The shadow of pain

"His body recovered from his torment and became hale, but the shadow of his pain was in his heart; and he lived to wield his sword with left hand more deadly than his right had been." The Silmarillion, Chapter 13: Of the Return of the Noldor July 2005 Fun with a new sketchpad (rougher paper than I was used to) and a .7 mechanical pencil... And that great technique of LinkD3. Pencil, Photoshop. Roughly two hours. Wow.