Like what I did there with the blood? At the bottom of the blade?
Yeah I know it's the most hideous picture i've ever seen in my life. Drawing realism on a small scale is killer, didn't wanna waste my bigger sketchbooks though since it was just practice.
It only looks bad, because I can see exactly how it could have been made better. I am glad to be practicing with real models now because I couldn't perceive that as well in my previous works. So i'm gonna make it up to you all for posting such a hideous picture by clothing this beauty.
Edit: Thanks WhiteCrow, it's really nice being able to learn from your mistakes so I try not to dwell on mistakes unless i'm doing something professional (the only pro drawing i've done would be my book cover) mistakes can make great teachers.
I'm sorry loren that I haven't shown you any practice with shading with a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. I have a lot of practice backed up and I should really be practicing perspective but... coloring is more fun.