Illustration Friday submission.

I decided to do a piece for Illustration Friday, as part of my Live Project module. The theme for the week was "Survival," and that got me thinking quite deep about people struggling to survive as a result of other people, instead of that against something like climate or predators. 

I found that whilst painting this piece, I did a better job of it than I thought I would. I was able to use a much more thick style of paint and, especially on her face and eyes, I was able to fill in a lot more detail using just colours and not have to include lines to define her features. 
Once I finished this piece I then went and uploaded to the Illustration Friday page at Illustration Friday. And was really pleased with how it looked on an actual web page. 

I also decided to be a bit more daring and put it on Twitter, not really expecting anything to come from it, but just for people who follow me to see. And within about an hour I got a notification saying that the Illustration Friday's Twitter had retweeted it!I wasn't sure whether this was a big deal or not but I checked the their Twitter page and they only retweet maybe 3 - 4 submissions per week, so I was insanely pleased with that!