Vector illustration

For my vector illustration,  I chose to do a black and white self portrait because I wanted to attempt to use the gradient mesh tool and i thought that it would be a little easier for me to work with black and white instead of color.  I have never worked with this tool before and i found it difficult to use at first, but i am happy with the effect it applied.  I draw a lot of portraits so for this project i wanted to focus on the detail of my face and attempt to make it more realistic rather than cartoon like.  I had a lot of fun doing this project and i am happy with the final result.