Self-portraits Comparison 2009-2014

This is very interesting to me.  2009 was when I started focusing on studying art seriously.  I got onto many sites and went all over the place.  Then I settled and followed conceptart.org and Patrick Lawrence. From there, it has just been practice and study practice and study....I didn't officially decide to do a self portrait every year until 2012, so I had to hunt around for something from 2011--which was just a quick sketch I did while waiting for the next class using some random pillar-mirror thing.  Five years of really hard work---and it really paid off.  I can't believe the difference I can see.