AFRO GIRL. Head challenge #6. Digital illustration by Alejandra Her. by alejandra.her

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AFRO GIRL. Head challenge #6. Digital illustration by Alejandra Her.

![afro-girl1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTt1MyZ4GmT9NY2pAsiPQMmX6YU9LqwkduYUwKTUfptyc/afro-girl1.jpg)

Afro girl. Head challenge #6. Illustration by Alejandra Her.

### Hello everyone!
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I spent a few days off of the platform, attending a million personal responsibilities. However, the positive thing is that, attended these responsibilities, I have a couple of weeks with a reasonable amount of work, and the best, some time for me. And the way to invest time for me that I enjoy the most is learning things about what I love: illustration.

So today I start with these fantastic illustration courses and I decided to make this portrait as a breaking point between what I am sure will be a before and after in my technique, framing and others.

Although I like doing portraits a lot, my love for comics, animated and graphic novels demands more expressive faces, regardless of the fidelity of their proportions.

I hope I never stop learning.

Here I share my process.

I start tracing guide lines, first a rough sketch and then I detail a little more.
![afrogirl5.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfCvvRdeXFJ9ThYEv9ezFMHpwGZmGCGbcHEwbyt5tBd6S/afrogirl5.jpg)

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I low the opacity of the layer with the guidelines, and I trace the final lines in a new layer.
![afrogirl4.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeXsFfbjB5aNHCBPVHAkAzkdd66UAFcjhKcHxPsGFQx1k/afrogirl4.jpg)

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I hide the guide lines. I really like the way it looks now.

![afrogirl3.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfB7xWQ7PZArvbgCD6DahRcdQDh5nG7AJfuDpknaLoQ6w/afrogirl3.jpg)

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I draw some lines in the shadows and as a contour of the light in the nose. I also draw the lines in the hair.

![afrogirl2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmS3N2xTZgMiqnYHsrsTjZxdwZBYGeS5JX56EcA9GP9Tdi/afrogirl2.jpg)

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I paint with watercolor brushes. What I enjoy the most about this brushes is that you can paint with them in a very rough way and they will look ok even if you don't paint inside the lines.

![afro-girl1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTt1MyZ4GmT9NY2pAsiPQMmX6YU9LqwkduYUwKTUfptyc/afro-girl1.jpg)
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Thanks for taking your time to read me.
Don't forget to be aware of my next posts, let's see how it goes with the learning process.

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##### If you like my work, visit my [Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/alejandra_herrera_illustration/)
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