Okay, here it is... before coloring...

I'm uploading it for a record to compare later with the color version.

Done in Ball Point pen, took almost 6 hours to acomplish (one of the hardest drawings I ever done)

And note to everyone, when drawing something from memory (like a parade for instance) DO NOT.... I repeat DO NOT draw from memory. I was going to draw the parade from memory, boy was I ever wrong. Always have a reference, always. Cause I compared the memory version of the puppets to the actual puppets..... different costumes..... different puppets! LOL

Why Ball Point pen. It's cleaner. Graphite seems to smear everywhere I draw, and I'm one of those artists that do not hover over their sketches... my hands are all over my drawings, and it's hard to clean up afterwords, plus you have to ink afterwords. I figured that this is the best of both worlds. Of course it's hard to draw in ball point pen at first, but after you practice, it's a great too, and get this IT'S CHEAP!!!

This is the second stage to my tribute piece for the Tapestry of Dreams Parade,

Enjoy

~Jen