How I Drew This Pumpkin House 💖 A New Digital Art Project Pack (Patreon)

Hello Bluebells 🌷

I asked in a poll a couple of weeks ago for your help voting on what I should draw next, and the results were overwhelmingly in favour of a hedgehog living in a pumpkin so that's what I drew! ✨

This is the cute little scene that I drew:

You can download all of the assets for this illustration below, and either use them as a tool to see how I construct my art, or use them as a kit to recreate this artwork on your own. Just keep in mind that any recreations can be for personal use only (or just credit me if you're posting a recreation on social media).

You'll find in this post:

A timelapse video of the art process (above)

A simple breakdown of the process in images (below)

A working digital file with named layers (attached)

A colour palette as a .jpg and .swatches file (attached)

The original sketch as a .png (attached)

I loved the sketch that I drew for this illustration, but then struggled to draw it in colour for some reason.

I went back and forth on the colours for a bit, and I originally had more light glowing from the windows but I think it was making it feel a bit busy? Anyway I ended up simplifying it and I like the result now!

So here are the main steps of my process (roughly in the right order) broken down into images.

First, I drew a sketch:

Then I coloured in all of the main elements, using the sketch as a reference:

Then I added some details:

I drew some texture on everything (including the background):

And finally adding a bit of simple lighting from the windows:

Perhaps it would have been cuter if I had drawn a full background environment rather than just a straight colour - maybe next time!

These are the brushes I used (from my brush packs):

Soft Canvas Pencil - for colouring the base shapes and drawing the details

Textured Pencil (regular version and light version) - for adding texture to everything

Smooth Shading - just for the tiny details of the face

And here is the colour palette (also attached below):

Enjoy!

💖 Mimi