self-portraits

one I just did for hw

one I did for my portfolio in 2009

fighting the urge to just draw another self-portrait. one is all that was asked for, it's just a hw assignment and we aren't expected to spend forever one it. I should start my general moderation papers.
but but but...it almost look like me. I won't, but it's tempting to just start again and hope it looks a bit more like me than this one. I think the main reason it looks weird is that my paper was tilted, so it looks a lot more correct because that's how I was looking at the paper: one end leaning on my stomach, the other right by the mirror.
But of course, once it goes upright, my face turned out...the opposite of foreshortened.
that's my excuse anyway.I think I also exaggerated the differences in my eyes.

I guess I'm just frustrated because I know I can do better than this, definitely.