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Warning: full view is pretty damn full alright.So! This should provide more than an ample fix of my face if there ever was need for any.
This is a project for Uni. Our task was to create a self portrait in film format, roughly 30 seconds long. My idea was to simply draw an actual self portrait for every year of my life and then cut that into a short film, leaving each image on the screen for about one and a half seconds.
About half way into this I realized that it's a totally ineffective use of the medium film and I should have probably gone with something I haven't done before, maybe using an actual camera even. Oh well too late for that. Live and learn (to think ahead).
Most of these are fucked up in one way or another but I wanted to get this done by today so I had to rush myself. These are all really a mix of traditional and digital media (Photoshop). I wanted to try out some different styles, some of which worked, some of which didn't (in my opinion). Obviously, photographic reference was used for each of these.
Later!
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Cool life, bro. Seems like you had a good thing going on at year 12.
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Quite compelling, it drew me right in. A really nice mix of techniques. Congrats!
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wow, love the different styles you've used.
thank you for inspiring me : D
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I think they all work, when you said some of them didn't I don't believe you! This is magnificent! I love how you use different media. Very nice!
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I'm glad you think so! Thanks for the comment!
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This is one of my favourite deviations ever 
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Wow, this makes me want to try some self-portraits from my childhood.
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A great idea. I like that you used a different style for each picture.
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Wow, each portrait is so unique from the others. Considering the number of portraits you did, that is truly amazing! I love how the piece as a whole shows exploration and experimentation. Great work on this!
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Thanks! I'm glad you liked the variety!
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Haha ich wusste so krass nichts mit dem ersten Teil anzufangen bis ich gecheckt hab dass du's bist.
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one word... awesome! XD especially the baby one...that one was...briljant lol.
good work!
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my favorite is the last one in the left list XD
your face is super funny
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That's an amazing concept...I love the idea of using different styles...I've been wanting to paint something like this as a gift to my parents or just to hang on my wall. Thanks for the inspiration..
Great work!!!
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I admire the range of styles and techniques you managed to get in all of these. Very impressive.
I love them all the same, but that one before the last has such an expression, it makes me giggle.
Nice work!
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Hey, this is truly amazing.
I have to get something nice for Mum, for her birthday soon, and I saw this and I thought "Why didn't I think of that?!"
So, I was just after some instructions on how the hell you did some of these. I have CS3 so I'm all set on the materials and such.
Just some guidance, yeah? Would you be able to?
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Well, the most important part is gathering reference. I enlisted my parents' help on this one, asking them for a photo of me of every year of my life.
Once you got those, you're all set. Start drawing.
If you were looking for technical advice, you're going to have to ask more specific question than that. :]
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You drew by hand first? Or on photoshop, with the pen tool using the scanned photos?
No?
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No I drew each one by hand first. Then I scanned them in and started coloring them in Photoshop. Except for the last one, that one is painted directly in PS. And I think it shows, too, it's one of the weaker ones in my opinion. I don't know why, but I totally never get the faces right if I start in PS from the get go. Oddly enough this is just for drawing from ref. I gotta start that on paper for some reason...
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that is such a great idea C:
lovely artwork..
stunning.
I love the new style you use for each picture
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VERY nice, man! Love that use of different styles!
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Age 1 is my favourite. Friggin' amazing. Good shit.
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2nd to last is my favorite, i really like it
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Damn sweet, sir. Makes me miss you actually.
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doing them in all different styles is really good... your art skillz are really, Really good
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oben links for the win. so ein geil zugequollenes grouchy face.
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WoW! I can actually say that in the last 5 years you did change quite a LOT!!
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Stunning. You seem to master so many different styles, bloody amazing! All of the portraits look so dang good. Wish i had the skill to make something similar for myself 
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This is amazing, its crazy how you can use so many different styles and pull them off very well!
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Wonderful idea, and so beautifully realized. This should totally be the new meme on deviantart! The rendering and variety of styles is great. Amazing work.
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This is really awesome. Love all the different styles u used.
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fantastic! I love that you used several different styles. Third picture up from the bottom on the right looks liek haley joel osmon.
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