My first portrait

This was something I gifted to my best friend on his birthday and it practically started off as a joke where in he asked me to make his portrait when I was taking suggestions for a new art work. And I thought why not gift him the same on his birthday. TBH it was a tough thing to do for he always guides me whenever I'm stuck and not taking any advice from him was a daunting task. It was my first portrait and took me a month to complete it, taking out 30 mins each day. Nevertheless, I guess he liked it