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pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
edited December 2009 in The Art Wall
I would love it i've every one would post at least one self portrait of yourself, whether you are any good at art or not. It could be a scribble if scribbling is all you feel comfortable doing...just something a bout more and a bit more original than a smiley face :) <---example :D

I'll start, but please jion in. it's just a bit of fun...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff005.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff006.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff004.jpg
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  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    come on now, I see a couple of people have looked, why not join in? it's just a little fun.
  • quarterpastquarterpast Posts: 185
    i do photography more than drawing/painting and everything else. This one is obviously digital..
    me2.jpg
    now lets see some more from you talented artists!
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    but rock n roll will live forever! - ray davies
  • (UK)_foxymop(UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    Nice portraits pacifier .. I like the different ways you see yourself. I wonder what a psychologist would make of the third one with no nose .. That's my favourite :D

    Quarterpast .. very arty, that'd look good made into a painting don't you think? Have you tried getting the mirror image and putting the two halves together .. then try it with the other side of your face. It's great fun :D

    I've never done a self portrait, not even a quick sketch. It's like listening to myself sing, just can't do it .. I've painted a few portraits of other people though, but I don't really enjoy doing them :)
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  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    (UK)_foxymop wrote:
    Nice portraits pacifier .. I like the different ways you see yourself. I wonder what a psychologist would make of the third one with no nose .. That's my favourite :D

    thanks, I don't know that any actually look like me, I'm not very good at drawing people exactly as they look. The first scribbley pen sketch was from looking in the mirror, the second was from a photo and the third was from my head obviously :) and obviously it looks least like me, but it seemed to sum up how I was feeling, so I'm glad you like it. Actually that style was inspired by Joy Hester.

    Oh, just to let people know, there were a group of artist known as the angry penguins in the '20s. They were all pretty good, but my favourite was Albert Tucker, followed by his former wife Joy Hester. Alsothere's a guy called Arthor Boyd, but I actually prefer his brother's work (David Boyd). Incase anyone wants to have a look see.

    (UK)_foxymop wrote:
    I've never done a self portrait, not even a quick sketch. It's like listening to myself sing, just can't do it .. I've painted a few portraits of other people though, but I don't really enjoy doing them :)

    you don't even feel like having a little try? Hey? just a little one. consider it like kareoke night, we're all getting up on stage and having a go, just for the fun of it. Have a few drinks if you need to work up the "courage", although it's normally obvious when people have had a few drinks on kareoke night :) By the way, I've never done Kareoke, but that's not the point :)
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Thanks for sharing quaterpast. At least some one is having a go :) I really like yours by the way. Photograghy is not my thing, I don't understand how to make a perfect replica of what I see infront of me into art. But obviously you do. Maybe I'm just not very creative.
  • burtschipsburtschips Posts: 734
    good thread pacifier, I like your first sp, the blue ink one the best, but I like the other two differently as well. quaterpast, although digital art is not really my thing, I do find your sp interesting in its composition and the abstraction. These are from when I was younger but I still look the same just older, that's all.... i put some colour on the second one just cos I could.... maybe I could get into digital art.....

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self1.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self2.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self3.jpg
    Salut baloo
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    burtschips wrote:
    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self1.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self2.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self3.jpg

    Dude those are absolutely amazing! Are you doing something with that talent - comic books, illustration - or is it just a hobby? Anyway, you should.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    burtschips wrote:
    good thread pacifier, I like your first sp, the blue ink one the best, but I like the other two differently as well. quaterpast, although digital art is not really my thing, I do find your sp interesting in its composition and the abstraction. These are from when I was younger but I still look the same just older, that's all.... i put some colour on the second one just cos I could.... maybe I could get into digital art.....

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self1.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self2.jpg

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/Burtschips/Self3.jpg

    Thanks for the comments and thanks for contributuing, burtschips. I think I like your third one the best, but they are all pretty cool. You really remind me of someone, I can't think who, then again everyone seems to remind me of somebody else (my friends tease me about it all the time :))
  • rapscallionyouthrapscallionyouth Posts: 28
    all originally photos then edited in Photoshop...hope you find them interesting!

