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Contour outline drawing

This is my first ever time doing an image analysis and drawing the different shadows and highlights I observe on my face. The process is very fun and I get to find out more of my facial features that I do not know of previously. 

Contour outline blueprint

We used carbon paper to trace our face out on a piece of drawing block. This part was took a lot of patience and a steady hand. As we had do many tracings on our original contour outline, the lines have became thicker and more uneven. I had to make sure the different lines of contour I did was not over-lapping. Despite all that, I am quite satisfied with my end result.

Cutting out facial features on the cardboard

This part includes tracing out my features painstakingly one by one from a carbon paper onto the cardboard. After this step, I have to cut them out one by one. One difficulty is that some facial features like my pupils and eye sockets were really tiny, hence making the cutting process more tedious and challenging. Despite that, I managed to cut them out without major defects.

Adding contour to my face pt.1

In this lesson, I started cutting and pasting my features onto my face. This was a slower process than I thought as I had to cut them out one by one in order to minimise my mistakes and be clearer on which feature belongs to which area. I also started using a white cardboard to start pasting the highlights on my face. This process allows me to better understand the contour of my face.

Adding contour to my face pt.2

I further continued on pasting the features and contours onto my face. In this step, I can start to see my actual face coming into life, which is very astonishing. This picture really captures my efforts. 

Cutting my hair base

With the aid of my contours drawing and carbon paper, I managed to cut out my hair base. This step required precision and patience as in my example above, the base was really thin and any mishap might cause me all the effort I placed into the base.

Adding colour and texture to my hair

In this lesson, I had to cut out a frame and some textures for my hair on a black coloured paper. Using a pencil, I curled little strips and scraps of black paper into those little baby hairs resembling mine. I had to use the camera feature on my phone to clearly see the hair details. It was actually a really fun process, despite it being a pain to glue to little strips of hair onto my hair piece.

Adding the glasses

With Miss Ng's help on cutting out the glasses, and by me adding protrusions at the bottom of my glasses to create a popping effect, I managed to stick it on. Right now, the work is 3/4 done and I am very proud of how much my efforts paid off.

Creating the first layer of clothes

Using the colourful cardboard I have, I managed to make a simple t-shirt. However, I was not satisfied by the results as it was too simple for my taste.

Adding the 2nd layer of clothing

To finish off my clothing piece, I added a 2nd layer, inspired by a very trendy and popular fashion statement in Korea called a bolero. I even added a mini pocket to accentuate the whole clothing piece. 

The end product

After adding the Velcro to attach my head and hair pieces on, the final product was completed! This whole process took many weeks to complete and despite it being a painstaking challenge, the results of my efforts were rewarding.