I based this on a picture from the National Diet Library (of Japan). That image was very old, and is undoubtedly in the public domain. I did this one in color. If you are wondering the Japanese title stamp next to her says something similar to "100 beautiful women" (this was part of a series). colour cartoon woman Woman in a Kimono cleans her feet
Final Stage: Shading added to sides of face and chin. This was done by taking a copy of the face shape and using "strokes to path" option. This creates a "tram line" inner shape that follows the original shape. The nodes on the "tram line" can be moved to create the shade which can be then overlay the original face shape. Remember to use the filling tool to make the black transparent so that the face colour underneath shows through, but darker. baby boy sitting BabyBoy
Accessories: With a few accessories (ear rings and bow) and a change of colours, BabyBoy can be turned into BabyGirl. baby girl sitting BabyGirl