This was something I always thought would be fun to try. After watching the HBO series The Borgias, I got more motivated. It is modeled after Da Vinci's painting "Lady with an Ermine." Graphite 8"x10". (A couple of years magically disappeared in this portrait).
The theme for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest is "Letters, Signs & Symbols." I wasn't feeling too inventive with this category, so I thought I'd do something for my Wiccan friends. This drawing is posted on eBay here. Graphite 5"x7".
In Victorian London, "Unfortunates" was a euphemism for prostitutes. While this drawing does represent the five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper, there was no attempt to do actual likenesses. Graphite, 11"x14".
Inspector Abberline did not look like Johnny Depp, he was not an alcoholic or an opium addict. By all accounts he was pretty much a straight arrow kind of guy.
Graphite on Stonehenge drawing paper (which is really good for this kind of work). 8"x10".