Done!

During the last couple of days I have worked quite a lot with my drawing. I've worked quite a lot on the face and shoulder. For the face, I had to erase the highlighted areas of her face (the forehead, nose, cheekbones, chin) which, as opposed to being the whitest part of the drawing, had been smudged a light grey. I then had to work on evening out the face.
I then proceeded to working on her lips. Although they had seemed realistic when I had drawn them, I now thought they looked rushed and a little clumsy. Although she seems to be smiling more in my drawing than in the original image, I now think they look a lot more realistic.
After the mouth, I went on to the eyes. I had drawn their outlines very dark, since they were close to black in the original image, but the way I had done it had left a cartoonish result, and I therefore worrked on softening them. I also worked with the irises, and with the shading beneath her eyebrows.
Then I went on to the shadowing below her cheekbones. I found this challenging, since I found it difficult to get them the right strength, placement, and even enough, but, after quite a few tries and erasing, I managed to get it right.
I then made a background of a hazy light grey that is darker at the left side, fitting with the direction of the light in my drawing that leaves the left side darker than the right. I managed to get it somewhat even and hazy, while still having some variation and darker places, leaving a somewhat mysterious and rough effect. I left a little light area around her, giving her a somewhat glowing look.
After this I worked on her shoulder. Previously, with the drawing of the contours of her face and such, I had had a very careful approach, leaving only light lines, so I was easily able to erase them if I made a mistake. Unfortunately, I did not do this on her shoulder, and when I realised that it should have been done differently, it was too late, and the best I could do was to make it lighter and somewhat faded, making it fade into the background, so that the mistake is less evident.
When I thought I was done, I used a tip that I had previously gotten during some earlier drawing, and held my image in front of a mirror to spot mistakes. I then realised that her mouth was skew and her eyes were uneven, so I did my best to correct this.


Now I am finished, and all in all I am quite satisfied with my result. :)