#meettheartist

This was my contribution to a social media project hashtagged #meettheartist. Granted, most of the artists that I saw participating were a lot younger or even art students. But I was inspired by a lot of the art that I came across and I'd been wanting to do a decent self-portrait for a while now. I was never really happy with the one that I did back in 2011. I think my work has gotten a lot more solid since then. I'll probably be saying the same thing about this one 6 years from now. 😆

So, here it is:

And here is the original line art, done with a flair pen cleaned up in photoshop: