Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait ㅤ Painted in Autodesk Sketchbook from February 22 to April 1. I first placed the original photo next to a blank canvas, and then painted for over 27 hours, usually zoomed in past 500% to compare close-ups of the canvas with close-ups of the original. My result was how it looks at 2:17 in the video. I wasn’t happy with this, but I also wasn’t skilled enough to fix it, so I dragged the original behind the canvas and spent three hours toggling back and forth between them and repainting any features that needed fixing. Finally, I dropped the 92 screen recordings into Final Cut and spent about 9 hours editing the video (cropping out the original, removing Sketchbook’s menus, resizing to cancel out all the zoom-ins), often cutting corners since otherwise the editing load would be too large. I am very happy with the result.

•I did not trace onto the original or onto any rulers. •I did not copy-paste any part of the original into my painting. •I did not use any optical “tricks” like those discussed in Tim’s Vermeer. •I used only three tools: pencil, paintbrush, and airbrush (with steady stroke usually on).

Music: Cinematic Universe (Chris Bandy)

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