Hopefully back to doing this more regularly now that life seems to be leveling out after a few big events.
And shucks, you guys. It is nice to come back to this thread to see all the words of support and encouragement. Yeah, I'll keep trying this pen stuff, but I have still not come to feel warm and fuzzy about that decision. Probably doesn't help that I need to break the habit of drawing WAY too small. Would probably help to think in terms of a bit larger scale. As it is now, I'm trying to squeeze detail into and the ink just ends up looking a bit muddled.
After a bit more practice, I'd love to start getting into VN character portrait designs again. That's what gets the writing juices flowing more than anything.
Top half: practice with hands that all went a a step further with no particular plan
Bottom half: Straight inking is dumb, part deux