Mandala Self-Portrait Design!

 This week, I did a Mandala Self-Portrait design for my art class. I want to tell you the process and the final, although I already shared it on my socials.

I made a list of stuff I like and was experimenting with diffrent shapes to add to the design. Here's what I said on the list:

• Seafood - Crabs and shrimp
• Listening to music - music notes below cat and cat wearing headphones
• Stuffed animals
• Japan
• Cats
• Video games

I didn't want to add drawing to the list, cause I told my professor that before. The shapes are:

• Teardrop - represents me being a shy person
• Waves on the outside represent me being a a very relaxed person
• Stars represents me being a special person and to represent that I am a nice person to everyone.

I then did my draft on a large piece of drawing paper. Well, I came up with a design in Procreate first before I drew it out.

Here's the draft:

I submitted it to my professor and she gave me some feedback. Here's the adjusted design:

I then inked my design:

After sharing to my professor for the final time and getting feedback, I then finalized my design. I messed up in some areas and for the outside, I didn't want to fill out the entire outside black, cause I didn't want to waste ink, so I just made big lines and added small ink lines inside. After taking the photo in bright light, I adjusted it using an app called Snapseed (which our professor suggested using).

And here's the final:

I hope you like it! The next art project will be a letter design or something like that. Thanks for reading, have a nice day.