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'96 'Rei Ayanami in plugsuit' sketch
As the latest part of my effort to post a new (to you) piece every (week)day, here's a very old sketch of Evangelion's iconic Rei Ayanami, drawn circa '96 for inclusion in a long-ago dojiinshi "Sketchbook" of mine put together by very kind friend of mine. For a sketch from the Olden Days of Yore, it's not bad, really; most of my random drawings from that timeframe have held up rather less well, I have to admit.
Medium (I'm guessing, here): 2B lead, probably—as the original's much more lightly penciled than my modern-era sketches, which usually feature 3B or 4B—on linen-finish cardstock, definitely.
BTW, here's the front cover [link] and back cover [link] from the ol' dojinshi.