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait2.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait3.jpg
    I make the shapes come much too close
    I pull my eyes out
    Hold my breath
    And wait until I shake...
  • burtschipsburtschips Posts: 734
    rapscallionyouth, No 2 is disturbing (I assume this was intended). No 1 is interesting certainly, No 3 i feel works well as I find the photoshop treatment enhances the mood and the expression. Thanks.

    Thanks pearlwax, I draw as art seldomly at this time, usually it is in connection with poetry/ written posts by others or sometimes sketches of places for memory. I used to draw a lot but then I got distracted, I think I'll get back into it as I get older.

    Let me know if you think of my double, pacifier... I have some other portraits just difficult to get to a scanner. I hope your thread entices more to give us an impression.
    Salut baloo
  • rapscallionyouthrapscallionyouth Posts: 28
    burtschips wrote:
    rapscallionyouth, No 2 is disturbing (I assume this was intended). No 1 is interesting certainly, No 3 i feel works well as I find the photoshop treatment enhances the mood and the expression. Thanks.

    Thanks, Burts.
    Your work and your words inspire me...i particularly like your first and second...

    Pearl Wax...I love your second portrait...

    I hope more people show us their own portraits...i love them...
    I make the shapes come much too close
    I pull my eyes out
    Hold my breath
    And wait until I shake...
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    rapscallionyouth wrote:
    all originally photos then edited in Photoshop...hope you find them interesting!

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait2.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/incarn8/portrait3.jpg

    Thanks for joining in. Now we're starting to get a bit of momentum on this thread. Can't wait to see more people have a go.

    I think I like your 3rd on the best. It looks more simple than the other two, but really quite effective I think. I really like it.
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Well... this is a sketch i did of myself back when I was about 16.

    Add 12 years, (more than) 12 pounds, and glasses.... and you've got me now! ;)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/Art/?action=view&current=scan.jpg
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • deathmonkeydeathmonkey Posts: 2
    hey kids!
    these portraits are awesome!
    only complaint is that theres not enough people participating!
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    And I've been doing just fine
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    Because I want it all
  • newagehippienewagehippie Posts: 749
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    Well... this is a sketch i did of myself back when I was about 16.

    Add 12 years, (more than) 12 pounds, and glasses.... and you've got me now! ;)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/Art/?action=view&current=scan.jpg

    That looks just like you.....minus the glasses of course:D
    Cheers,
    NEWAGEHIPPIE

    Keep your eyes open, eventually something will happen....
  • rapscallionyouthrapscallionyouth Posts: 28
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    Well... this is a sketch i did of myself back when I was about 16.

    Add 12 years, (more than) 12 pounds, and glasses.... and you've got me now! ;)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/Art/?action=view&current=scan.jpg


    i like it civ...a very happy portrait...
    you should create another one soon ;)
    I make the shapes come much too close
    I pull my eyes out
    Hold my breath
    And wait until I shake...
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    Well... this is a sketch i did of myself back when I was about 16.

    Add 12 years, (more than) 12 pounds, and glasses.... and you've got me now! ;)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/Art/?action=view&current=scan.jpg

    thanks for joining in. I must admit mine are a little out of date too, by about 2-5 years, but 12 years!! a lot can change in that time. I would love to see an updated version :)

    By the way, I like what you have for your location :)
  • PorchPorch Posts: 539
    wow...all of your portraits are really amazing! I really enjoyed looking at them!

    here is one I did back in 2003, it is acrylics on canvas, the pic of it isn't so great, my digital camera isn't working so i took a pic of it with my web cam...

