Portrait Thread. Post a portrait or sketch of yourself. Mine is from a year ago.

[Hardrada]

[skygazer]

1. Sketch done by a friend at work

I wear a long trench coat and a hat in the winter and she loves that look - she drew this for me one day when I was out sick and sent it home with my SO.

[Dervill Crow]

35. Very nice! eom

[Hardrada]

38. Tres chic!

[Deja Q]

2. It's a few years old, but I did find the one caricature of me drawn...

[skygazer]

3. Wow, that's an incredible likeness!

Whoever did it really got your eyes - they say if you get the eyes, you've nailed the picture. :rofl:

[Deja Q]

7. Eyes wide open, that's for sure!

:rofl:

[Hardrada]

4. LOL!

And you don't look at all like what I expected.

[Deja Q]

6. Same here - the eyes are too big and there's no... uh, fingers.

:spray:

[barb162]

51. Wow!!!!! That's great!

[Blue-Jay]

5. Two, with animated goodness:

[Dervill Crow]

34. And what is that beverage in the second picture? eom

[deucemagnet]

8. OK, but it doesn't look much like me.

I think the "artist" had been drinking.

[Hardrada]

12. Love these sketches.

They provide a link into the DU collective unconscious.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. An old self portrait...

[idgiehkt]

15. awesome

good work!

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Haha, thanks!

:)

[swimboy]

59. Love that.

It's good to see it again. Nice work.

[ghostsofgiants]

62. Haha, thank you.

[ThomCat]

65. Hey, you look good without hair too!

:)

[Guava Jelly]

10. :)

[Hardrada]

14. Very good!

[Poiuyt]

11. That is really excellent (I assume, I don't know what you really look like)

I wish I could draw

[Hardrada]

13. It is what I look like. The artist lives half the year here in Iowa

and the other half in NYC where she has a studio.

[Dervill Crow]

17. Done at Pirates Tavern (a vegan restaurant in Portland)

My friends say I'm cuter than this, though.

[Hardrada]

39. That's a great sketch! I had one someone did at a mall one time

when I had a beard. I wish I still had it since I don't have a dark beard anymore.

[trackfan]

18. Here's one:

[Dervill Crow]

36. Cool.

Minimalistic (is that a word?) but cool.

[Burma Jones]

19. From my Son

[Dervill Crow]

32. So I infer that you are a tenor?

I love it.

[PassingFair]

20. A dour me.

YOU try looking at a spot on the wall for 4 hours at a time!

[sammythecat]

23. If you wouldn't have said anything

I would have thought that was a very attractive portrait of a girl in a pensive moment wondering about someone.

Now I can't get it out of my head that it's the 3rd hour of staring at that spot, and another hour to go. :(

It really is a very attractive portrait. Unusual too. If the artist got your face right you should be very pleased.

[PassingFair]

24. The painting won some awards...

but I am usually smiling!

Believe it or not, it is a watercolor.

[sammythecat]

29. I'm not surprised it did

I am surprised it's a watercolor. Not what I think of when I think watercolor.

Good thing you're not smiling. Your expression, I think, is what makes it so interesting. If I discovered that in the attic I'd definitely bring it down and hang it. I like it a lot :thumbsup:

[PassingFair]

30. Funny thing is .....that probably IS my expression since

Florida 2000!

The artist's name is Mary Aro, if you google it, you can find some
other examples of her work, but mostly landscapes......

[Hardrada]

37. Very nice! And don't worry about not smiling.

I was sitting for five hours. It's impossible to hold a smile for very long. So the portrait does catch the person in a more serious mood.

[PassingFair]

46. Our expressions ARE similar....

We look related!

[Hardrada]

49. Are you a long lost cousin?

Stranger things have happened!

[PassingFair]

52. It's just that....

...can I go to the bathroom now? look.....

[Hardrada]

53. I didn't drink anything the morning before.

It worked! (I read somewhere that QEII and Prince Charles have to abstain from water since they have to sit through all those interminable ceremonies. That gave me a clue). I caught up later on though!

[Lautremont]

21. Self-Portrait:

I may or may not look egg-zactly like this.

[PassingFair]

22. Is that your son/daughter at the bottom? n/t

[Lautremont]

25. Yup.

In real life I have no son nor daughter nor facial hair nor bald head or wings or chicken feet, and rarely wear sunglasses. So the accuracy is a little questionable, I do admit.

