It's a little sad that I couldn't show them to anyone in RL so I thought I'd show them to you guys instead, lol.
This is how my artworks look like prior to colour adjustments. Which is basically charcoally? xD
I think my grasp of shading, hair and background is getting better (especially if I compare them with
art I did in 2011) so I'm really happy with how this new batch of artworks turned out. :D