Self-Portrait Studies

Have been experimenting with some ideas of a self-portrait along the same lines of the style I have been working with: the intersection of glam and comic books, soap opera drama and clothing catalogs.

Here is a question: What does it say if in our advertising of clothes and image, people are almost always shown alone? Alone in a neat square.

Anyhow, above see some sketches playing with composition and layout. I like the postures and the idea of these two playing against one another; the text and the focus. A shot, and then a shot of reflection, action. An image of something closer, a realization. An evaluation and an action.

We will see. I have some oil paint aspirations cooking for this one. And no, I realize these aren't so flattering.