This turned out a lot different than I'd planned. ^_^; I was going to make her have this fur collar, as if eluding she was wearing a fur coat, but this looks so much better compositionally.

I'm happy I achieved what I wanted initially: the woman's face looking like it's emerging from shadows or melting into them.

I like this character. Maybe I'll draw a full version of her someday. I imagine her in fur coats with long, elegant cigarette thingies, constantly looking down at the world from the tip of her nose.

Original sketch: mechanical pencil
Inked and colored in Photoshop CS.