portrait
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
Daniel Edwards
As I try to figure out what types of projects I would or would not work on, Daniel Edwards’ work always catches my attention. I’m interested in pop culture and portraits (or in his case liknesses) and I see his work as a path I could have taken.
I think it’s great what he does, though I don’t know that I agree with it. It makes me question what I think is an appropriate use of a celebrity’s image. It’s one of the reasons I’m glad I’m not famous because I don’t think I’d like being one of his subjects. These celebrities are used to represent ideas, but they are people. Who’s rights or needs are more important, the society that uses celebrities – like societies once used the Gods of Greek Myths – to explain/represent aspirations/fears, or the people who are being used in this way? I used to think it was society, but now I think it’s the people. I think you should have to volunteer to be an idea or an ideal.
Anyway, here’s this dude sculpting this chick:
Sketch of the Day: Lilah
This is one of my favorites. It’s in my queue to be painted, I think I’ll do it in oils, but not sure. Haven’t done oils since ’94.
Sketch a day: Day 1: Dani Lyn
I’m going to try and do the sketch a day thing again. Here’s day 1, just under the wire at 11:28 PM EST.
It’s a study for the next painting I’m doing. I’m going to do weekly paintings again, too.
Day 1
New sketch
