Cat #3

So this was somewhat of a request for a friend of mine. There might be another one to come. I mostly enjoy how this one turned out. Aside from defining the cat against the background being difficult, I kind of like how it's ended up blending in. I think it's interesting. I like how suited charcoal is to drawing fur. It works if you use lots of short strokes, which I do anyway. So, yeah, overall fairly happy with it. The only things that bother me significantly are the way I ended up defining the whiskers. With the scale I ended up drawing it at, they were too big to simply do with an eraser.

Materials
Charcoal - willow.
Medium kneaded putty rubber.
Lightbox - initially traced.
Medium grade cartridge pad.
GIMP for very minor cleanup of stray charcoal.

Reference
Photo of a friend's cat.