{"id":7235,"date":"2026-08-23T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:32:00","slug":"self-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/self-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Another year, another self-portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"My birthday portrait.\" title=\"moi\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-7236\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">I completed my birthday self portrait with a box of free acrylics, graphite, derwent wc pencils, a reused canvas, and repurposed subject. The results are as expected and a metaphor for the coming year, I think. I chose the least flattering angle possible because that was the best way to balance my phone. I think I need to get a small wall mirror for any future attempts, or a way to balance my phone that doesn&#8217;t emphasize the negative. And better paint. And maybe I could use an unused canvas.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">I could also take more care with the background, but honestly I found it overly complicated and consisting of boring bluey whites and 70s paneling. Maybe I should paint my head floating in space? That would be fun.\u00a0 I already got a vortex-thing working on my t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">I have a year to think about it. ;)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[159,214,212],"class_list":["post-7235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-acrylic","tag-moi","tag-self-portrait"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7239,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions\/7239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}