This is a brief post about how I came up with my self-portrait. I have not had a hair cut since December last year. Some months ago, there was one night that I was checking the length of my hair, trying to sport the bun look and documenting the progress using my phone's camera. The thought crossed my mind that since I was getting more serious about my art, maybe I can introduce more of my creative side by means of a self-portrait.
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| My face, getting a geometric treatment. |
So with the profile shot as my reference, I started my sketch from the eyebrow, spreading to the left cheek and then down to the upper lip. Then I put angular boundaries around the black and white drawing. This is where I began forming adjacent triangles using various colors from the Faber-Castell set. It is apparent that geometry serves as one of my major sources of inspiration. Also, the double exposure photography technique has also influenced me in illustrating this.
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| Colorful triangles make up the rest of the head. |
Near the edges of the portrait, I treated the outer colors to be like blown into the wind. I made them as triangles first and then used the watercolor feature of the pencils by brushing away from the inside. I flipped the reference photo (originally facing left) below to create and fit in a side by side comparison.
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| Pilot, watercolor pencils, 8.5 x 11 Bristol board. |
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