This is yesterday's effort that I've done some major tweaking to this morning.
It is a self-portrait based on a selfie. There is a good resemblance though some issues. The eye on the left side of the page is good while the shape of the one on the right needs revision (based on where the high point is supposed to be). The mouth needs more work, even after changing it numerous times.
That said, sometimes you just have to call a project done and move on. Maybe I'll do another version some day.
For fun, I've drawn one of my own photos (yes, I was dressed in a clown outfit) and added a wild and crazy background to accompany it for today's practice effort. As part of sketching the piece, it was split into four sections with two opposing diagonal lines. In terms of color choices, I've worked with color gradations for some shape sections. Can you believe, there are five major shapes in this effort? There really are -- circles, squares, trapezoids, triangles and spirals. I think the substrate is Biengfang Watercolor Paper (140 lb.). The materials used were Ohuhu markers, Micron 01 pigment ink pen, some red Stickles glitter glue for the nose, and a white Posca pen (for white dots on the face and to highlight eyes) and a yellow one (for yellow dots in the center of the flowers on the hat). There was no intention in working on this piece other than to have fun...and based on how it looks, I'd say well done!. One thing I learned is that blending with the Ohuhus i
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