Wow! Awesome drawing! +7/7

Her pose looks a little off somehow, but that is some awesome shading work! I admire artists who can use pencils well. ^_^

awesome it is! this is a good display of pencil skills! great work! 9/9

Some depth missing and I don´t know but shadow look little bit odd.. or it is just me and mine eyes.. but without those minor things, EXCELLENT job in that time.. 1,5 Hours.. +6/7

Beautiful work Blanca!.....top marks!
Carlos

Amazing work! You could improve the hand...but anyway it's a beautiful b&w drawing! Nice shading +10

i think looks great, i like her cloth, nice artwork. +10/10

beautiful!!! amazing work!!!

Hello, thank you all for the comments and crits!
I've edited the picture and posted a new version.
I scanned it (older version) and also took a photo. The photo had better shading but it was out of focus, the scanned version bad shading... so I've blended the two of them with layers. I have also darkened the top of the coat and the hat, sharpened the hair a bit, and cleaned the bg.
I hope it looks better now, the older version can be seen in additional downloads.

Tell me which one you prefer, I feel it isn't very well focused!

Great work Blanca

you did good with using a real coat as ref, cloth
foldings are one of the most trickiest things to draw,
and they look good here!

I would soften the shadow on the left a bit more

Keep it up!

+ 9

ok, critique is coming: face is too photo but the hand is not. and the thing on the hair needs some more depth, its flat.

anyway, topmarks

very nice drawing you know
keep it up +9

study hands a lot. everything looks ok appart from the hands. those generally take a lot of time to master
you could add a slight bg to it too, but no biggy

Great work +7/7

Cacharel coat... pija!! (con cariño )

Brilliant.
Your artwork is absolutely brilliant .
You have beautiful skills in drawing
I couldn't do that .

Anyway, I really love the contrast of dark tones in this and light pasture of her skin. It really works well together . The coat is GREAT. Shading is very well done there.. and her hands.. mm. There is a problem but the fact of it is; is just that this is a pretty small drawing isn't it? It's on A4?, so drawing the hand must have been hard... Aswell as hands are quite hard. But not too hard. I always find noses the big fool-making swine lol. One more thing.
Something I just noticed. ...Is that .. you have a shadow.. That's GREAT
That is a shadow right lol.

Rae +10
Brilliant work!
My favourite artwork of yours

Wow! Excellent pencil work, the jacket, folds etc superb. Well done!

Excelente trabajo. Me encanta la pose y expresion. El trabajo de sombras es impresionante. +10

yes, the shadow is a bit off i believe,
but still, apart from that this piece is utterly awesome

Very Good,
I like her face.
Top Mark

sorry for unpublishing it, it was very little time in the galleries.
Republished it now

Adore the face and clothing, amazing portrait....................

the face is so perfect!! great piece overall

no 'photoreferences' for the face, but did you use a mirror? Its very realistic, and you're obviously very productive if you did it in such a short time!

Well done! +6

This is so elegant. I love the film noir elements and the range of values.

love this one!!!!

mmm... este tambien me gusta mucho, solo encuentro un poco rara la mano.
los lapices se te dan muy bien!

well, I use mirror for getting proportions right, but this doesn't look nothing like me I tell you

ups...sorry I´m late

beautiful...very well done ! +10

erdi

this is reeeeaally good, especially if you haven't used references. well done, you're getting better and better with each post!
+9

edit: oh! i just saw the shadow of her hand where there's no cigarette! great little detail, i suppose that suggest why she's gonna die?

OMG are you serious you drew the girl without a reference??? o_O she looks so real!!!!! i thought you referenced it off fashion magazine or something. if that's the case it's really impressive! I am pretty sure that in a few years time you're going to be a big-name illustrator XD. i can just see it coming

I like this piece :d And the shadings+ contrasts.... Just one crit, her hand looks a bit scetchy compared to the rest... perhaps because u did spent less time on the details there? The face, for instance, looks more smooth...
but nevertheless a very nice piece