I drew this cartoon as part of a series of images to go with the Modern Wisdom podcast episode - Dr Zach Bush MD - ‘Why We Shouldn’t Aim For A New Normal’.
In this article I’m going to breakdown the steps in drawing the cartoon.
Outlining The Background
I used a canyon both to tue in with the caption and also to use as a frame for Gerald the Goat, who will appear in a moment.
Adding The Character
I’m probably going to adjust Gerald in the final picture, he’s just here as a reference.
Colouring The Background
I’ve now started to colour the background, using the watercolour tool in Procreate set at 10% opacity and then gradually building up up the tones. You can see the palette I used.
Doubling The Background Colour Layer
After building up the intensity of the background colours, I decided it would be easier to simply double the layer for a more intense effect.
Colouring The Sky And Moutains
To show the far off mountains, I used purple at 10% opacity.
Adding The River
To portray the rapidly flowing river, I used the turpentine tool as I really like the way you can use it to show flowing water.
Where’s That Goat?
Gerald’s white, so no colouring there other than to add some grey to the his furthest away legs and belly. The log was coloured with the watercolour tool.
The Finished Cartoon
I zoomed in a bit on the original sketch and that’s that. It was a fun one to draw!
