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I really need to get a better scanner... The one I have at home makes stuff too bright and clarity isn't great. This is the best I can enhance it on PS, though you can see the lack of quality up close.

As for this drawing. It was a request by my friend Richard to do a portrait of the incredible Im Yoon Ah from SNSD. The face itself took around three or four hours, but the hair... When I got up to doing it, I was like: "Oh great. Let's colour in! ...All in black..."

I'm also going to have to get some better paper to draw portraits on. The Bockingford 110 gsm is simply too rough and textured to create a truly smooth finish. If you look closely, many parts are quite grainy. I'll try get my hands on some drawing board or board paper for my future portraits. Also need to get an 8B pencil!!!

This was the first drawing I've done using tortillons (paper stumps) for the smudging. I'm finding them far easier to control than tissue paper to say the least. Along with the kneaded eraser and Rotring mechanical pencil, I reckon I've stepped up the performance a bit.

Took about 8 hours with 2H, HB and 6B on A4.

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Description
I really need to get a better scanner... The one I have at home makes stuff too bright and clarity isn't great. This is the best I can enhance it on PS, though you can see the lack of quality up close.

As for this drawing. It was a request by my friend Richard to do a portrait of the incredible Im Yoon Ah from SNSD. The face itself took around three or four hours, but the hair... When I got up to doing it, I was like: "Oh great. Let's colour in! ...All in black..."

I'm also going to have to get some better paper to draw portraits on. The Bockingford 110 gsm is simply too rough and textured to create a truly smooth finish. If you look closely, many parts are quite grainy. I'll try get my hands on some drawing board or board paper for my future portraits. Also need to get an 8B pencil!!!

This was the first drawing I've done using tortillons (paper stumps) for the smudging. I'm finding them far easier to control than tissue paper to say the least. Along with the kneaded eraser and Rotring mechanical pencil, I reckon I've stepped up the performance a bit.

Took about 8 hours with 2H, HB and 6B on A4.

Reference: [link]