dan larimer - charcoal (part II)

hello steemians!

so i got around to working for a couple of more hours on the dan larimer charcoal portrait. and like i said i have huge respect for the guy and i really wanna finish. its gonna take another session at least so i guess there will be a part III.

also your amazing reaction to the first part got me motivated to return to it, otherwise i am renowned for my procrastination abilities, so thanks a lot friends!

*progress made today

*where i was at the end of part I

*lemme just dilute that dirty uncertain shading and enhance some unclear features, bridge of nose, eyes, mouth etc

*more shading on nose and eybrows ridge, the iris needs to be smaller. cheeks and neck shading also revised.

*and guess what, yes, even more shading! getting heavy under the chin, right cheek and under nose, and defining mouth

*blending and adding a little detail in the shading, also adding detail to the eyes

*more work on the eyes and pushing in some darker tones around the face to make it pop out a bit

*some final tone balancing. and of course the last 5 minutes dedicated to making a less grumpy cat. obviously its gonna take more than 5.

thanks for droping by, hope you enjoyed it (:

part III coming a.s.a.p.

original photo here @lifeworship

*this is not intended as a tutorial. just illustrating the various phases. i am self taught and have no actual system or method