FINISHED!!!

Ok I lie... I'm not exactly finished... However, the tone is where I want it, and the shapes that have been created by the tone are quite refined. The overall mood of the work has come across awesomely! There the figure is, fading into a dark background with a look of remorse on his face- something's not right, the context of him behind the door should give a sense that he is disconnected to what lays outside the door (he's hiding). The audience looks in on the figure, but his eyes divert from the audience, allowing for a sense of empathy/sympathy.

Getting rid of the nasty white dots!!!

Ok, so basically although the texture of the paper is clearly visible, some of the white dots it leaves are too prominent and now I'm going over them. Also No more white background, and i've been beginning to tone up the shirt..



The picture as whole looks alright.. I need to make it fade into the background more and refine the shirt.

Smudge Paper :)

Below is my very good friend who I've been using to experiment with tones and briefly with other medias such as water paint, charcoal powder and water itself (which miss helped me with).
I've also made good use of him when I needed clean fingers for a different tone xD

Shall I leave the face?

I think I may have finished the face... Not sure, but I'll check with miss to see what she thinks.



If I've finished the figure I'll move onto the background and make it all black. Still tossing up whether I should put tone in the shirt too...

Refining... Again -_-

Further refining lolz... It's actually pretty good now! Just that right eye I may need to work on. I've been mainly focusing on that area and it is extremely difficult. Perhaps a little more work on it and I'll finish the drawing off entirely, and next move into some interesting effects!!! xD



Note: I accidentally cast a shadow over my work in taking the picture.
As whole looking good xD

Trying to Refine...

Smoothing it out now, still trying to add the smaller details.



Whole picture, yeah when I took it, it was kinda not straight lol.

Progress has declined...

Argh!!! It's killing me now... I'm so close yet sooo far away! The intricacies of the face are very difficult... Plus it doesn't help using an overhead sheet to look at the tone. I had a look at the original picture too but it's in colour and very dark so I can hardly see the tone, and to add to all that the size is blown up so it's deceiving when I try to copy it.
A note on the equipment- The smudging tool has been so difficult to use. Every time I use it, it removes the charcoal rather than smudging. So annoying...



In the close up of the face, you can see that the left side is much more refined due to the absence of highlights. Getting the shadows and highlights right in the right side of the face has proven difficult. Points for noticeable expression on the face xD



An overview of my work shows that I'm beginning to darken up around the figure and filling out the door. I love my door... How about I cut the rest and keep the door? : p