Light it up

In an attempt to try some other rendering techniques I have started this project with a spot of light boxing. I have used the grid method too in the past, but the light box seems faster. A big problem with the light box method though is that it requires an image of the final size (here I am using A3). I have an A4 laser printer and an A2 wide format printer, but the high contract B&W laser printer worked out best here after adjusting the reference for high contrast. I them cut the A3 image in half and printed it as two A4's which I then taped together.

A down side to light boxing however is that it doesn't do much to help your free hand drawing skills. Anyway here is the first rough outline.