About 2 years ago, I did a picture request for my good friend and muse Cyndie aka . She was pleased with it though thought it made her look somewhat moody.

Fast forward to now and I thought I'd produce a series where I remake some of my older works and then compare the 2 to see whether the law of the original pieces being the best apply to my works- like with 'Geisha Cyndie Redux'. Looking through my old photo references, I lay eyes upon the original photo reference for 'Request Gift- Cyndie' and decided it would be the first piece in this series.

My thoughts; The scale is better than the previous image- I didn't have to improvise the lower half of the body or crop the paper in 2/3's, though I wonder about the expression. I think she looks weary and tired here than the 'moody' of the previous piece (perhaps this reflects changes in myself from 2 years ago?). The contrasts with the background is fairly jarring, as I used a marker rather than fineliner to shade it, but this is done to emphasise how the figure is within space rather than being a part of space like furniture.

Please take a look at the previous image (link above) and tell me your thoughts on this

Materials Used: HB pencil, fineliner pen, picture ref, marker pen.
Time Taken: 2 hours.