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Line drawing. Darkening some of the shadows. This drawing is on bristol board.
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I went a head and did the midtones in the background. Doing this helps me get a nicer contrast with the shading.
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I went right in to the hair. Normally, I wait until the end to do the hair, but this time I just dove right in. I also darkened the eyes a little.
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Some more of the hair and midtones on her face.
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Working on the hands and completing the hair on the other side. It's time to start on her face.
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Adding some shadows and midtones starts bringing her to life. She is starting to look like Leia.
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Working on darkening the midtones before darkening the shadows.
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Starting to go dark on the shadows. I like my darks almost black. I love contrast.
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Here's te final. I threw in a stylized background. I like the viewer to see it's a drawing and this rough style depicts that.