pike mistress wanted to see the various stages I go through when drawing a picture; and this is stage 1 of a drawing of Itachi. Basically I've just drawn in the line of the collar of his Akatsuki cloak and where the top of his head will be so I can get an idea of the size of his head and where his eyes etc will go.

NOTE: This picture is referenced from a screenshot from http://www.freewebs.com/narutoouzumakii/Itachi2.jpg