Camui Gackt - Shadows

One of my best pieces to date, this portrait done by a photo reference features my favorite musician and best subject - a japanese man famous world-wide in the J-rock circles.
I used a 0.5 Mechanical Pencil only, no smudgers or finger use to soften it - this left it more real & technically challenging too, though this scan is of poor quality and the scanner cut inches off his shoulder & torso. (Ignore the light band at the bottom, that's where the page bent away from the scanner) The original drawing is 11.5 X 17 inches and much softer looking in the actual graphite...one day I might scan in a photograph of it so that you can see the whole thing with a truer quality. ^_^
Total time: 18.5 solid hours. My Pride and Joy.