I won't cut you, don't worry.

This is a study I started over a year ago of my bae of Westeros—Arya Stark—and thanks to quarantine, finally got around to finishing.

With this study, I tried a method I learned from an art teacher early in college. I started as far zoomed out as I possibly could while still being able to see basic shapes, then slowly zoomed in only when I wasn't able to paint any more detail at that level. Towards the end I was free-zooming in order to pan around to paint higher detail, but towards the beginning I kept to a strict "no zoom unless I'm moving up a detail level" rule.

Originally I hoped to fully flesh out the background as well, but I'm satisfied enough with how she turned out that I'd rather her just be the star that she is.