Why romance? Err... well, I suddenly felt an urge to draw a romantic scene and it hapeened to be around Valentine's Day, so why not? ^^; (though if you check the finish date, it was late for Valentine)

I was rather happy with the lines. I was finally able to draw my own bishounen without copying. Yay! :D The girl is not a typical bishoujo, but I think she looks good, too. She SHOULD look good as I used a reference for her :p
The shading was supposed to be simple, not a heavy pencil rendering. But then, well, I got carried away and added those cross-hatchings. Some are appropriate, for example those on the girl's hair. It enhances the atmosphere. Most of them, though, are ugly :p Those cross-hatches on the wall are unnecessary, I think. The rays was fun to make because I only needed to press my eraser against the paper, drag it quickly in a straight line, and I got a nice-looking ray of light :D Overall, this drawing was not bad, but I did not learn anything from it (other than the fact that drawing two people with physical interaction is much more difficult that drawing one person, but everyone knows this) either...

Dimension: A5 (14.8 x 21.0 cm) Paper: A5 memo pad paper Pencils: 2B mechanical and 2B, HB genuine Software: Photoshop (for cleaning up and brightness/contrast adjustments) Work duration: around 3 days Date finished: 17 February 2004