The whole experience of looking at yourself in the mirror for any length of time say like 4 hours is a strange experience. Scrutinizing my nostrils and trying to draw lips that look like mine, also drawing eyes and having to do them 4 times before they look like my eyes. It was all a bit weird. It is very hard to draw yourself because of what you think you look like and maybe how you want to look and ignoring all that and trying to draw yourself as you really are in the mirror. I had my arm drawn in there and it looks in the drawing very close to what it looked that day. People commenting on how muscular it looks is odd. I never thought of it being a muscular arm it's just mine. I couldn't help but think and worry if I had exaggerated it or if it is as it really is.
Having to show it to people and have them critique your drawing isn't fun. People say things like "Were you really pissed off when you drew yourself?" "Are your ears really that high on your head?" "What is with the hand on your face it looks like you were grabbing your face in pain or something?" etc. It isn't too hard for me to take but I imagine it would be hard for some to have strangers talking about their face.
In the end the only regret I have is why did I have my hand like that? It seems too serious and moody to me like I was in some dark emotional pain or something really I was just chillin and that's how I was holding my head. I was perfectly content though maybe a little bored. I guess it would be a bit more exciting if I was actually thinking of something artsy.