Start out by picking your pencils. I really wanted to give this drawing a dark and murky look so in addition to using an H pencil for sketching/lines, and a B pencil for dark outlines, I used an 8B pencil for shading. This pencil it the main reason for all of the unique, dark texture of the drawing. You can find out more about all of my drawing materials by going to my website, finalprodigy.com and clicking on "art supplies."