Character development assignment; a self portrait. The concept here is showing love to yourself no matter what others say about you.

The animal is a mixture of a pig, cow, elephant and hippo. The animals are the names that were used to bully me growing up. If you look carefully the pattern is of a cow, tail of a pig, nose of an elephant and legs of a hippo. I created this portraiture to encourage others who maybe struggling with self love that beauty comes in all forms and if people can't see it, it is okay as long as you love yourself. 

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Created using both Illustrator and Photoshop.