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Design Trends: Self Portraits

Peruse the design showcases, and you’ll see one illustrated portrait after another of and by your favorite designers. It’s amazing how different they all are — and how each seems to reflect the personality of the designer. How would you illustrate yourself?

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David Arazim

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Maximilian Bartel

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Maja Bencic

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Nina Boatman & Aaron Robbins

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Michael Baumrucker

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Grant Davey

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Shirley-Ann Dick

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Jacky Gilbertson

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Marc Grabanski

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Brian Handley

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David Hellmann

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Shaun Inman

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Eric Karjaluoto

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Fiaz Khan

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Joe Lifrieri

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Marcelino Llano

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Li Chin Low

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Leonardo Maia

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Luc Melgar

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Sarah Neuber

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Ryan Orourke

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Veerle Pieters

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Jason Reed

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Simon Reynolds

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Chris Rowe

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Darlene Sanguenza

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Andrea Cima Serniotti

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Namie Taniguchi

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Josh Tilton

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Diogo Torres

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Lukasz Tyrala

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Paulo Vitor

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And, here are my favorite self-portraits submitted by Creative Opera readers. Thanks for your submissions. Keep ‘em coming!!

Tarale Hicks

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Carl Owens

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Roxanne Labajo

I hope you enjoyed this collection of designer self-portraits. Do you have a self-portrait on your design website that you would like to share? Or did you create an illustration of yourself for use as an avatar? I’d love to see them! Send me your image, your name, and a link to your website, and I’ll be glad to add the best illustrations to this post. I’m working on mine now. I’ll post it here and on my About page as soon as it’s finished!

12 Responses

03.24.09

Hi Manda, here’s one I did a while ago using Photoshop and a graphics tablet. There were over 50 layers involved and a lot of coffee!!
Click here

Manda Reply:

Carl, it’s FANTASTIC!! I’ve added it to the post. Thanks for sharing!

03.24.09

Thanks Manda,
I’m working on a step by step tutorial with another picture which I’ll be posting soon, its going to be part of my blog design. Let you know when I have it finished.
C….

03.24.09

Yes, I’ve created one as part of my portfolio redesign (a work in progress). The portfolio isn’t done, but the self-portrait is in my Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarale/3334516461/in/set-72157600299450778/

03.24.09

Wow Tarale, this is BEAUTIFUL!! I’ve added you to the post. Thanks so much for offering to share!

03.24.09

Great picture Tarale, particularly the hair, something which I find difficult, prob because I have none myself!! :D

03.24.09

Great post! Don’t forget http://shauninman.com

03.24.09

These are so fun ;)

03.24.09

Awesome suggestion Willie! I’ve added Shaun to the post, thanks!

03.24.09

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