naarmamo, day 11

[capri0mni]

This one's for you, uncacreamy, because a while back, you said I should have a default icon of myself. :-) The rough draft is on the right, and the finished version is on the left (thanks to fellow naarnite kerravonsen for your concrit).

I also flipped the two eyes, so they'd be as they appaar to others, rather than a mirror image; I read, somewhere, once, that that's why so few of us like the way we look in photos, because we're so used to seeing ourselves as our mirror images that a photo, no matter how good, looks weird to us.

I actually tried to draw a fresh self portrait of both my eyes at once, but I was getting artist's freeze. I think it might be easier if I were working from a photo. But I don't have anyone to take my picture. :::Sigh:::

Comments

[uncacreamy.livejournal.com]

You're cheating.;P It's of yourself, but not!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I'm not cheating, neither! ;-P It's even more of myself, because it's how I see myself -- honestly (I was even honest about the dark circles under my eyes, and the deep shadows around them), and yet still includes a hint of my spirit/personality -- like my handwriting.

Besides, it's how I look as of two weeks ago. And the most recent photo of myself is about 8 years old, and my eyes are closed, because of the blinking at the flashbulb. I don't even own a camera, anymore. So this is the closest you're going to get for a picture of me for the forseeable future.

Here's looking at you! ;-)