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My First 30 Faces / 30 Days!

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Throughout January I have been participating in the 30 faces / 30 days challenge with Sktchy . I joined because I wanted to boost my work output during a difficult month of short days, and prolonged, uninspiring weather. I also wanted to continue developing my skills for rendering people into my art, and I had made this my winter project. The format is simple: each day, over thirty days, a photo is posted on Sktchy, accompanied with a video of one of eight artists demonstrating their own techniques for interpreting the photo. Naturally, each artist has their own style and process which adds to the interest. I opted for the pen and pencil version of this course (there are also pencil and Procreate versions) and although it's up to you which medium and style of expression you choose to create, I chose to follow the processes of each artist quite closely because I wanted to experiment and get out of my comfort zone.  The days alternate between pen and pencil, with some examples incop