Bane

I proudly present to you Bane, the philippine eagle!
I can´t believe I actually finished him. Took me nearly 3 years!!!

I found this awesome photo in the GEO magazine 2009 and started the drawing a few months before i got into university and now nearing my first degree Bane is ready to fly into the world

So many things go around in my head looking at this piece, I don´t even know where to start
This is the state it stayed in for quite some time. Luckily there were some really fantastic moments which encourage me to get this piece done and should it take me forever though i hesitated in the end fearing to finish this piece which accompanied me through some of the best and worst moments of my life. But I think it is about time calling it done


The photo i used as a reference was taken by Klaus Nigge

Tools

Size: A4
Paper: 150 g/m²
Used: 4H, H, B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 8B; tortillions and cotton pads/sticks for blendig + a collecetion of erasers
Special Ingredients: Story of my Life
Time: ~3years (actual workingtime should be 40-70h)

Hope you enjoy!