My first attempt at charcoal resulted in this drawing:
It honestly looks much better in person--- I can't seem to capture the almost liquid mother-of-pearl effect on the widest part of the shell, as well as the high-contrast qualities with my camera. This nautilus was drawn using the following reference photo:
This took me one night to do. Some of my least favorite aspects:
--- The curves of the inner chambers are asymmetrical.
---The white lines defining the shell are imperfect (which could have been prevented if I had my Sakura electric eraser at the time. More on that later).
Some of my favorite aspects:
The shading of the innermost chambers, especially near the top.
The striations appearing on the widest part of the shell.
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