Demon Face Self Portrait 6: How to Expose Your Inner Demon

Of course you've always wanted to see what your inner demon looks like. Here's how you summon its image.

Thank you to @sunravelme for the idea to document the process that I use to transform my face in these self portraits. It's really pretty much the same as putting on makeup in the morning :)

First, photocopy your face. I try to make as strange and grotesque an expression as I can. Make 50, why not? When your boss asks why there's drool all over the copy machine, just tell her the exorcist is on the way.
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Next, let that face tell you what kind of demon it is. You'll have to look deep in it's 2-dimensional soul. What features of this face will be easy to manipulate? What features will look cool left close to their original form?
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Now take an eraser to it & let yourself be creative & open to the strange & unusual. Lighten the already light areas and see if they look like anything. Horns? Tentacles? Warts? Fangs? A crown? Beard? A terminator eye? Really scrub what you decide will be your highlights, you want them as light as possible for colors & shiny spots to really pop against all this dark area.
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I like to use a light grey marker to start sketching in shadows and lines to give my new features form. Grey is not too big a commitment & if I do something I don't like, once I'm using black it is easy to correct. I've been meaning to try scales for a while; I really like big ol' ugly boils.
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Slap on an outline in black & color in the page around it. Demons don't usually wear white office shirts with bits of lace & pearly buttons... Or do they... Start to add darker lines around your new features & block them in. Don't add too much black, many of the finer details can be added with color & texture next.
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Get some crappy markers & go to town! Always wanted a hellish pink sheen? Now's your time! Prefer a more purple pimple? Go for it! Always wanted weird fin things sticking out of the sides of you face? They look GREAT! I usually start with my base color, pink here, then add shadows (which I did in light purple). Then I added a few highlights with a yellow highlighter. Let some of the white bits remain, they'll look like shine & it's easy to overwork your paper doing these.
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Coloring may be my favorite part; don't be shy, get weird. Lots of layers help enhance your luciferous luster. In true Demon-Self-Portrait style, I finished my work after the cruel sun went down. So we'll miss a few of the "in-between" progress shots 'cause the light was poor & jump straight to the final product:

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I can't wait to see your ugly mugs... in hell lol ;)

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