Ok, I admit, I pulled this out of my ass. There was a reference photo I took of myself looking tired in the hotel room when we were in Chicago. It's very posed in that I was sitting there, waiting for nothing and noticed that I was framed in the room's mirror. So I grabbed my phone and took a 'candid' photo thinking I might use it for another self portrait. Today, after working with pretty tight details, having to be exact, I was in the mood for something looser. So, with no grid, no nothing, I did a quick sketch. Later, after dinner, I did a very quick Procreate version over 20 layers, holding the pencil as loosely and as far back as I could. Then, with minimal fiddling, I vectorized it, sampled colors from here and there and let it go. I really like the looseness and 'painterliness' of it. I might do more like this later. For now, it's probably the last image I'll make in 2024 and that's ok. For a quick experiment, I like it fine.