Dylan Meconis ([info]quirkybird) wrote,
2008-05-09 09:38:00
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Better Late than Never

I've been enjoying everybody's self-portraits as teenagers and as their current selves (although really, I would not mind seeing more of them from people who were teenagers more than five years ago).

So I finally did one.



Mine was actually pretty tricky, since I have always been a relatively self-consistent little Martian. I asked Bill what has changed about me, and his comment was (after a long pause) "...you wear more earth tones now."






Tags: art

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[info]_w_o_o_d_

May 9 2008, 16:51:06 UTC 4 years ago

I was a teenager about 15 years ago, but I can't draw at all. Also, I'm not sure I could remember what I used to wear back then. I just didn't care about clothes.

[info]sararyan

May 9 2008, 17:43:25 UTC 4 years ago

where would one find the other teen/now selfportraits?

[info]quirkybird

May 9 2008, 18:12:28 UTC 4 years ago

I just added a link to the main meme. :)

[info]mudron

May 9 2008, 18:16:35 UTC 4 years ago

Those pants you wore during Stumptown were a nice blast from the past. Also, smile-lines? I hadn't even noticed. Jesus.

[info]quirkybird

May 9 2008, 18:28:46 UTC 4 years ago

Only when I try to make them show up. But believe me I would totally draw them in with pen if I could! Permanent smile lines by 2010 is my goal!

[info]legerdemain

May 9 2008, 21:33:42 UTC 4 years ago

Wait, more earth tones?

[info]quirkybird

May 9 2008, 22:32:31 UTC 4 years ago

To be fair, Bill mostly saw me at conventions, where I would up the Perky Goth quotient by 30%.

[info]pixiepudding

May 10 2008, 00:21:04 UTC 4 years ago

Ditto on that. How could you wear MORE earthtones?! you must have started wearing mud.

[info]quirkybird

May 10 2008, 01:02:31 UTC 4 years ago

This year I've tried to integrate red and blue. Just as an experiment.

[info]magdalena_down

May 9 2008, 23:06:17 UTC 4 years ago

Yeah, as a teenager I wasn't very incredible at drawing. Now I'm just aware of the fact ^_^ I daresay I have a lot more humility now, and neutral tones, but just as much social awkwardness and nose-in-bookishness. But this project (my laziness at scanning hasn't changed either) was an interesting way to look back on what has and hasn't changed.

Though I agree...where are all the oldsters?

[info]jerusalembaby

May 10 2008, 00:50:15 UTC 4 years ago

damn, I'll have to wait until june before I can do one...lol.
it is a fun idea, though

[info]b_zedan

May 10 2008, 01:59:15 UTC 4 years ago

If the crazy didn't escape in your teens, it's going to happen when you're older. Which will make it all the more endearing and adorable.

[info]quirkybird

May 12 2008, 16:09:39 UTC 4 years ago

I think it's more that I've always been crazy. There's kind of nowhere to go unless I suddenly start wearing pantsuits.

[info]b_zedan

May 13 2008, 04:01:17 UTC 4 years ago

God, let it not come to that.

Ankle bracelets (with charms!) and platforms or something. But not pantsuits.
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