A struggle topic: Self-portrait Contest | 一個掙扎的題目：自畫像挑戰

Hello everyone! Actually I am kind of nervous and wondering should I make this post, as the following contact may not be interested by some of you, or maybe even most of you. But, after all, I decided to give it a try. As what I always say, you can only live once, why not give it a try, even if you fail down, that’s Ok, just walk away and start a new one. So, I decided to make my very first drawing post!

大家好! 對於要不要發今天的這個帖子其實我是掙扎了很久，因為以下的內容，或許有一些人會覺得很沒趣。不，可能是大部份的人都會覺得很沒趣。但是最後，我還是選擇要發這個帖子。正如我一往的說後，畢竟你只能活一次嘛，為什麼不試一試? 失敗了就再試一次就好了。所以我決定發出我第一個的繪畫帖子。

Why I suddenly have such idea? Well, thanks to @nicolemoker, for celebrating her 50 days in Steemit, she made her first drawing contest, and which is about Self-Portrait. When I see such a little girl have such a big progress with only 50 days, I decided that I should learn from her. And try to make a little progress for my life. And for people like me who almost fail in every art class, I decided to join the contest and make my very first drawing post as the first step.

為什麼我突然會有這個意圖呢? 首先要感謝 @nicolemoker吧，為了慶祝她在Steemit的第50天，她開辦了一個繪畫比賽，主題是自畫像。當我看到這一位小女孩在Steemit上這麼短的時間已經有這麼好的進程時，我決定也要向她好好學習，我也要在我的人生中走出一小步。對於一個從小到大都沒有在美術課上合格過的人來說，我決定參加這個比賽，也發出我的第一個繪畫帖子。

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Preparation 準備

That’s the background of this post, and now, let’s get started for the drawing. The first thing I have to decide is the tool. You know, for art people, they have a lot of different tools for their drawing. Even for brush, they have over 10 different types of it. So, which should I choose? Finally, I decided to learn from child and use the most basic and simple tool for my drawing! Which is, our finger!

好了，背景說完了，現在大概是時候畫畫了吧。我第一件要做的事情是要選擇用什麼工具來畫。大家都知道美術好的人都有很多不同的繪畫工具，就以畫筆來說也可以有十幾種分類。所以我應該用那種工具呢？最後，我決定學習小朋友的繪畫方式，就是用最基本，也最簡單的工具來畫畫！就是手指了！

So, after I decided use my finger to draw my self-portrait, what pigment should I use? I tried to search it on the internet to see are there any pigment is perfect for finger. I have seen some people would use oil color or water color, but the feedback from them is not so good by using a finger. And finally I search the Crayola Fingerpaint.

當我選好了要用手指來畫自畫像的時候，我就在想我應該用什麼顏料呢？我在網上做過一些資料搜集，看看有那些顏料是最適合用手指來畫的。我看到有些人會用油彩或水彩，但他們的評價都說不是太適合直接用手指來畫。而最後我找到了Crayola可水洗手指畫顏料。

It is made for kids above 3 years as their first finger draw pigment. I think that is perfect for me, as I think I cannot draw better than 3 years old kid. And I try to show you the texture of the pigment by the below photo (though I think it don’t help too much).

它是專門為了3 歲以上的小孩而研發的手指顏料，而我覺得這是為我而設的，因為我根本沒有比3歲的小朋友畫得好的自信。我在下圖給大家看一看這個顏料的質感吧(不過可能不太看得出來)。

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Process 過程

I first draw the contour and full it by yellow color, yes simple enough.

我首先畫了面部的輪廓，然後把他填滿顏色黃色。

Then I try to draw the ear. I learn from the internet that ear should be in the middle of a human’s head.

之後我畫上了耳朵。我在網上找過教學，它說耳朵是始於人類頭部的中央位置。

And then I draw the hair by blue color, and to make it as another half of a human’s head.

然後，我再畫上藍色的頭髮，填補另外一半的頭部高度。

And finally I draw the mouth and glass! Yes, I wear glass every day! And finished! Look, a Simpsons style self-portrait was finished!

最後我畫上嘴跟眼鏡，對，我平常都是戴眼鏡的！然後就完成了！一個辛普森造型的自畫像完成了！

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Postscript 後記

Lol! I know I draw it so bad, but I think that’s fine, as at least I have tried my best. And this is only my first time, and I hope I will have my next time and can do it better!

哈哈！我知道我是畫得挺差的，但是沒所謂啦，因為我已經盡了我最大的努力了。而且這只是我的第一次而已，希望還會有下一次吧，下一次我會做得更好的！

And I would like to say the Crayola Fingerpaint is quite fun to play, I tried to mix different color by the three color it provided. And gradient effect is quite beautiful!

還有，我想說Crayola可水洗手指畫顏料也挺好玩的，我還嘗試了從那三種顏色中混合出不同的顏色，而那個漸變較果也是挺美的！

And now, I have to wash my tool – fingers!

而最後是時候洗淨我的工具 – 手指了！

Thanks for everyone who read until the end of this post! And I do hope you enjoy it (thought I think most of you will not XD). Actually drawing is not really that hard to play with, indeed, it is quite fun. But of course if you want a good drawing, which may take you a long time to make it. So, start from today, let’s all make our little step for what we are not familiar with! Cheers!

感謝看到這裏的各位！我希望你會喜歡吧 (雖然我想信大部份的人都應該不會 XD)。其實畫畫也不會太難，還可以說是挺有趣的。但若是你想要畫出一幅好畫，大概你就要付出很多的努力了吧。所以，就讓我們從今天開始踏出我們的一小步，去適應我們所不熟悉的東西吧！

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Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy it!
And please follow me and see my other post if you like it: @victorier

感謝你的閱讀，希望你會喜歡!
如果你覺得不錯的話請你追蹤我，也可以看我其他的文章: @victorier