On The Drawing Board - Noisy Ducks

Canal boat cartoon

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

I went for a boat moored against the bank. I work in layers on Procreate, so you can see part of the background through the boat at this point.

Colouring the Boat and Character

Here we see the owner covering his ears. I’d drawn a few red boats previously, so I went for a blue one this time.

Colouring the Sky and Water

I used the wash tool in Procreate to add the water and sky.

Adding Greenery

To add the hedge and trees, I used the wash tool again to dabble in the colours.

Adding Lots of Ducks!

Narrow boat cartoon

I went for male and female ducks. I wanted to add as many as possible in different poses without making the cartoon cluttered. Almost finished now…

The Completed Cartoon

Narrow boat and ducks

And here in fine feathered voice we have the noisy ducks!

That was a fun one to draw, and I’m sure that some of the ducks will be appearing in other cartoon.

Do you have a narrow boat?

I can draw an original cartoon of your boat. Drop me a mail below.