I spent this past weekend working on my entry for the Expression 2 Challenge, which I will be posting here in a couple of weeks. I am so excited about that project because it pushed me to do something I have been wanting to do --give faces more dimension-- and opened the door to something I had no idea that I could do --make faces that look like a unique person.
So, today I am sort of skipping a step that lead me here so that I can keep my entry to myself for a bit longer, and jump to making portraits. This is a leap of faith because I only just started this and I have so much to learn, but I think figuring this out will make my die cut vignettes more real and more interesting.
To add to the difficulty, although that wasn't the point, I started with a picture I took of myself. It helps that I don't really know most of the people who read this blog in my day-to-day life because I took a picture in our messy office, without makeup or my hair styled! Lots of forehead showing too!
This is the process I took to figure out my face. As you may know, we don't really know what we look like. At least I don't. We don't see ourselves nearly as much as we see our co-workers, spouse, child, and neighbors. I know generally what I look like, and I certainly recognize myself in a reflection, but to duplicate my features, I had to take a picture. What I did not want was a paper replica of a portrait; no, I wanted a unique piece of work that looked like me.
I played around with background colors to see what I liked best. I have all that fun Circle paper to play with so that's what I grabbed for fun. |
I am excited to try more of these and already see changes that need to be made here to improve. I just wanted to share what I learned. Thank you for visiting my blog today!
12 comments:
That is amazing,(don't I always say that about your work?). It really does look like your picture!
When my husband came in and saw this he was horrified that I used that picture of myself. Funny thing is, it didn't bother me but now you know why I am glad that people in my regular world don't read my blog! Lesson learned: next time do the hair and makeup and work on the lighting. :)
Wow! You certainly thought outside the box on this one. I love it!!! You did a fantastic job! TFS
Very cool:)
Very interesting!
Nadia, Nadia, Nadia... how do you do it?? Your creativity and thought processes astound me! I just don't know how you come up with these ideas. This picture looks amazing! :)
Lori
You did a great job with this - both look like your picture. It's a very interesting question you raise, and it seems to take less to make a face than I thought it would. I'll be thinking about this for awhile. Thanks!
WOW! The process is just amazing.... It really looks like you! You are braver than me... cause I can't draw! let alone make my face! I Love all the details you laid out... it looks great! TFS! and good luck with this challenge! :o)
Theresa
I'm so in awe of your talent! The amount of detail in your projects is amazing. I'm now a follower and can't wait to see what you come up with next!
That is really neat. Not something I would've ever thought of that's for sure. TFS. I love to see ideas that come to a person's mind.
How did you do the eyes? Just by drawing and coloring by hand?
Looks amazing!
Deb
Hi DebC! Yes, the eyes were just drawn by hand and colored in colored pencils.
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