by ocean10kv

As the title states, this artwork is a self portrait. I was having a really stressful week at school, and this was the very last project I had to finish for the week. I just wanted to work on something really fun and calming. Something I didn't have to think about. So this self portrait happened. I placed the figure in an awkward spot on the page, with the gaze travelling to the white side of the paper to reflect on the stress of my week. Aesthetically, the portrait is very cartoony and storybook-like, an influence which I actually drew from Whyville.

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MadamTaz tries different hair styles.

My big interest is hair; there are so many things that you can do with it! You can braid it, twist it, curl it, pin it and more! But it's not just the versatile quality of hair that has me gripped. It?s to do with how I see myself; not especially pretty, a bit geeky and generally not popular. However, now, I can style my hair in any way I feel like. I can express my personality. I can show the real me . . . through my hair!

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