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Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
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LET'S GET NARCISSISTIC and show off our self portraits!
I'm not so interested in seeing photography, though, because there are multiple topics in the Photography section that already deal with self portraits. It would be awesome to see YOU through a different material. :D
I use myself as a reference pretty often, but I wouldn't consider a lot of those works a "self portrait" because I just wanted to see wtf a face does in a certain position, for example. Here are some of my own that I do consider self portraits, from high school onward:
Even though mine look kind of weird sometimes, they're still pretty literal depictions of the self. It's my body. In a picture. Because that was probably the assignment, derp. I would LOVE to see work that depicts the self in less literal ways. And if there are other artists' self portraits you love, post them! I'll probably go search for a bunch as well. :D
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Randi N.
STUPID NEW YORK,
United States
2403 posts
OG since: 04/24/2010
only self portrait painting i've ever finished, 2 years ago. in the style of frida kahlo for a project, based on 4 of the many sides of my insanely random heritage. if anyone guesses all 4 correct you'll get a cookie.
posted Dec 25, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
Alice Neel, what a BAMF:
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Rembrandt would have been such a MySpace kid if he were alive today, made SO MANY self portraits and loved to pose:
Hokusai was just a lulzy guy:
Yan Pei Ming:
Jenny Saville's Closed Contact series of self portraits is also really brutal, here are a few:
Yasumasa Morimura puts himself into other images and makes wonderful mindfucks:
And all those awesome Cindy Sherman film still-like photos:
AHHH LOOK IT'S YASUMASA AS CINDY SHERMAN:
posted Dec 25, 2010
Ben Y.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK,
United Kingdom
471 posts
OG since: 02/12/2010
2 deep 4 U
posted Dec 26, 2010
Randi N.
STUPID NEW YORK,
United States
2403 posts
OG since: 04/24/2010
i heard the Saville paintings you posted are ridiculous IRL. i mean huge with awesome texture.
posted Dec 26, 2010
Randi N.
STUPID NEW YORK,
United States
2403 posts
OG since: 04/24/2010
some frida. sexy commie unibrow.
i could post van gogh, but ya'll be knowin' that.
posted Dec 26, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
The rogue spirograph from my childhood. D:
posted Dec 26, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
Apparently so! I would love to see them, they really are supposed to be of an epic scale... So many square footage of squished boobies...
posted Dec 26, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
Oh I totally forgot about this, I do in fact consider this a self portrait, it's very small (only like 4" x 7"):
Or at least an imprint of the self. Teenaged angst, hooray.
posted Dec 26, 2010
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
This was for my photorealism project in drawing class. This project was a demon and I wanted to commit suicide doing it. Spending five hours drawing the lines in my shirt was not a good time.
This one's a little more interesting. It wasn't an intended self portrait, but as I worked on it and talked to my painting instructor he convinced me it was a self portrait. And I got my boyfriend to trace my body for the figure. This painting is a beast.. I think it's like 5 x 5 feet. I have no idea what I'll do with it when I bring it home!
posted Dec 26, 2010
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
I love me some Frida.
posted Dec 26, 2010
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
I've got a huge girl crush on Claude Cahun. Photography, but I love them muchly.
Claude spam. xo
posted Dec 26, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
She was so hardcore. :(
posted Dec 26, 2010
Erika W.
SOMEWHERE,
United Kingdom
34 posts
OG since: 04/15/2010
shes one of my favorite artists, her work is AMAZING! I think its incredible the mass she builds up with the paint. its a shame her work isn't displayed much in galleries.
posted Dec 26, 2010
Sophie R.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
4384 posts
OG since: 01/21/2010
Mara C, you are incredibly talented!
posted Dec 26, 2010
Randi I.
LES ÉTATS-UNIS,
United States
478 posts
Member since: 08/29/2010
I love your first one, you're really good with color
I'm too afraid to use color in people
posted Dec 27, 2010
Shiori M.
WATERLOO,
Canada
624 posts
OG since: 11/24/2009
I think almost every major piece ive done of people in my portfolio is of myself. LOL makes me look like some egoist but I just find im the only accessible live model when i have projects to do (I dont like doing things from photos as much).
posted Dec 27, 2010
Ivana E.
