 Old Beach brush and Splatter spray paint brush for background texture.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:
My twenty-eighth illustration for June Toons is a Mailman!
This one started off looking a little more abstract, then quickly fell into the gravity of my "style". I wanted it to be stay more stylized, but it's really hard escape old habits, 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, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Decimals brush for extra texture.
Here's my twenty-seventh illustration for June Toons: a turtle on a motor scooter!
I tried to make the shading a little more dramatic on this one, and I think it worked okay. At first I thought the blue shadow might be a bit too bright, but I ended up liking it a lot. This project is almost over, just a few more to go!
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:
For no particular reason, I drew a dejected clown for my twenty-sixth June Toons illustration.
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: