It’s about time for another self-portrait! I liked the leaves I painted recently for my cosmic puzzle, and wanted to use them as guides for a face. I’ll take you through the process:
I started with green lines to get the shapes. Played with line width. I wasn’t sure what colors I wanted to use. I shift to blue about half way through. I was drawing outside and used the plants in my backyard as guides for the shapes, just drew them free hand on the screen. I kept the eyes in the original brown tones. I played with background color and contrast. Here’s a video with some chronology in it. I’m getting back into making process animations, so my system needs to develop again.
This is the version I landed on. 16 x 20 inches, “I’m Listening”
Some other views I like:
Considering all the thought I put into color, hue, and saturation, I made a GIF that presents some alternatives. All the lines stay the same:
Some of the lines might make for a cool coloring book page:
I used the image for last week’s Affect entry:
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