Rope and Showgirl

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After a sleepless night -- and feeling like a zombie -- I have no idea how I managed to create this one today. Combining Twisted Ropes and Showgirl (Vicki Bassett), I used contour hatching, waterbased marker and colored pencils for shading. 

Being that I've been so out of it today, totally forgot to take a "before" picture, and only remembered when I was well into the shading: 

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In this close-up of the final picture, you can see the hatching, which enhances the other shading: 

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Here are some of the pencils and pens I used:

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I'm a little surprised and quite proud of how good it turned out, considering my apathetic nature of the day. I felt all day like I was on auto-pilot. 

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