It's Been Awhile

Like the great Staind once said: "It's been awhile" (or was it Creed...no wait, it was Staind). While busy in my little 10'x10' dungeon, the harsh reality that art schools doors are coming to a close for me has set in. Time to bust my ass like no ass has ever been busted. (Insert jokes here). Here's a "quick" self portrait that took me the better part of the day. I'm actually happy with it though. I'm submitting it for my BFA senior show as an info pic for myself. It felt good to get back on track with microns again too. I was never really comfortable with them but maybe this will mark a turning point.

This was the first one. A day later I wasn't happy with it so I went back, got better reference, practiced some new marks, and started the redo. 

At this point I could already tell I would be much happier with it. I'm not as much of a master of microns as some of my other colleagues, but for a rookie, I was ok with the effort. I didn't take too many in-between shots but here's the final:

4"x6" micron/copic on paper. Cheers!