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Insomanical Tendencies

Insomaniacal Tendencies

Lack of sleep
Double edged blade
Adrenal glands gush forth
Motor reflexes wane

Fingers fly across the keys
Pencil darts across the pad
Output plus ten-fold
Quality's not too bad

Neural threads fly faster
Dopamine cracks like a whip
Endorphins provide a high
But shit that's just the tip

As time goes on
The ashtray fills
The 2-liter drains
Take 3 aleve pills

The migraine comes down
Like an eagle on its prey

Hurts to think
Hurts to see
Hurts to breathe
Hurts to be

Is it still tonite you pose?
Or the following day?

Aleve kicks in
Respite from the lash
But its almost afternoon
High chance for a c

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Self-portrait - Unfinishedby ~mach5

Traditional Art / Drawings / Portraits & Figures

I have no desire to finish this.

What started as an exercise in shading theory ended in frustration.

Here's the thing - I've gotten good at drawing from source. I'm quite happy with how I do with it. Yes, I take a lot of time, but I'm generally pleased with the results. I've got a long way to go, but I'm getting there.

So for my self-portrait, I thought I'd shake things up a bit. I allowed myself to use the source for the lines, and nothing more. Once the outlines were down, I put the source photo away, and tried to imagine how the light would fall on my face, and draw from there.

I feel like I failed miserably. I could keep going, but I think it would amount to kicking a dead horse. With steel-toed boots.

I really wish I'd learned how to draw at some point. This whole self-taught thing is really reaching the end of the line; I don't feel I've improved at all in a year.

~glassworm Sep 28, 2005

i hate doing self portraits..that's why..i paint and take pictures..nothing to do w/ my face. i hate when they make you draw your face in drawing class and make blueprints blah blah blah. It sucks..but this is very good I think..better than what I could do..I understand your frustration though.

~chemicalletdown Mar 27, 2005

It's not bad, me without a reference, now that's bad. You shall get better, there's only so much a teacher can do, you've got great natural talent though, a lot better than art students stuff that i've seen.

~mach5 Mar 27, 2005

Well thank you, coming from you that's a great compliment!

~Dark-Jessica Mar 22, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

Well, I don't know, maybe it doesn't look at like you, but I really like it.

I think it's good. I'm no good at drawing without a source, either.

~mach5 Mar 23, 2005

Well thank you. I still hate the piece, but at least someone likes it. *grins*

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