UNDER YOUR BED,
United States
54 posts
OG since: 06/21/2010
-Hey if you dont mind, or if you dont want it or something, can i buy the second one from you? I really like it
posted Dec 27, 2010
Helen C.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
1211 posts
OG since: 07/02/2010
Did you use some sort of projection or tracing device to create that pencil drawing? Coz if you didn't that is AMAZING!! I really thought it was a photo at first, how do you even do that!?!
posted Dec 27, 2010
Taylor W.
WHERE THERE IS MUSIC,
United States
144 posts
Member since: 11/20/2010
ahahahha funny
posted Dec 28, 2010
Ariel X.
SOON TO BE NEW YORK.,
United States
60 posts
Member since: 10/05/2010
Fabulous.
I would post mine...but I barely paint myself.
posted Dec 28, 2010
Seb H.
United States
6 posts
Member since: 12/16/2010
Nice!! I also thought of Frida btw when you I read the title self-portrait. I watched the movie a few days ago. Really good, I would def recommend. She was definitely very narcisstic, but then again, if you are stuck in a room with only yourself for that long, it's probably really no wonder I guess. I would probably react the same way and also just paint loads of pictures of myself. If my paintings skills were any good that is! Ha Ha
posted Dec 28, 2010
Andrée A.
CHILE,
Chile
220 posts
Member since: 12/25/2010
Here are some of the jobs I had to do in the shop drawing and color
posted Jan 27, 2011
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Sorry :(. It's like my baby and was my first real major painting, so it's really special to me.
posted Jan 27, 2011
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Nope, no tracing. And it was charcoal, I think I spent over 40 hours on it.
posted Jan 27, 2011
Charlotte C.
SOUTH WALES,
United Kingdom
112 posts
OG since: 12/30/2008
ok well sorry these are photography, but i see you have cindy on here and i do a lot similar work to her dressing up and changing my identity.
none of them have been edited.
posted Jan 27, 2011
Angelena †.
ERIE, PA,
United States
67 posts
OG since: 01/28/2010
posted Apr 29, 2011
Diana A.
GOTHENBURG,
Sweden
1730 posts
OG since: 10/26/2009
That's a beautiful painting!
Reminds me of alot of swedish old paintings hanging at my grandmother's house.
posted May 28, 2011
Randi N.
STUPID NEW YORK,
United States
2403 posts
OG since: 04/24/2010
thank you!!
posted May 28, 2011
Katia N.
THE SEA,
United States
126 posts
Member since: 11/23/2010
Are you Native American, Japanese, Swedish, and African? I probably won't get the cookie on this one.... :)
posted May 31, 2011
Katia N.
THE SEA,
United States
126 posts
Member since: 11/23/2010
Wow!!! Amazing! The first one reminds me of Mystique from X-men. Haha.
posted May 31, 2011
Sophia R.
HAMMOND, IN,
United States
33 posts
Member since: 09/28/2011
I like these! and I love dressin up n photographin as different characters as well :}
posted Oct 23, 2011
Sophia R.
HAMMOND, IN,
United States
33 posts
Member since: 09/28/2011
I kinda have a lot of self ports... and a lot of art junk in general.
If you wanna see more, please feel free to check out my website. sophiarapata.com
:}
posted Oct 23, 2011
Felice ♆ †.
HOTEL 626,
Canada
84 posts
Member since: 08/14/2011
^ I really like your style.
posted Nov 5, 2011
Katherine A.
OREGON,
United States
3 posts
Member since: 10/17/2010
wow, I'm really digging what's posted on this forum
this is a self portrait I painted from life about half a year ago (back when my hair was longer).
18"x24"
posted Dec 31, 2011
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
Forgot about this... recently did a small, quickie self portrait and then dumped glitter on it. :D
marac.tumblr.com/post/12984327811/made-a-quick-little-oil-paint-self-portrait-today
posted Jan 1, 2012
Julia A.
THE SUMMER OF LOVE,
United States
251 posts
Member since: 08/29/2011
Everyone's work looks so great! Here are some of my own:
,
,
m definitely more of a drawing-person than a painting-person; these are just some self-portraits I had sitting around on my sketching blog, Drawings by Julia: drawingsbyjulia.tumblr.com/
posted Jan 2, 2012
Lucas T.
France
10 posts
Member since: 06/03/2011
https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=215310811895766&set=a.215289418564572.51090.215275928565921&type=3&theater
posted Jan 24, 2012