In pencil. #2 HB

This is a self portrait which I did near the end of the year in my Art II Class. I was never really good at converting what I see to paper, as made obvious by this drawing. My real problem is I like to draw things as I see them(i.e. If they're big, draw them big; if they're small, draw them small); if I ever deviate from what I see, it usually ends up wrong, because sometimes I go by what I see without realizing it.

As you can see, I tried to be as detailed as possible. Since this drawing took several days to complete, I had washed my hair before completing it, so the right side is a little odd. I also rushed near the end, so my sweater(which was a rather dark navy color) and my polo aren't exactly perfect. If you would like to compare it to my actual face, you can look at this deviation or this picture(ignore the crazy hair do and overbearing eyes, I just look like that when I'm serious).

Speaking of serious, I was trying really hard not to have a serious look on my face when doing this... It was really hard! I mean, it looks like I want to punch someone when I'm serious and concentrating, so trying to not look like that(and not laugh at myself trying not to look like that; I had a mirror to look at the whole time) was pretty difficult.