The self portrait is starting to actually look like something now lol! You can see the dog starting to take shape on the left now! If I work from a photograph again like this I might edit the photo a little bit first to make features stand out a bit more but I’m happy with how it’s going
Yeah, I generally just work from fairly basic patterns I find online so this is a whole different experience lol it’s an idea I’ve started and quit a few times since I began cross stitching a few years ago I think I just hadn’t quite developed the skill and patience for it yet!