06-23-2021, 10:15 AM
The face is more angular and long indeed.
Subtle shades are probably more difficult to achieve with hatching (and even more with cross-hatching) and that's where slight smudging might work better - but I'm no expert in this. I don't know if this is cheating but I pushed the contrast and brightness on the photo to make the strongest shades more obvious. See how the nose is shaded in one place mostly:
![Filename: Zizka.jpg
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Vagabond looks like a good suggestion by Kaiko. Some of Blade of the Immortal too in a different kind of loose.
Subtle shades are probably more difficult to achieve with hatching (and even more with cross-hatching) and that's where slight smudging might work better - but I'm no expert in this. I don't know if this is cheating but I pushed the contrast and brightness on the photo to make the strongest shades more obvious. See how the nose is shaded in one place mostly:
![Filename: Zizka.jpg
Size: 55.9 KB06-23-2021, 10:08 AM](attachments/122579/Zizka.jpg)
Vagabond looks like a good suggestion by Kaiko. Some of Blade of the Immortal too in a different kind of loose.