Underdrawing and reverse mask design (because I have to trace it on the backside of the paper that'll be the mask, so that it'll face the correct way when it's flipped over)
Using
this photo of
Jasika Nicole Pruitt (who is a super awesome actress on Fringe and a cartoonist to boot) as reference for the figure.
Final pencils lightboxed onto fancy thick watercolor board.
Making sure the mask will be aligned correctly.
Watercolors.
Hair detail.
Piecing it all together.
Finished piece! Measures 8" x 10" x .5" on hangable wooden panel.
Detail.