I chose to do an expressive portrait for this project. When I was thinking about ideas I thought what would make an expressive face and I starting thinking about my greatest fear which is being strangled. Every person is different with different likes, dislikes and fears. My portrait shows who I am underneath and what my greatest fear is.
When I was taking reference pictures I tried having my brother strangle me but my facial expressions didn't match what I felt inside. I ended up using three different pictures and using different facial features from each. One picture I used my eyes and another I used my mouth and the last I used my brothers hand that was strangling me.
It took me a while to get my eyes and facial features drawn correctly and proportionally. My mouth could have been drawn a bit bigger but other than that I think I did a good job and showing the scared and trapped facial expression that I feel if being strangled. The portrait also looks a lot like myself so I am happy that I was able to draw me and not some random individual. I used several pencils and a blending stump to draw this.
I chose to do an expressive portrait because I have always liked realistic drawings instead of things that look made up. I think the best part of this portrait is my eyes. I took a lot of time putting in value and making them look like my own. I also think the hand is very well drawn and looks like what I wanted it to.
This is a very original piece and I am very happy by how it turned out.
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