wear a mask of yourself: testing + development

the first thing that i did when creating my mask was smash my face on a piece of paper and get someone to draw around it so i knew i had a mask big enough to cover my ugly mug. 
drawing at such a big scale was quite daunting at first, especially for an a6 sketchbook-er like myself. however i got over it and the outcome was the perfect size. however as the paper was a bit flimsy i had to mount it on some cardboard so that it would hold itself up without difficulty. 
someone mentioned to me that the panda looked quite sad, which made me question if i should redraw it, however when i thought about it it worked with my theme of feeling a bit lost and out of place.