#ScribesAndMakers Creativity's goin pretty well! I've finished up my "use up the red gouache in my palette" phase and moved on to "use up the black gouache". Some practice with faces is shaping up nicely and I have some scary looking portraits of Sebastian and Erika (from my book) that turned out pretty nicely from that.
CW for some pretty intense eye contact, and whales.

A pod of water-colory sperm wells, resting vertical in an ocean. rendered in black and white, with some blue tint for the water.

A person with medium length light hair, facing away but still looking at the viewer. His face is mostly in shadow, slightly illuminated from below as well. There's a prominent red vertical mark over his face, crossing his right eye.

A person with dark hair in a ponytail, head tilted down, looking at the viewer. their face is lit from below, with strong rim lighting.