A Graphite Portrait

I've always admired high contrast photos and seeing how variedly beautiful the art world has become, high contrast drawings too have become a favorite. There's this particular technique used by an artist whose work I've seen time and time again to make portraits without spelling out everything. He/She usually uses a digital medium and the works are beautiful.

I decided to try out one, this one two months ago and see how well I could fill in the blanks. I did my best though, trust it's good...

The steps...

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