Self Portrait - Adjustments

Quick post - did some much needed fixes to my self portrait from the previous post, namely fixing the mouth, darkening the facial shadows, and lowering the jawline. It looks waaaay better now. I don't look like I'm giving anybody the :/ face anymore!

Self Portrait

About time I did a new self portrait. I had been sorting through and deleting a lot of brushes in Photoshop that I don't need and I came across one that gives a great oil-painted feel. Definitely want to experiment with it more in the future. Plus I've been looking at Kent William's work a lot lately so that was some direct inspiration. All these combined into an in-the-moment need to paint this! I used a reference, but it was taken long before this was painted and not designed with lighting in mind so unfortunately it's not the most flattering lighting. It was mostly for me to experiment with this brush and style of painting, and I'm pretty happy with it!

Last semester's work

Finally getting around to uploading my finished work from last semester, which was in my senior illustration show. To start with, since I had posted some progress pics of this painting in a earlier post:

The Shirley Temple Dudes

The Event (opening chapter of Island in the Sea of Time)

Departure

Portrait of Lizz

I have one more on the way, the photo I took of it cam out bad so I have to re-photograph it.