So here is my first drawing of a person: my friend's wife and newborn baby. I took some liberties with the clothing (the shirt originally worn was not interesting for reproduction in a drawing), but that's about it. I've coated it with fixative and will be framing it for their family, if they wanna keep it. All in all, this drawing took me about 30 hours, probably mostly because I'm a n00b. (Ignore the lighting of the picture: this is a picture of a piece of paper, not a scan)
This is the culmination of only three weeks or so of practice. My skill at the onset was pretty lame, so even if you think this drawing blows, I dig it -- it just took freakin' forEVER. I'm working on another one, hopefully it will be much faster.
EDIT: You know what was one of the hardest parts? Making the baby NOT look like a Mogwai. Not cuz the baby's ugly, just the shading made her look like something straight out of Area 51 for a while.
Oh, and I'd rather eat roofing material than draw hair and fabric.

