[Ravenxl7]

Actually was able to finish my entry tonight. Though looking at it...I may have rushed it...Then again when it comes to stuff like this, I'm my own worst critic...

For anyone curious, it's supposed to be a recreation of the teenage Raphael Sanzio's self-portrait. To accomplish the look of it, I first drew the image on paper. Took a while, but it was worth it. I then took another piece of paper, crumpled it up, and soaked it in some strong tea for several hours. After drying said second piece of paper, I then copied the drawing onto it (scanner built into the printer helps). I about freaked out when it sounded like it was going to rip. Then I re-drew over the lines, as they were faded. I then shaded in areas. I then took this and scanned it into my computer, cropped off the wonky edges, did some editing to get the pencil lines to show-up better, muted the color a bit, and added some grainy fades at the top and bottom...

All-in-all I think I'm happy with the end result. I didn't quite capture the look of the original like I was hoping for, and I'm not confident that it'll be good enough to win, but...at least I've got a piece I can frame...I guess.

Edit: Did some more editing, got the lines to look much better...I think...

Edit2: Found a way to split the difference...