added entry to drawing challenge

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@@ -369,3 +369,29 @@ ok... you get a small doodle. just so i did *something* today.
     image="15-doodle.webp"
     altText="Facial features drawn on top of blue text that reads 'credits'. There are eyebrows, bright green eyes, a nose, and a frowning mouth. The face is facing left."
     subtitle="the left eye almost matches the perspective. almost" />
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+## Day 16
+
+<span class="date-marker">2026-02-21, 20:08</span>
+
+I'm back at it! Still kind of sickly, and occasionally a little light-headed too, but my body has been hard at work to get me back to my usual self. And I wanted to *draw!*
+
+I used my new paper for today's drawings, which was very nice to sketch on. I also liked how complete it felt when I had filled out the page. I know the sketchbook also had individual pages, it's not like an endless paper sheet... but it still felt different.
+
+<SubtitledImage
+    image="16.webp"
+    altText="A Gerstaecker-branded art pad."
+    subtitle="this paper is almost too nice for my drawings."
+    alignment="right" />
+
+I decided to not go for the hair tutorial today and mostly draw on my own accord. The two heads are based on drawings from the [manga drawing book](#day-12-close-your-eyes); one from a hair page, and the other from the cover. I think they both turned out alright, though I don't quite like the hair of the top one, and it feels to me that, after my brief absence, I needed a bit of warming-up to get back into it, and the second (bottom) one looks better as a result. I actually drew the bottom head *without* the construction line-based approach!
+
+I definitely didn't copy the drawings exactly (not for a lack of trying), but it made me put the drawings kind of into my own style... am I allowed to say that already? Do I have my own style?
+
+Aside from that, two tries at drawing a body. The left one ended up with spaghetti arms, and I don't know how accurate both of them are. I drew them without reference. I know I *should* look at more references to study, but I *really* want to be able to do my own thing, so my stubborn mind often refuses to look up reference images.
+
+Also, the individual eyes on the right; I really like how the bottom one in particular turned out. I actually managed to sketch the kind of expression I had in mind, and the colour enhances it.
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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).
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+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.