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v699/pearlmoonmama/?action=view&current=porch1.jpg

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v699/pearlmoonmama/?action=view&current=porch2.jpg
    sometimes you're the boxer...sometimes you're the bag...
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    pacifier wrote:
    thanks for joining in. I must admit mine are a little out of date too, by about 2-5 years, but 12 years!! a lot can change in that time. I would love to see an updated version :)

    By the way, I like what you have for your location :)

    lol! i can't remember exactly when the photo that i sketched it from was taken... i might have been 18... but i know for sure I was in high school.... it was drawn at that time too, and has been lingering in my sketchbook for the last decade!

    i was actually trying to do a portrait of me and my sister together (that's why i'm leaning in to the right) ....
    I turned out ok, but my sketch of her was terrible! so i cut her out. ;)



    I will go with Hippie's confirmation that this still looks like me... (thanks hon - you're very sweet!)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • Sharon_Hearts_PJSharon_Hearts_PJ Posts: 1,383
    This one was done last year. It's pastel.
    I'm content with it, but my one critique is my oversized eyes. I was wearing glasses while drawing, but didn't include them in the actual drawing, so they are out of proportion. Other than that, and my elongated features, it's a fair representation ;)
    Who here isn't their own worst critic?
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  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    nice thread everyone. some great posts and portraits. i'm a fan in particular of burtschips' portraits. i think someone else asked you if you do comic book illustrations as well. hopefully you don't mind me saying so, but your drawings remind me of very well illustrated comics. really great detail! nice work!
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,367
    13PJ13 wrote:
    This one was done last year. It's pastel.
    I'm content with it, but my one critique is my oversized eyes. I was wearing glasses while drawing, but didn't include them in the actual drawing, so they are out of proportion. Other than that, and my elongated features, it's a fair representation ;)
    Who here isn't their own worst critic?
    PC060051.jpg
    i like your green eyes, quite intriguing!
  • movingfingermovingfinger Posts: 117
    http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/movingfinger/selfportrait.jpg

    just something i whipped up in photoshop, tried to make it look like a painting.
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    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
    Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
    Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
    Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it

    -- Omar Khayyam
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    sorry.....gone.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • pearlmuttpearlmutt Posts: 392
    friday afternoon smile, for all you talented people. these are great and beautiful

    (the smiley is my self-portrait contribution)
  • V VV V Posts: 5,191
    wow nice thread and some really great stuff, well done to all of you fabbieee

    me ? oh ummmm some where kicking around is a pencil quick from bout 10 yrs ago , i'll find it for u
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  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Porch wrote:
    wow...all of your portraits are really amazing! I really enjoyed looking at them!

    here is one I did back in 2003, it is acrylics on canvas, the pic of it isn't so great, my digital camera isn't working so i took a pic of it with my web cam...

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v699/pearlmoonmama/?action=view&current=porch1.jpg

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v699/pearlmoonmama/?action=view&current=porch2.jpg

    From the photo it looks like a good likeness. Thanks for sharing. I like it.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    13PJ13 wrote:
    This one was done last year. It's pastel.
    I'm content with it, but my one critique is my oversized eyes. I was wearing glasses while drawing, but didn't include them in the actual drawing, so they are out of proportion. Other than that, and my elongated features, it's a fair representation ;)
    Who here isn't their own worst critic?
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Shaaaaron/PC060051.jpg
    That's funny :) but I like this. I think the big eyes add to the picture.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    movingfinger wrote:
    http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/movingfinger/selfportrait.jpg

    just something i whipped up in photoshop, tried to make it look like a painting.

    I can see the painting idea. It's very colourful. You should have a go at making a real painting of it :) Thanks for sharing.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    decides2dream wrote:
    well i no longer have a scanner, so i can't post any of my old drawings...besides the fact, i haven't *drawn* a self-portrait since high school. :eek: haha. anyway, my personal focus is photography in any case and although i really don't *do* too many self-portraits, i'd never post something recent in any case. :p that said, i am more than willing to share a really old one, one that i did when i first started grad school. i actually quite liked it, as did my prof...and given it's age, it doesn't even really look like me anymore so i don't mind putting it out there. :D

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/Sticky%20pics/portfolio/selfportrait95.jpg

    btw - i am a non-smoker almost two years now. :o

    That's an interesting photo. Thanks for sharing.

    PS Congratulations on the non-smoking.
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