Hardcore Dani

Well, it's done now. This is a portrait I drew of my friend Danielle. I chose to draw this particular picture because I liked the attitude in it. I liked doing something different for a change, not a traditional portrait. I went alot darker than I usually do on this drawing. At first I thought I went too dark with the face, but I like the way it turned out now. I felt like I had 2 options for a background on this drawing...either go really dark, or really light. Anything else would have made the drawing look very monotone in my opinion. In the end I chose to just leave the background the paper color. The mouth and vest are probably my favorite parts of the drawing. Hope you like it.

12"x18" Fabriano Hotpress
3B, 3B mechanical, B, F, 2H, and 5H pencils
blending stumps, tissue for blending
approximately 17 hours