Selfportraits

TL;DR: A continuous selfportraiting project.

I learn new things about myself when I draw my selfportraits. On thing I learned is that small area of hair on my head is growing in a spiral way. And it was like that even before I’ve read “Uzumaki” by Junji Ito.

There are four different moments in time visible here: 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. I got lazy after that I focused on other projects after that.

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As 80s porn star, 2014
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As shocker skull boy, 2014
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In elevator, 2014
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With gems, 2014
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With Spinoza, 2014
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With sword, 2014
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Without mustache, 2014

I basically go soul searching every few years. This is cool, because I reshape improve my way of drawing a lot every time it happens. 2012 was a time of sickness and depression (ok, depression probably was a thing, a subject, a theme until around 2017 :-P).

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Selfportrait 010, 2012
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Selfportrait 014, 2012
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Selfportrait 025, 2012
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With depression, 2012
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With empty mind, 2012
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With logotype 021, 2012
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With teeth, 2012

2011 was time of loneliness. But besides being down, I fed on all these negative emotions – I was able to draw like cray cray and to spread my interests over some philosophical subjects and more. This was of course not a thing I wanted or planned, and it was risky and not smart thing to do. I did went out as a better person, though, so YOLO I guess.

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Selfportrait 01, 2011
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Selfportrait 02, 2011
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Selfportrait 03, 2011
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Selfportrait 04, 2011
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Selfportrait 05, 2011
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Selfportrait 06, 2011
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Selfportrait 07, 2011
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Selfportrait 08, 2011
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064 for Darek, 2011
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As lonely 1, 2011
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As lonely 2, 2011
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As primitive warrior, 2011
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As transsexual, 2011
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Selfportrait e 020, 2011
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In real life, 2011
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With bias, 2011
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With chaos 024, 2011
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With snake of suffering, 2011

Aaand 2010 was also not positive time in my life, sorry :-D

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Selfportrait 045, 2010
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Selfportrait 047, 2010
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Selfportrait 3, 2010
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Selfportrait 4, 2010
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Selfportrait 5, 2010
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Selfportrait 670, 2010
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Selfportrait 671, 2010
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Selfportrait 734, 2010
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Selfportrait 902, 2010
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Selfportrait 903, 2010
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Selfportrait 911, 2010
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Selfportrait 914, 2010
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RPG, 2010
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