Sheldon Draws Himself

Well, this is coming in a bit late...

At any rate, here is the blog entry for the picture that Sheldon "drew." It's somewhat more compact than his usual style, so you can assume his "mental illness filter" isn't distorting his visuals as much. There really is not much more to say about this picture, except for maybe something about his art and how Sheldon sees himself in art in comparison to how I draw him. I don't have much to say at all, so I'll keep this short.

Sheldon began drawing art as a response/coping mechanism for his mental illness. He originally just focused over drawing what he imagined his hallucinated voices to look like, but eventually, his drawing obsession to drawing his little sister, and then after a while, he simply branched out and drew other things. Not to say he was particularly enthusiastic about art as an artist would be, but he enjoyed drawing as it was something of an escape from his issues, though his illness kind of shows in how he portrays things in his art. In the beginning, he had the confidence to display his art, as kids will, but as he aged and lost confidence in himself, he almost never showed his creative works, despite his radical improvements, and came off as hiding his work jealously, even fearfully.

And now for comparisons once again between my portrayal of Sheldon and his own portrayal of himself.

• I draw Sheldon with eye tilting upwards. He draws his eyes almost drooping a little.
• Again with the eyes, I draw Sheldon with almond-shaped eyes; Sheldon portrays himself with squarish eyes.
• My portrayal of Sheldon's face makes him frustrated while Sheldon draws himself looking more or less fatigued or weary.

• Needless to say with his more realistic style, Sheldon draws his hair more realistically than I do.

That's all. Hope you enjoyed this shorter blog entry.

This picture is also on deviantART.
SS- Sheldon
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Later.