Self Portrait

This is a self portrait I was assigned to do this semester, which was my first project and my first semester in grad school. It didn't have to be an exact likeness of myself, so I just chose things about life that I love and inspire me. I made a cafe scene that is overlooking a bakery window. I was kind of inspired by the old designer Alphonse Mucha for the frame, and the inside shows my love of coffee and fashion. The small sketch on the table is suppose to be a stylized version of myself. This piece also shows my love for typography by the hand rendered type at the top. All of the linework was done by hand with a sharpie pen, which I scanned into the computer and added the texture and color to later on. I wanted the piece to have an organic feel with sketchy linework, and also have a designer feel by the way I laid down the color.