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When I was at the art supply store yesterday, I bought a Faber-Castell 'Polychromos' colour pencil. I only bought one to try, in 'light phthalo green', and they're kind of expensive at 1.95€ a piece, but I *really* like the colour. You may have already seen it in the little sketch I posted [yesterday](#day-15--sick).
The drawings today made me find a style of iris that I quite like; with the reflection spots and a half-dark, half-colour approach. I used this approach in the bottom head and the bottom individual eye. Think I'm gonna keep drawing eyes like that.
The drawings today made me find a style of iris that I quite like; with the reflection spots and a half-dark, half-colour approach. I used this approach in the bottom head and the bottom individual eye. Think I'm gonna keep drawing eyes like that.
## Day 17
<span class="date-marker">2026-02-22, 20:24</span>
<SubtitledImage
image="17.webp"
altText="Three pencil sketches of girls' heads. The top left one has a shocked expression with her mouth overdrawn. The top right is crying. The bottom one is a side profile of one with her eyes closed."
subtitle="trying to be more expressive with my characters... even though these aren't my characters, i guess."
alignment="left" />
I'm feeling pretty unwell today. Sickness has been taking a toll on me; sparing the details, light-headedness is probably the most impactful symptom. I am confident, though, that today'll be the 'worst' day and that I'll probably be fine come Tuesday.
In this perpetual state of light-headedness though, I have had enough windows of lucidity to not only cook for today *and* tomorrow, but also to draw. Here's what I did today!
I went with the less original route today and copied some drawings I found on Pinterest. Wanted to try some expressions, and it went pretty okay. Hair is still one of my biggest difficulties; I'm pretty much somewhere between freestyling it and copying it stroke-for-stroke from the references at the moment.
I do want to be able to do the types of expressions at the top as well – in addition to the more traditional manga-style, not instead of – because I think they look quite cool and are, theoretically, simpler and quicker to draw. They're also super expressive because they're so stylised.
I'm stating the obvious. My brain is fried. I'll go to bed now. I have a medium-sized project planned for next week (unrelated to drawing) that I'd love to get started on tomorrow!
Also: I want to try a bit more with colour soon. I know I'm not exactly perfect on the basics so far, but I think adding colour can add a lot to the drawings, and my motivation too – as seen in yesterday's drawings.