A sketch I did of the cover of "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", by Jeff Lindsay.

>> This is a second photo I took of my drawing, under different light. Gives it a new perspective. <<

I was at work when I did this, and it started as just goofing around. I got bored with work (don't ask), and I was down to the last sheet of paper on my legal pad (which I was using for work), so I lifted it up and just started sketching on the cardboard backing of the pad. But after I had a good start, I started liking what I saw... so I put in the time and finished the whole thing.

I really wish I had started this on proper paper and used proper pencils/charcoal. I used a bic mechanical pencil, for Pete's sake. That really disappoints me, because I don't produce this quality of work very often. In fact, I think this is my first time drawing from a photograph of a person. (I have usually stuck with cartoon/comic style drawings in the past).

But this piece has fueled my artistic engine, and I plan on making another attempt in the near future.

I took about 30 photos of the drawing under different lighting in order to post it here, but only two turned out ok, and neither really does it justice. Stupid cardboard medium.