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Inspiration #1: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/selfportrait/EQFqA8aOAqbSNA
Inspiration #2: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/self-portrait/iAHp1_4oiuRHUA
Inspiration #3: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/self-portrait/3gHpTvmCqrcIlg

I chose all 3 of these pieces because I knew I wanted to do my self-portrait in pencil. I chose pencil because it's the medium I'm most familiar with and have immediate access to. Overall, the only challenge I faced was spacing. I had to keep resizing various lines until it all worked cohesively. The other main challenge for me was the fact that I'm wearing a shirt with faces on it in the reference picture. I didn't realize the amount of detail the faces had in the image. I simplified the faces so the details were implied rather than actually present. This image represents me because it displays the one thing I care about most in life: Music (specifically hip hop). The shirt says "All My Favorite Rappers Are Dead", and it has portraits of three of my favorite rappers - 2Pac, the Notorious BIG, and Eazy-E. There are no distractions in the background or even any extra details in the image, and that is for a reason. Music is the thing that defines me, so I decided to keep the focus on that. For the elements and principles, I mainly utilized value which is present in the color scheme. I enjoy drawing and I haven't drawn anything in a while so this was a very fun project for me. It got me inspired to draw again so I plan on creating something in the near future. I consider my drawing to be realist with a small dose of abstract. I don't usually shade much unless the image really calls for it, and due to the large amount of black in the picture I felt that it would take away from the final product if I colored everything in. I believe that the final product was a success and came out better than I expected.

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