culture
CNN: Social Networking Leads to Resurgence of Portraits?
Old-school portraits see resurgence online
I did a few of these. Back in the day for LiveJournal profile pics.
Let me know if you’re interested in an avatar portrait. Send me a picture and I can have it to you within a week. $25. The image I send you will be 300 x 300 pixels at 72 dpi. If you’re interested in higher quality work, please let me know. You can contact me at steve @ fluidbeauty.com Remove the spaces to make it work. Or at Twitter, I’m @cleff.
I’m a big fan of bringing portraiture to the masses and I’m working on a project (targeting mid 2010 for the kickoff) of portraits of people I know. If you want in, let me know that, too. Only requirements are that we’ve met in person or spoken on the phone and you’ve got a good story to tell.
Highlights from the CNN story:
- The portrait, a centuries-old art form, is finding new life with the masses online
- Some people pay artists to paint their Facebook profile pictures and Twitter icons
- Free Web sites generate cartoon pictures of people for use in social media
- Researcher says portraits are necessary stand-ins for people online
Request Month
I’m opening the daily drawings up for requests. I’ve only received three so far, so it might turn into request week.
A friend recently asked for a picture from the Wire, so of course, here’s Omar.
Lost
Lost is back. Heard some weird things about tonight’s episode. Hope it’s as nutty as it sounds.
Believe
Wanted to cheer myself up from yesterday’s Eagles and get back to the real world. History happens tomorrow: the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
