[WIP] Self Portrait

[Bad Waffle]

So i have a school project coming up. Self portrait, has to have some meaningful shit in it, so i thought, hay, i can do dis shiet easy.

I started off by making a picture in photoshop as a compilation of photos, heres what i got.



So, yea, i look like a stripper, but when i add the full arm tattoo it will be less obvious.



I took a posterboard then and sketched out the image onto it, and then with acrylics inked out the main colors. I re-sketched the image on top of it to check my boundaries, and it appears i have to re-mask some areas around the hand and face. Next im going to bring out charcoal black and white to get general shadows and highlights, and then im going to finish it off with colored pencils. same technique i used to make this, for example:

[NuggetWarmer]

Looks good so far.

[Zeph]

/me hates traditional media

Never knew colored pencils worked well on acrylic.

[Bad Waffle]

Pencils work better on acrylic than paper, in my opinion. I just like the grip that pencils get on it.

[Zeph]

What brand of acrylics do you use? I guess that could have something to do with it.

[DaneO'Roo]

/me hates traditional media

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[Bad Waffle]

woo dane hf o/

[DaneO'Roo]

\o awesome work Wolly.

[Bad Waffle]

oh shit, i just realized that the picture of my guitar is reversed in the reference, im so glad i didnt paint that yet

[Rob Oplawar]

Damn, I wish I had some artistic talent.
Full arm tattoo? ,':O So am I to assume you've been given artistic license? If that's the case, you should definitely give yourself a mohawk.

...Actually, I was kidding at first, but come to think of it... and it would go well with the tattoo...