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I've been drawing my whole life and in the last couple of years I've seen something very peculiar—all my characters look quite the same. I think it is called "same face syndrome". I started practicing with different photos from Pinterest but then again they were still models and looked alike as well, I needed real people. So this is what I did:

I have a small art Instagram account so I've decided that I will randomly draw my followers. One day I posted a story with the caption "I need some drawing practice if you want me to do an illustrated portrait of you, post your photo on a story with Draw me @gloria.shugleva". Never have I imagined that so many awesome people with unique features and different vibes will send me photos.

Those are the results. I love how they turned out and most importantly how they helped me improve. Also, if you're interested, you can find my previous post here on Bored Panda. 

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Hello, it is me, the artist behind these illustrations

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I Draw My Instagram Followers As Illustrated Characters To Level Up My Art Skills.

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    Up All Night
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    5 years ago

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    You still have tons of bad preconceptions. For example, you place highlights and shadows on parts where you learned to place them instead of examining the portrait and its light conditions.

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    Up All Night
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A downturned nose transformed into an upturned nose, eye contact with camera ignored, hair color changed from black to brown, brown skin changed to pink, missed the characteristic line of the eyebrow... one of the most abused portraits.

    wild_mushrooms
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow... I didn't even notice most of these things

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