calligraphy pens

I'm delving more into the shading of the portraits and it's getting better. Still lots of improvements to make though. It's a delicate thing. But I used to leave whole areas white, which I don't do anymore.

The calligraphy pens allow me to 'paint' instead of draw. The fact that some of the pens are running dry actually helps because the they allow me to gently increase the shading. I'm using three pens right now: light grey, dark grey, and black. Ideally I'd have more greys, this will prevent shading too darkly too quickly.

E.g.: the cheeks and the hair were rendered too dark.

Miyamoto was born on November 16, 1952, in the Japanese town of Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture.[3] His parents were of "modest means", and his father taught English.[3]

From an early age, Miyamoto explored the natural areas around his home. He discovered a cave, and, after days of hesitation, went inside. His expeditions into the Kyoto countryside inspired his later work, particularly The Legend of Zelda, a seminal video game.[6]

In the early 1970s, Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts with a degree in industrial design.[3] He had a love for manga and initially hoped to become a professional manga artist before considering a career in video games.[7] He was influenced by manga's classic kishōtenketsu narrative structure,[8] as well as Western genre television shows.[9] He was inspired to enter the video game industry by the 1978 arcade hit Space Invaders.[10]