Izzi Ink

· Pencil in a Moleskine, then blue Bic

Windswept

An elf facing straight out, half a smile, hair caught by the wind.

The first pencil sketch of the same face on the dotted paper of a Moleskine, the hair a loose tangle of quick lines.
first, in pencil
Blue Bic portrait in an ornate frame of a young elf facing straight out with a slight smile, pointed ears, and hair blowing up and outwards in curls and spiky strands, against hatched sky and soft clouds.
then, in ink

The Pattern Master’s apprentice standing in stillness and perfection — it does not mean actions are perfect.