I wanted to do something with surrealism or abstraction. Now the realism bit in this picture is not very well defined. nor was it intended to, it’s there to give the idea of a “real” world vs the more abstract area and line based image on the right. The lines to the right become stronger, more defined while the shapes themselves are lost.

I’ve set out to make a caricature today. I read up on it a bit and its mostly about exaggerating known features. So after looking in the mirror for a bit, I’ve written down a few things. The glasses stand out a lot, I have a high forehead, and somewhat thin but wide lips. All those features can be recognized in the resulting drawing, but it looks more like a comic character than a caricature of myself. The hair and glasses i think are recognizable, but that’s about it.

The face i showed before is not complete yet. It needs a frame, it needs a setting. And of course hair. So that is what I did today. I made a nice pixie cut hairstyle and a face shape that should house the rest. It might start looking a bit odd when i combine them, for the face in relation to the other things i’ve drawn is a lot smaller. But we’ll see how it turns out. For now, have some hair.

The mouth. After doing the eyes, the ears and the nose, the mouth of course couldn’t stay behind. I think its interesting how many lines the mouth does not actually have. The outer contour is more hinted at than drawn, except for the shadowy corners and bottom part.