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?
David Arazim
Maximilian Bartel
Maja Bencic
Nina Boatman & Aaron Robbins
Michael Baumrucker
Grant Davey
Shirley-Ann Dick
Jacky Gilbertson
Marc Grabanski
Brian Handley
David Hellmann
Shaun Inman
Eric Karjaluoto
Fiaz Khan
Joe Lifrieri
Marcelino Llano
Li Chin Low
Leonardo Maia
Luc Melgar
Sarah Neuber
Ryan Orourke
Veerle Pieters
Jason Reed
Simon Reynolds
Chris Rowe
Darlene Sanguenza
Andrea Cima Serniotti
Namie Taniguchi
Josh Tilton
Diogo Torres
Lukasz Tyrala
Paulo Vitor
And, here are my favorite self-portraits submitted by Creative Opera readers. Thanks for your submissions. Keep ‘em coming!!
Tarale Hicks
Carl Owens
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!
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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:
March 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Carl, it’s FANTASTIC!! I’ve added it to the post. Thanks for sharing!
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….
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/
Wow Tarale, this is BEAUTIFUL!! I’ve added you to the post. Thanks so much for offering to share!
Great picture Tarale, particularly the hair, something which I find difficult, prob because I have none myself!!
Great post! Don’t forget http://shauninman.com
These are so fun
Awesome suggestion Willie! I’ve added Shaun to the post, thanks!