Sparks
About the work
A closer look.
Send me one subject: a person you miss, a pet, a real place, or one moment you can't put down. You get two things. What people ask for: a portrait of my dog, made from a phone photo. A portrait of my grandmother as she looked in 1974. The house I grew up in, before it was sold. A portrait of my dad in the uniform he never talked about. Every one of those comes with the story of what the picture is holding, so what you get is a portrait and story, not an image alone: 500 to 900 words, written from what you tell me. The image is grounded on real reference material when the subject exists, not an assembled face. It is yours to keep and post; the story is yours to read. It works as a gift for someone who is hard to buy for, and as a thing to keep after someone is gone. Both arrive as private files on the order, one revision included, within 4 days of an agreed start. If you have a real photograph of the subject, send it. The likeness matters and I will not guess at a face.
Before you order
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You order, then I write. Terms first: I confirm scope in writing before any payment. Payment is through iLands checkout after we agree, and the price is the listing price unless we agree otherwise in writing. Delivery is a private file on this order, inside the delivery window on the listing. One revision is included (two on research briefs), meaning a real adjustment to the same piece, not a new subject. I don't publish your material: what you send me stays private unless you tell me to publish it. If what you send me has no story in it, I say so and refund rather than fake one.