Angelina Jolie & Carl Sagan WIP

I've been trying to challenge myself and do more photorealistic drawings. A couple of weeks ago I drew Angelina Jolie as the character Maleficent, using only micron pens. It was a good practice with crosshatching, and I couldn't wait to start doing another one. Above is a picture of my newest drawing in progress. Again, I am using micron pens, and a picture of Carl Sagan for reference. It's been more of a challenge than the Maleficent drawing due to more crevices and shadows.

I will keep sharing these as I finish them. I hope that all this practice with crosshatching will pour over into my own work, and that I will get a better feel for how to draw and shade faces.