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This is a self portrait of me as a child.

This weeks theme for illustration friday is 'Imperfect' and I actually thought of myself growing up. That's how I always felt. When I was about 5 years old I got glasses. Not little glasses either. Big big glasses. My mom still tells the story of how I refused kid glasses and opted for adult frames. And rose tint. I demanded they have rose tint just like my Nana had. I thought they were amazing.

It wasn't until I actually started school that year that it became clear that my 'amazing' rose tinted glasses were not everything I thought they were. Did I mention that my prescription for my left eye was twice as thick as my right side and made one eye look oversized. Yeah. This was before 'featherweights'.

They were huge. I also had a habit or wriggling them up with my nose instead of pushing them up (I still do this when I am wearing glasses). There are tons of pictures of me as a kid making ridiculous nose wriggling faces as I scrunch my glasses up my nose.

It wasn't until about 5th grade that I got featherweights and then not until my freshman year of High School when I finally got contacts. I admit that putting back on my glasses in public still gives me anxiety.

Digital painting/photo collage/photo manipulation/all of the above

Stock Photo use/references/inspiration/credits ect ect:::

glasses:: [link]
textures:: cgtextures.com/

Follow me on FACEBOOK for specials and WIP's-----> [link]

Please respect my copyright on this artwork, please do not use without permission!
© 2011 Jessica Grundy
All Rights are Retained by the Artist (me).

Description
This is a self portrait of me as a child.

This weeks theme for illustration friday is 'Imperfect' and I actually thought of myself growing up. That's how I always felt. When I was about 5 years old I got glasses. Not little glasses either. Big big glasses. My mom still tells the story of how I refused kid glasses and opted for adult frames. And rose tint. I demanded they have rose tint just like my Nana had. I thought they were amazing.

It wasn't until I actually started school that year that it became clear that my 'amazing' rose tinted glasses were not everything I thought they were. Did I mention that my prescription for my left eye was twice as thick as my right side and made one eye look oversized. Yeah. This was before 'featherweights'.

They were huge. I also had a habit or wriggling them up with my nose instead of pushing them up (I still do this when I am wearing glasses). There are tons of pictures of me as a kid making ridiculous nose wriggling faces as I scrunch my glasses up my nose.

It wasn't until about 5th grade that I got featherweights and then not until my freshman year of High School when I finally got contacts. I admit that putting back on my glasses in public still gives me anxiety.

Digital painting/photo collage/photo manipulation/all of the above

Stock Photo use/references/inspiration/credits ect ect:::

glasses:: [link]
textures:: cgtextures.com/

Follow me on FACEBOOK for specials and WIP's-----> [link]

Please respect my copyright on this artwork, please do not use without permission!
© 2011 Jessica Grundy
All Rights are Retained by the Artist (me).