Admire Me Dearly
I always enjoy drawing portraits, but I have never done a portrait like this before. I feel this piece has a weird dystopian or futuristic aura to it, similar to that of "The Twilight Zone". It has an uncanny atmosphere that I can't exactly recognize, I look at it and it becomes quizzical: the glossy and beautiful woman yet a plain background... anyway. I really enjoyed making this piece overall, I was having some trouble earlier, not quite sure what I wanted to make besides the idea of 'dream-like', but in the end I believe this hit home.
For the exercise, I wanted to collide contrasting figures: two different people from two different worlds.