What are the many differences between Self portraits and Selfies? The difference between those two are that they are takin different and have different values. Self portraits are pictures can be painting that "you" yourself have made by hand of yourself. A selfie is a picture you took on you phone by hand. There two different things of course, they may be you but they are done in different ways. Portraits are more something to stay in this earth for a long time and be seen in person. The selfie is more like on your phone taken fast or at anytime, it doesn't take time and it could be deleted anytime. I would prefer doing both, the reason i say that is because i would want to take the selfie myself and then paint it myself but i would say selfie because it's easier. I wouldn't really say that one is more important than the other because people prefer different things and i think equal of them. They're both different in they're unique way that are different ...