Self-Portrait | A New Beginning

This is a self-portrait which illustrates my first couple of years moving to a new city. I got a new job, got my first apartment, and met a new partner. This shows a time in my life after I was dealing with a broken marriage, and I was attempting to reinvent myself and learn to be independent.

Watercolor, ink, colored pencil, graphite pencil, Photoshop.

I started with watercolor as a base for my flat colors, and found that I wanted to add more texture, so I enhanced the flat colors with colored pencil in some areas. I also enhanced the contrast in Photoshop and made adjustments to some of the colors. Here it is before Photoshop enhancement.