Talked my patrons into giving me a practice month. I do nearly all digital but, that allows me too many shortcuts, especially with hair. So, I asked them to vote on what sort of real, tangible, hand-done portrait they'd like to see and we ended up with

An existing Anymouse character
Livestock (sheep/goat/cow/pig)
The Princess
Sinister

This was fun and CHALLENGING! Haven't done colored pencil work for a long time and almost forgot how. But, felt good to have an actual thing when it was done. Accidentally scanned it in grayscale and it looks pretty cool. What do you think?

Ink and colored paper on Bristol 8.5x11