![]() This gives me enough flexibility with size/ number of layers / speed of working and allows me to keep a ton of my art on my device so I can find them easily. I work small… like 2048x2048 pix small, since most of my work starts as an Instagram post (and the fact that I don’t have unlimited space on my iPad). Third idea: Have him carrying a toolbox and use the phrase “tools of the trade” to reference the True Grit brushes and effects I use in my work.Second idea: Have him dressed in overalls and striped shirt like the wolfman from my favorite show as a kid, Hilarious House of Frightenstein.I'll be giving pointers on some of the technical stuff but if you know how to use the basic functions of Procreate and Illustrator you'll be able to follow along.įor this particular drawing my thought process was something like this… Then shift over to Adobe Illustrator where we’ll vectorize the art, simplify the color palette and prepare my artwork to be printed on a t-shirt. In this tutorial, I’ll start with some sketching, inking and finessing the art in Procreate ready to post on Instagram. Then I come up with a phrase that aligns (or doesn’t) and either typeset it in illustrator or draw it myself.Īlright, enough of this malarky, let’s get to the tutorial. Favorite t-shirts with obscure sayings our parents bought us when we were kids, weird signs we see while at a flea market, etc, etc.Ĭoming up with an idea looks something like this… first I come up with something stupid to draw, it may be a character from a favorite movie or just a specific thing like if Robert Crumb drew an armadillo wearing a cowboy hat ( seriously… you can just get a weird category map and combine them together … famous artist+random animal+random action or accessory+famous quote from a movie… voila ART!). We all have favorite films, tv shows, books, artists and more that give us joy. Along the way I had developed my own creative formula that kept things very personal to me and was an endless well of stupid ideas for me to draw. Debaser covered up the flaws and even made some of them seem intentional. Gradually I started to lose the inhibitions and just draw the shit that popped into my head and started to get better at drawing too. BUT the tools were there…procreate after an initial learning period, is such a joy to use and I had just purchased a set of tools that promised to give my art the look of the old comics I loved so much… True Grit’s Debaser Lo-Fi Comic Coloring Kit.ĭebaser really opened up a new world of creativity for me. ![]() ![]() It was a struggle at first, I hated my drawings and my ideas were forced and to be honest…I just wasn’t having fun. “I DECIDED THE BEST WAY WAS TO DRAW EVERYDAY AND POST ON INSTAGRAM” I decided the best way was to draw everyday and post on Instagram, which was also a source of much anxiety as I was struggling to find an audience and my art was not inspiring the reaction I was hoping for. I had to relearn how to approach drawing like a child, having fun and trying to put any or all ideas down on the page without fear of lack of skill or nuance. “DRAWING HAD BECOME SCARY TO ME AND PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER FILLED ME WITH AN EXISTENTIAL DREAD OF FAILURE AND SELF LOATHING.”Ī selection of images from those early days around 2018, including one celebrating my 1,000th follower (now approaching 100,000). I had 25 years as a graphic designer and vector artist but drawing had come to a full stop after a failed year taking illustration in school. I was trying to kill two birds with one stone, learning new software with a new medium (iPad pro and Apple Pencil) and starting drawing again after a 20+ year hiatus. When I first started drawing in procreate it was nerve wracking. Notes on creation and ideation (or how I learned to love drawing and built an Instagram following while drawing testicles). I’m an Illustrator/Graphic Designer from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, with an unhealthy addiction to drawing and posting humorous drawings on my instagram and working with some fantastic clients such as Netflix, Ernie Ball, Jimmy Kimmel and Naked and Famous Denim. Howdy, My name is Jon Kutt, otherwise known as The High Road Design.
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