Me, Age 19
This is a self-portrait. I decided to do an annual portrait of myself (starting at age 18), to see both my change in appearance and progress in skill. This is me at age 19. Click here to see last year's drawing: Me, Age 18
Technical Stuff:
It's approximately 6 x 7 in.
It took about 8 1/2 hours.
Tools:
9H, 8H, HB, 3B pencils
mechanical 0.7mm HB pencil
stick, kneaded, and electrical erasers
tissues, q-tips, and tortillions for blending
on illustration board
Here is the reference photo that I took myself: Link
Artist Comments:
I think I did pretty well on this. The hair is pretty much awful, but that's mostly just for a lack of trying and caring. The eyes were from a different reference photo since the light shone on my glasses in the main photo. I used a grid to get the proportions right and I think it worked out well. This portrait is very different from last year's, but I prefer this one, probably because I'm smiling like a goofus. =P
Click here to see this deviation's page on deviantArt: Me, Age 19.
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