Pencil Progression

The last portrait was done about six months after the first two. I like them all. They are wildly better than any pencil drawing I did before 2014. I am happy that I was willing to take risks with a difficult angle in the middle drawing, and that I experimented with being messy but still getting semi-realistic looking shadows in the top drawing. Still, I feel that the bottom portrait does a better job of not getting overwhelmed by the slightly cartoonish vibe I like my works to have. I think it falls more in the category of realism even though it took less time and has far less pencil work.