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Description
This took a loooong time to get from my mind onto paper.
Sketch after sketch after sketch got abandoned, re-worked, discarded, etc.
Reference after Reference got tested and found lacking.
I finally finished.

3H, 2B, 3B, 6B, and 9B pencils.
Watercolour pencils and wine.
Relatively cheap paper.
12 hours of work (on this specific piece alone).

Reference Used; [link]

To me, this has a lot of meaning.
It's the drawing peeling back, revealing skin beneath, representing showing reality which is otherwise hidden behind a facade of "what you should be".
It's that feeling of rage when you feel constricted by the expectations of friends, family, society, the world around you, making you just want to rip off the mask and scream "this is me! Fucking deal with it!"
It's that feeling of frustration, when your appearance doesn't match who you are. When the mirror feels like yet another liar.
All that dips into my life as a trans man, but I have a feeling, that in this day and age, we can all sometimes feel a little touch of this, if not more.

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Edit;
- The original piece is sold, so if you want to own this image, prints through dA is the only way left.
- HOLY SHIT! Over a thousand views in the first 11 hours since I uploaded it? Wow! (I wonder what kind of number there'll be there after I sleep!) I feel spoiled!
- OVER 300 FAVES?!?... You guys inspire me to draw more!

Description
This took a loooong time to get from my mind onto paper.
Sketch after sketch after sketch got abandoned, re-worked, discarded, etc.
Reference after Reference got tested and found lacking.
I finally finished.

3H, 2B, 3B, 6B, and 9B pencils.
Watercolour pencils and wine.
Relatively cheap paper.
12 hours of work (on this specific piece alone).

Reference Used; [link]

To me, this has a lot of meaning.
It's the drawing peeling back, revealing skin beneath, representing showing reality which is otherwise hidden behind a facade of "what you should be".
It's that feeling of rage when you feel constricted by the expectations of friends, family, society, the world around you, making you just want to rip off the mask and scream "this is me! Fucking deal with it!"
It's that feeling of frustration, when your appearance doesn't match who you are. When the mirror feels like yet another liar.
All that dips into my life as a trans man, but I have a feeling, that in this day and age, we can all sometimes feel a little touch of this, if not more.

____________

Edit;
- The original piece is sold, so if you want to own this image, prints through dA is the only way left.
- HOLY SHIT! Over a thousand views in the first 11 hours since I uploaded it? Wow! (I wonder what kind of number there'll be there after I sleep!) I feel spoiled!
- OVER 300 FAVES?!?... You guys inspire me to draw more!