I'm not particularly photogenic. It's so bad, in fact, that my recent driver's license photo is my best image from the last three years. I didn't want to waste time taking pictures of myself just for the blog.
But... it seemed a little empty the profile and I wanted to do something about it. It's been almost a dozen years since I did artwork seriously, but the past couple weeks, I decided I wanted to try it out again. I'm definitely more interested in cartooning and I figured, why not do a self-portrait?
The face you see is not accurate but it's close enough. I didn't try to add the glasses; maybe in the future when I'm more confident, I'll take another whack at my face and see if it can't be more accurate.
As perfect as it's not, I kind of like this picture. My real hair is shorter but it's just as much of a mess, especially when I first get out of bed. The jawline, neck and eyebrows are incredibly accurate all considered.
What I thought funny about drawing myself was that until I added the goatee, the face looked like it was in its fifties. This is ironic because the whole reason I started growing the beard is because I look too young without it. Seriously, when I was a senior in high school I had people come up to me and ask if I was a freshman. Having a beard is the check against the baby-face. I'm much like my cousin in that regard.
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