white drawing paper, Prismacolor pencils, natural light through the window, Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens, tripod w/ remote switch, and my daughter's artistic opinion on how to crop.
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What really hurts this image are the shadows. If you don't have access to some kind of diffuser, a good cheap solution is to block the source of light by holding a chunk of cardboard or the like in front of the light, which makes the light very even, and increasing the exposure length.