On The Drawing Board - ‘Overgrown’

I recently attended the Crick Boat Show, which is Britain’s largest inland waterways festival. I prepared some cartoons to show to some of the exhibitors and today I’m going to go over the steps taken to create one of them.

Outlining the Cartoon

As I work in layers, you can see some of the background through the transparent layer containing the character.

Colouring the Boat and Character

Seeing as the background is going to be mainly green, I thought having a red boat would make for a nice contrast.

Starting to Colour the Background

I’m now dabbing on the greens having applied the water using the water colour tool in Procreate.

Putting Finishing Touches to the Background

I’ve almost finished the background now. I gradually build up the background using washes and dabbing with the brush set at about 30% opacity.

Adding the Dinosaurs!

I’m a firm believer that many pictures can be improved by adding a dinosaur or two…

The Completed Cartoon

And that’s a wrap! It was a fun cartoon to draw.

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