Aaand here's a little colored comic-me:

I started the sketch with light blue, and then each time I wanted to refine it or change something I used a darker and redder color so it would stick out (yes, I take the shotgun approach to sketches -- the right line is in there somewhere, I swear!). By the time I got to dark red/purple it was a sketch I liked, and I just went with variants on that for shading.
...and THEN I realised that I was fast approaching mauve, which happens to relate to the screenname I picked for fandom schtuffs, so I left it.

I started the sketch with light blue, and then each time I wanted to refine it or change something I used a darker and redder color so it would stick out (yes, I take the shotgun approach to sketches -- the right line is in there somewhere, I swear!). By the time I got to dark red/purple it was a sketch I liked, and I just went with variants on that for shading.
...and THEN I realised that I was fast approaching mauve, which happens to relate to the screenname I picked for fandom schtuffs, so I left it.
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Date: 2011-11-23 09:38 pm (UTC)From:And, selfishly, I kind of want one of me, but I have no pictures of myself to base this on. And it would be me, sloppily on a couch with knitting at one side and my laptop on my lap.
I have to get out of the house!
Stasia
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Date: 2011-11-23 09:40 pm (UTC)From:EDIT: Someday I hope to draw my own facial features in a way that I'm reasonably happy with, but until then I only get a nose...
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Date: 2011-11-23 09:45 pm (UTC)From:I'll poke about for pictures of myself. Geordie might have some.
Did you get a package yet?
Stasia
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Date: 2011-11-23 09:57 pm (UTC)From:Not yet. *waits patiently*
I don't have many pictures of me, either.
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Date: 2011-11-23 09:53 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2011-11-23 10:20 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-11-24 07:05 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-11-24 06:44 am (UTC)From:The important identifying features are your eyebrows, the bridge of your nose, the contour of your nostril where it meets your smile line, your smile line where it comes down to meet the edge of your mouth (the bit in between can be completely left out), and the contour of your lower lip! Everything else is somewhat flexible.
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Date: 2011-11-24 06:47 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-11-24 07:05 am (UTC)From:It's really fascinating to see what someone else takes as 'the important bits.' Thank you!
Seeing this makes me think I went too plump on the far cheek, for sure.
I also really like your comic eyes. I don't think I've ever mentioned that to you...
EDIT: Also, it's interesting to note that there's always a discrepancy between 'how I'd draw myself as I think I am' and 'how I actually look.' Like listening to your own voice recorded.
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Date: 2011-11-24 07:43 am (UTC)From: