sweet, it's cool to see the before and after shots of a artist's work. Awesome job. You have quite a future in art, if I do say so my-self ^_~

WoW!! dat lookz amazinG!! n itz juss a sketch?!?!?!? AWSUM!!

well, i really try to clean them up so good so it would be easy to scan and de-dust them in photoshop. i use blue pencils for sketching then mechanical pencil for finishing touches. blue pencil does not get scanned in b&w scan so its a good tool.^__~

I love your pic and this art is so beutyful...oh god ...cool^_