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Self Portrait - Fake Wings

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"Keep your eyes on me
Now we're on the edge of Hell..."

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I'll be upfront with you folks: There are two ideas behind this piece and I'll only give you one. The other is known to one other person. With any luck, she's not telling.

This is me. All of me - including that odd little mustache that I've had forever. = P I drew this while I was sitting outside one of the comp labs on campus waiting to finish my finals for Portfolio Prep and Adv. Animation. I was thinking about why I do what I do - Why draw? I have the skills to build machines, the savvy to be a computer science major, the know-how to rock astronomy. All these things would gain me more cash and allow me to be more respected than just another artist. Not having my book, I folded up a throw-away flyer and started doodling. As I drew, I kept asking why... Why this path? Why not medicine or a mechanist? But alas... the answer wasn't there.

A month passed and I find myself down the street from RISD at a small Johnny Rockets. My friend and I escape CT every so often to Providence, RI to, as he puts it, "Make fun of the Art Students." I take out my sketchbook and the picture and begin to transfer it onto someplace safer. All the while, the question goes through my head. Once again, the picture is placed off to the side and life goes on as usual. I picked back up around midnight last night and finished it off. I still don't have a dead set answer to why I draw but I realized something. I may never answer the question but I'll draw until I have my answer.

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Completely pencil - no inks. I even left my grubby artists marks from when I shaded. *Zoinks*
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aaaaaand that is mad.