Lately I’ve been working to improve my portrature. I’ve always been a big fan of quality portraits, but have struggled to achieve the level of quality I so desire myself. Thus, practice practice practice.

It’s been a while since I’ve banged out a self-portrait, so I figured its time at 27 and a half.

Started with a sketch, and then just kept building it up with darker and darker pencils and colored pencils.

Then, added some finishing touches, and increased the shadows and voila:

I also couldn’t help myself and had to make some digital pen and ink versions: