Quote Originally Posted by unit_number_43 View Post
I have mixed feelings about how you accomplished this effect.

1) Art is art is art. Doesn't matter how you made it, it's art.

2) You cheated...

Which comes down to this; what does this style and technique say about you. If you're trying to say that you are a digital boy in a digital world and your life revolves around the computer (none of this is a bad thing, just a statement) then you hit the nail on the head. If you did it to just save time then you're really missing the whole point of a self portrait.

Technically this painting is solid, although you could have put more emphasis on the eyes (the "soul" of any self portrait). From a purely art opinion standpoint, I think you've squeaked by using the easiest and fastest method you could think of.

Again, none of this is to say that your painting is bad. It's not, it's probably in fact good. But you need to consider the message you are trying to send and the message that you have inevitably sent.
I didn't do it that way to save time, I did it that way because that's the way I felt to do it. I'm not an amazing painter (you can see my lines are horrible) nor can I draw for the life of me. I did it this way and it came out a success and I was surprised I actually did something nice for once.

As for the color. It was supposed to be orange. As you can see, that didn't work out too well.