here are pdf files showing 8 self portraits drawn with my eyes closed from an exercise in class compared with self portraits I have drawn from as far back as when I was a teenager.
self portrait 1self portrait 2self portrait 3the above 3 are just portraits drawn from memory with my eyes closed
self portrait bad 1self portrait bad 2these next 2 were drawn when I was thinking about a time when I was being told I was bad
self portrait child 1self portrait child 2these 2 above were drawn while thinking of myself as a child
self portrait overjoyedthis final one was drawn while I thought about a time when I was overjoyed.