Whenever I have to draw my self portrait, it's as if my body knows and starts to wreak havoc.
My face breaks out, becoming red and blotchy. My hair is greasier while simultaneously dry and frizzy. My eyes seem even more slanted than usual. My eyebrows look more and more like Bert's from Sesame Street. My lips dry up like a prune. My ears sprout out like Dumbo's. My nose? Oh my nose....
Bottom line: I feel ugly.
I'm supposed to draw from observation, but the longer I stare at myself I can feel my face disfigure.
My options are that I could lie or draw exactly what I see. Romanticizing my face could end up me looking like Jessica Alba, and then it would just be a picture of Jessica Alba. Not me. i look nothing like Jessica Alba. Man, I wish I looked like Jessica Alba.
Now, if my draw from actuality, will people even recognize me? Or worse, what if the Admissions desk find me absolutely hideous?
I hate drawing my face. Also, the mirror is my arch nemesis.
My face breaks out, becoming red and blotchy. My hair is greasier while simultaneously dry and frizzy. My eyes seem even more slanted than usual. My eyebrows look more and more like Bert's from Sesame Street. My lips dry up like a prune. My ears sprout out like Dumbo's. My nose? Oh my nose....
Bottom line: I feel ugly.
I'm supposed to draw from observation, but the longer I stare at myself I can feel my face disfigure.
My options are that I could lie or draw exactly what I see. Romanticizing my face could end up me looking like Jessica Alba, and then it would just be a picture of Jessica Alba. Not me. i look nothing like Jessica Alba. Man, I wish I looked like Jessica Alba.
Now, if my draw from actuality, will people even recognize me? Or worse, what if the Admissions desk find me absolutely hideous?
I hate drawing my face. Also, the mirror is my arch nemesis.
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