SELF PORTRAITS THROUGH THE YEARS
2007 (Age 4)
It's very small but it is a drawing of me
2008 (Age 5)
The MS Paint era
2009 (Age 6)
Powerpoint art
2012 (Age 9)
The start of the Straight Hair Years
2013 (Age 10)
Yes, that's my MLP pony-sona
2014 (Age 11)
Only 1 surviving specimen
2016 (Age 13)
Back to digital, but also when I made weekly comics about my life
2017 (Age 14)
My cringiest year. And yet, my freest year? (kidding. this year sucked.)
2018 (Age 15)
The end of the Straight Hair Years. I also got my drawing tablet
2019 (Age 16)
Taking art more seriously
2020 (Age 17)
Side profiles and watercolor...
2021 (Age 18)
The lineless year
2022 (Age 19)
The bold lines year
2023 (Age 20)
So tired and you can tell
2024 (Age 21)
The front facing year. Because I can't draw anything else anymore
2025 (Age 22)
I like drawing again
Why document these, you may ask? I don't know, I've always liked drawing myself. I like drawing but I'm not creative at all, so I mostly draw things from real life. And that means I draw myself a lot, because I spend 100% of my time with myself. It's also a fun way to look back at my childhood and teenage years now that I'm growing up and out of that phase. It's a bit of a glimpse into my art journey. And in a way, a glimpse into a self-acceptance journey. You can see when I started noticing and embracing certain features of mine. You can tell when I realized I had three aligned moles on my face. You can see when I started embracing my natural curly hair. You can see when I noticed I have a bump in my nose, grey hairs (those are new as of 2025 LOL), etc. The years where I've been going through art block and the years where I've been very prolific. I'm very young still. I have not lived a lot of life. I can only hope I can continue to fill out this page every year with more fun self portraits.
