I was going to make a sort of calm piece, something similar to one of my previous paintings, where I’m trying to portray this sense of relief and freedom to feel. While sketching and finishing up the line work, the expression I came up with was not looking calm at all. I ended up drawing my own emotions I was going through, without any intention of doing so, but I chose to stick with it.Self-hatred is not an easy thing to overcome. I have been struggling with it my whole life, constantly blam...