I've tried to draw myself a few times and I always found it difficult. I feel it's an issue of self esteem and also not wanting to be judged for how you're drawing yourself. I've seen many artists approach the topic of drawing themselves in different ways. Alison Bechdel's drawings of her self are pretty accurate, but some artists intentionally draw themselves completely differently from what they actually look like.
Perhaps this is a way of protecting themselves since by doing this they don't have to expose themselves to whoever reads their comic. Maybe they draw themselves that way because they're drawing themselves in a way which shows who they are as a person rather than their outside appearance.
Some take this one step further and go come rely abstract, drawing themselves as animals, objects, etc
I feel abstract would not work for me personally, but I do need to find a way to tackle these insecurities and make visual depictions of myself.
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