Patti Smith - Gothic Crow

Final cleaned up pencil drawing.

Drawing in progress

 My first piece is of one of my heroes, Patti Smith. She was once described as "a gothic crow" by Salvador Dali and this was the initial inspiration for this piece. My idea was to have her hair turn into feathers and while researching suitable photos of her I found a great one by Annie Leibovitz. The photo showed her strong character and reminded me of the 19th Century photos of Native American chiefs, which fitted in well with the feathers idea.