On the other hand, the emotion expressed in this drawing is quite genuine, at least sometimes.

[sammythecat]

31. Just wondering

when you did this, were you at home or an institution? :scared:




Just kidding.

Really!

Honest.

:)

The information in my profile is false. I don't live there.

[Lautremont]

33. I'll see you... soon...

No, kidding! It's a crazy picture, for sure. I had to do a self-portrait for a kind of on-line art show I was in, and I came up with the nuttiest thing I could. Ta-dah!

(Check this out to see the craziness: http://www.terminus1525.ca/exhibit Click the "Game Show" tab at the bottom of the screen.)

[Evoman]

26. Here

[PassingFair]

27. Nice Hair.

Is it feathered?

[Ava]

28. sadly i have none, lol

but thanks to photoshop i can turn a regular photo of me into this:




;)

[Hardrada]

40. Nice photo to nice sketch! Thanks.

I don't know how to do that!

[Left Is Write]

41. Cleofus drew this of me.

[Hardrada]

42. Nice sketch!

And it captures a cheerful mood! I guess you can smile for sketches (I still haven't).

[Left Is Write]

44. I didn't smile for it - he drew it from a photo.

:)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

43. Done by a sketch artist at the Dallas farmer's market

It's me, but every time I look at it I see my big brother.

[Hardrada]

45. Thanks. That's a good idea to get a side view.

I'll remember that next time I have someone sketch me. I have a better profile on one side but I can't recall which side.

[Hardrada]

48. That's amazing!

And a fine dual sketch! Unusual to have that. Thanks!

[Rhythm]

47. Oktoberain and I, drawn by a dear friend

Our friend Michael (whom i've known for 15+ yrs now) drew this from memory a few years ago, after the first time he visited and met Oktoberain!



The original is awaiting a proper matting and framing.

[Hardrada]

50. Oops. meant to reply to you but I replied to myself!

[SKKY]

54. I wish someone would sketch the pic of me and my son...

...in Haruka's pic thread. That would be pretty cool. (HINT HINT)

[Control-Z]

55. Wire sculpture

[Hardrada]

56. I like that too.

Hadn't thought of that category!

[Shell Beau]

57. A DUer did this one for me!! Cleofus did this!

[Hardrada]

63. Thanks, Cleofus is talented.

A nice picture and you're smiling too!

[swimboy]

58. That's excellent!

This one of me is by a local artist. I need to take a shot with better lighting as the flash distorts it and makes it appear patchier than when you are standing in front of it.

[Hardrada]

64. That's a nice big picture. Haven't had any of those yet.

That's a pose I would prefer too, the studious look!

[Courtesy Flush]

60. Haven't painted myself. Here's my wife

Yes, it's painted with black and white paint. I haven't painted in months. Time to get back into the swing.

[Courtesy Flush]

61. Here I am at the senior center

I haven't drawn in months, either. I'm so lazy!

[Hardrada]

67. Great Picture. You folks are all so talented!

My attempts have always been laughable.

[sammythecat]

69. I envy you for your talent

It must be great to be able to capture something that strikes your fancy or to express your imaginings.

It must be good for the body too. It seems artists of all types generally live longer.

[Aristus]

66. My "unofficial" Army portrait. I had it done privately because my official portraits all sucked:

Here's a portrait of me and Mrs. Aristus on our honeymoon:

[Hardrada]

68. Those are fine pictures. You are right about those official

US Army pics since they all follow and unsmiling rigid formula. Your photo humanizes a soldier. Thanks.

[NightWatcher]

70. not exactly a portrait, but I fooled around with photoshop and a cell phone pic

[WritingIsMyReligion]

71. Beat it on down the line, dude.

:thumbsup:

:D :P

[Hardrada]

74. That is interesting! I would have no idea how to do that.

Thanks.

[Kerrytravelers]

72. Here is a digital photo altered to look like paint.

Ok, not quite a good as a photoshopped image, but as good as I can do!

[Hardrada]

75. Fine effect and a fine image. I like how the light catches your hair.

Thanks!

[ZombieNixon]

73. 3D approximation of me in a game engine I'm creating

[Hardrada]

76. That's a few steps beyond my knowledge and an intriguing effect!

Thanks!