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This is the picture of me taken by my friend during the first art lesson. I know I look very weird and disproportional. It took quite some time to find a spot to take a picture because of shadows and not enough light and what not... In the end I settled on a wall where I felt that there was enough natural light shining on my face. I guess this picture is fine enough. My hair doesn't look like that anymore though. :P
This is a black and white picture of me which has all my facial features and what not outlined. Actually it wasn't really particularly easy because it required quite a lot of concentration otherwise I wouldn't have produced a proper sketch. I was rather lost as to how to draw those shadows (eg shapes on my chin and nose) so Ms Ng helped me with it...
Me = egg
This is after the contour drawing and what not, I think? This involved all the layering and what not. I was rather confused about where I should use the light coloured paper vs the cardboard, and I think Ms Ng helped me to decide :P
On another note, it wasn't easy to sketch through the carbon paper because I think the wind affected my sketching so the glasses is in a rather unpresentable position, unfortunately 😡
Cardboard draft with hair backing + glasses
Nearly completed!
final product yay
With glasses! And perhaps it looks like me, but it looks like an uncle somehow?
So this is basically with the glasses and the hair backing, Ms Ng helped me to make the glasses and because of my previous mistake when sketching through the carbon paper unfortunately the glasses isn't properly aligned ...!
I think the hair was basic but it took a lot of time, because I had to cut the cardboard strands one by one and paste. It looks nice nonetheless!
And I brought a starbucks bag and a victoria secret bag and decided to use the latter, because I thought it looked better? After pasting it I took some time to decide how to do the collar because I was a bit confused...
(I think I'm the secret :P)
I think it is good. Very good. If I say this, you might think I am a very positive person, or I might be gaslighting everyone and myself.
I think this sums up a few week of my effort and hardwork, or a lack thereof, and it could be even better but I think it is presentable, at best. I would be delighted to do this all over again, actually. The process was rewarding and fun, even if not particularly easy !
Praise
I think I was really diligent, and I paid good attention to rather small details, for example, I chose to stick the hair strand by strand instead of just shaping the cardboard strands into my hair because I thought that it would look better. On the other hand, I was also resourceful as I tried to learn and adapt ideas from others for my own work.
Polish
I think I could have concentrated better during the process. I think I gave up a bit too easily sometimes, as I just stopped occasionally when I was tired. I dragged the process a little bit too, because I had a mindset that "I can just do this thing next week instead". Perhaps I should not have had such a mindset. In conclusion, I could have done my work more efficiently.
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