M. Smith - The Doctor

Hello!

M. Smith - The Doctor, 2012.

Finito. I'm not Italian - Duh!- but all the same. The Doctor. My favourite alien. Never thought I would ever have a favourite alien, but, now I do. I have been wanting to do a Doctor Who piece for a while now, but, I could never decide on who I wanted to do. I never really wanted to draw Ten, even though he was my favourite for a long time. So why Eleven, then? Because I think he deserves it. Over the course of series 5 to current, Eleven has gone from being one I didn't like and probably had some bias against - Yes I admit it! - to being the Doctor I completely adore. I felt strangely guilty not very long ago when I switched favourites, but I, like many who had once, "sworn allegiance to Ten", to put in one way at least, have been won over by Eleven. What can I say? I'm not very loyal and I'm quite fickle, stubborn too - That's enough! So I'm not perfect, eh. But Eleven, he has everything you want in the Doctor.

So the drawing. Like I said in Work in progression, the reference image was a lot more challenging than I had thought, yarda, yarda, yarda... But, luckily it did turn out alright. There's nothing new about the materials I used to do this drawing. The usual. Although, I should probably invest in a kneaded eraser 'cos my regular eraser ain't achieving the sharp wisps I desire anymore. What's new, is I decided to go with a grey background with cross hatching. I decided to skim on the tweed 'cos learning how to do the realistic texture of tweed is not quite up there on exciting drawing techniques. I was going to skip the print patterns on the shirt too, but, later on did it anyway. And lastly, I am quite happy with the outcome; it was fun, like it always is.

Good night.