This was created using Illustrator. I made the eyes larger, the teeth whiter, smoothed out the edges of the glasses, added colour to the lips, shape to the brows, made the eyes larger and changed the colour of the eyes.
This was created using Illustrator. I used image trace and then added more details with the curvature tool. For the background, I rounded the corners of a star shape. Overtop of the star shape, I made a line of light yellow at the top and a line of darker yellow at the bottom and did Object - Blend - Blend Options - Specified Steps - 30, then Option - Make. That's how I made the Star. I placed several stars on a yellow background.
I took this selfie the morning before my daughter's grad photos. I later printed the image for a college assignment, and made a grid on the printout, like I had learned in class. I drew it out with the grid. This was my second attempt at drawing a self-portrait and I think I did much better this time. This took me days of drawing, reworking and getting critiques from friends and family. My biggest issue was the left eye (right side of the photo) because I had drawn it too small and it needed to be drawn larger. I know it could be better, but I'm still proud of the work I was able to do because this is my best drawing to date.