D.E. Sketch 4

Okay I got another commission work on some local russian freelancers site - Lady wanted a portrait of her boyfriend. She particularly liked my portrait of Saladin --> [link]
So I was glad to do it, since I like that style a lot She wanted the portrait to look somewhat dark and creepy and even evil, though the reference photos she provided me were really poor in terms of lightning quality. So I figured out after 4 sketches that I should do something with photos in photoshop in the first place. Well, i wasn't too clever to grasp it any sooner.

So this is the fourth sketch I done. Canson paper 5x7 cm, graphite pencils 3B i guess. It's really small and here i finally nailed down the proportions. Well, somewhat at least.

Another works in this serie:

Sketch 1 --> [link]
Sketch 2 --> [link]
Sketch 3 --> [link]
Sketch 4 --> this one
Sketch 5 --> soon
Final ---> soon