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Self Portrait

This was probably my favorite out of all the assignments. I found it enjoyable to use the blob brush tool in Illustrator and layering different colors to create as realistic of a self portrait as possible. Except the purpleness of course. I chose to use a purple hue rather than a realistic one because I wanted to differentiate this project from the previous project and because I thought it would be more interesting visually. I brought the picture I took of myself into Photoshop and adjusted the hue to purple so it was easier to recreate. I created the background also using the blob brush in order to make it cohesive. For the detailing of the hair, I used very thins lines at lowered opacity to make it look more convincing.

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