Fluid Beauty » culture http://fluidbeauty.com Portraits, Paintings, and Sketches by Steve Cleff Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:02:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CNN: Social Networking Leads to Resurgence of Portraits? http://fluidbeauty.com/index.php/2009/08/27/cnn-social-networking-leads-to-resurgence-of-portraits/ http://fluidbeauty.com/index.php/2009/08/27/cnn-social-networking-leads-to-resurgence-of-portraits/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:29:41 +0000 admin http://fluidbeauty.com/?p=622 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
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A friend recently asked for a picture from the Wire, so of course, here’s Omar.

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