This post is to show you the process often gone through when creating a intaglio plate from a sketch. First, you make your drawing:

Then you draw the main lines of the sketch into the plate, not worrying about any of the shading. This is the first stage of the print inked and printed:

Once you have the main lines of the main lines how you want them, you can then go into the shading part. This particular print is a drypoint which means I did not etch the image into the print using acid, I simply scratched the image into the plate by hand using a scribe and a roulette tool. This is the second and final stage of the print inked and printed:
And this is the finished product! I call it "Ivy".