illustrations with collage.

i am happy with the way my collage has turned out, i think it adds depth to the illustrations and adds a realism to the material of the clothes.
problems i have encountered:-
when using the scalpel on fine paper material, there was a tendency to tear, it also left the edgy rough which made it look un-neat.
some paper material i used has a slight gloss to it (magazine pages) this meant any pencil etc i used on top to add tone did not show up very well.
it was hard to cut a accurate silhouette of the clothes garment to fit into the pencil shape i had already draw.