Photos curtesy of Melissa and Ness!

The AI/AP party was amazing! It was really great to finally meet the faces behind all the artwork I admire and love. Shout out to the NY illustrators I bumped into and fellow travelers such as ourselves. Can’t wait to visit again next year!

Photo shot by Nancy!

Self portraits are one of those things a lot of artists loathe and love. As much as its convenient to have a life model whenever we want, it gets really tiring to draw the same face, body type and features all day.

I was looking through a crap ton (bulging binders, half a dozen completed sketchbooks, loose papers, an actual crap ton) of my old drawings, and noticed how I managed to squeeze out a few self portraits every few years or so. It’s really funny to see how your face has changed just as your drawing ability and style does too!

This is the earliest self portrait I have. I was really into cartoons and Japanese animation, so my eyes, naturally, were massive.

2004

Doll-eyed still, but atleast proportions were getting better!

2004

Although drawn in the same year as the previous one, I somehow managed to age myself a decade.

2005

2009

There was a long lull between this portrait and the last (maybe I misplaced it, or maybe I was sick of drawing my face). Either way, this was done my first year of art school. We had to do many self portraits .. oh yes. My tonal study got loads better but I look like a horse.

2010

The most recently portrait and I’m due for a new one this summer. My likeliness is finally getting better although that may be because I’m making a face.

I’ll be compiling a bunch of these old drawings into a progress book to share with you all. Will be worth a few giggles and wise words I think. Mainly giggles.

Here’s my contribution! The original fresh-faced-messy-hair-just-how-we-do-it reference to the Yoko’s Toys piece.

Why surf for stock images when we got the best models – ourselves! Until a beefy, hunky, man is to needed, in which I’d like to call for a volunteer.