Portrait of a Selfie by 
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Painting
Process
This one took on a different approach, I used a loose tracing technique for the outlines on this one. First one I've really done this because I like how my style is just so weird. So if this one feels off or too close to the actual photo, that's because it is! I traced her eyes, mouth, nose, etc but along those tracing places, I also took deliberate liberties to change it. So it's not an exact replica of her.
I took some liberties as you can see. Not because I thought she should have those features, but because I just wanted to exaggerate a little. The rest of the painting was done with the background layer turned off.
I also loved the trees behind her and decided to photoshop those type of trees in for the banner shot.
Original Photo
I think what inspired me about this photo is just how natural it feels. It's a genuine (but very HD) selfie. Those are hard to come by these days. She's looking like a normal person rather than an overly posted/half nude selfie that we often see over the inter webs. In that way, BRAVO to
Who am I?
I am an artist who finds portrait photographs of people on social media, paints them, and posts it. I love the reactions and surprises that it gives people. I think there's a sense of self-esteem boost when someone is painted (even when there are mistakes or it doesn't look identical to them). The goal of my art is to surprise and spread love.
Steemians, please let me know what you think of the post in the comments below.
