Transparent Butterfly

I have always wanted to do a butterfly piece. I thought I should take advantage of this idea. I wanted to experiment with a different type of shading. I shaded squares with different values depending roughly on the value that would be guessed by the position on the butterfly by a light source. After done with this square shading I simply shaded normal but letting the squares show through. Also where normally "spots" would appear on the butterfly I simply left them transparent. This allows you to see thought to the hand. I liked this idea because while not immediately apparent it adds much depth to the work. Overall very pleased. Enjoy!

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