Progress 01 - Let's get started

Through recent events (Comic Con in Germany, talking to many guys who introduced their dōjinshi) I remembered that I once used to draw manga-like charakters. Or at least they were supposed to be.. the memory is fading. And I'll let that happen.

I was sitting in front of my computer, paused the youtube video I was watching and started to draw with a ballpen - anything that came into my mind. With anything I mean eyes. Lots of eyes in different shapes and emotions. That was one thing I never had overcome. The obsession of drawing eyes. I shook my head and I was sure there was a better way to start it.

I remeberd having tons of pencils which were kindly and unknowingly sponsored by Ikea, which looked kinda good for scetches or shades. I still hat a pencil we one took from a hotel which was a better pick for outlines. An old rubber borrowed from the Misses did the rest.

Lots of artists told me that youtube might be the place you want to start with. The search didn't take me long, the preview thumbnail looked very promising.

This is the tutorial I used to make my first step (by Sophie chan):  

I'll present my result first, so please be sure to read my comments below:
 
I know. Also I want to apologise for making a parody out of a clean and nice looking manga-girl. I'm especially sorry for the uneven eyes. And the hair ..

It does pretty much look like I had some important appointment but still wanted to finish it. Took me around 1,5 hours. In my defense: it was pretty late that night.
I'm not happy with the result at all, but at least I figured out how to use a circle as a starting point for the position of the eyes and the mouth.

In the end, looking at both results, I pretty much nailed it:

I promise the next one is better..

Jikane