When in doubt, give a portrait. Started this tonight, a portrait of my friend Kate. She's a lovely young woman, married to my buddy the Weezil. Last year, they were kind enough to take a portrait of him as a holiday gift. I'm hoping they're that kind again as it's getting harder and harder to find things for people. The two of them were over the other night and I snuck some photos. The ones of her were a bit blurry because of course I can't manage to take decent reference. Still, I found one that had a decent expression though it's going to require that I really figure out -hair-. I've managed to avoid it for a long time, but she has such nice, flowing hair that I can't really see not doing so.

One thing I've learned about my own process is that these drawings are really just undercarriage. They're a guide for something that won't look anything like this down the road. The lines are far more numerous than the finished product will be. As per the current style, I want to keep this to as few colors as possible. Step one. We'll see how it goes.