Summative GA1A01 - Self-Portrait

I chose this picture for my portfolio as it is the best self-portrait I've ever done, It's the best portrait of any kind that I've done for that matter.

Overall I'm really happy with how the portrait turned out, the shading and eyes are the features I'm most satisfied with as the eyes are almost lifelike.

Some critique for this is that the eye on the right has a larger "ring" around it, the neck is too long, the face is too "squished", it should be thinner and longer.

What I tried to achieve with this picture is to practice and get better at drawing faces and humans. I have difficulties drawing humans and living things in general but I feel like I've atleast partially overcome that with this portrait. I wouldn't say that it looks realistic, because it doesn't, but what it does look like is believable and that's great.

Summative GA1A01 - Quick Portrait

This is a portrait of our life drawing lecturer Reg.
I chose this as one of the pictures for the portfolio as I feel like it's a great picture for being made by me in around 5-10 minutes (I don't know exactly) during one of our lectures.

The proportions are a bit off and the rendering is made really quickly. The mouth is angled wrong and the hair isn't even drawn.

The thing I tried to accomplish with this is to get faster at drawing, having a short timeframe to draw the picture is a real challenge. I feel like I need to try to get faster with getting the features right and this picture is a big step forward.