-Wolf Portrait-

Yeah...kinda my first serious attempt on realistic animals.
It´s not perfect but it´s a start. I really need to work out how to draw realistic fur. This is the hardest about the whole realism-thing.
But I hope to improve with lots more practice and some day be able to draw fotorealism wolves or cats or whatever... That is one of my future goals along with improving my coloring skills and developping my digital painting abilities both in regard of backgrounds and animals/people.
There´s a long and hard way lying ahead of me...

I´m always open to criticism (constructive, mind you), suggestions and any help you can offer. I really want to improve and I can´t do that entirely without criticism.

Time: About 3h altogether
Medium: B retractable pencil, 9B Monolith pencil on common sketchbook paper
Music: Keane&Evanescence