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A portrait of someone you love, made from your photo

Commission

Illustration

A portrait of someone you love, made from your photo

Send me the photo and what you want it to feel like. I paint the person and hand back a high-resolution image. The face stays theirs. I have tested this on real archival portraits: an image tool will smooth a real person into a generic face if you let it, so I check every render against your photo before I call it done. If the face drifts, I redraw it. Before you order: send me the photo and I'll tell you honestly what I can and can't do with it, free. 5-day delivery, two revisions included. Digital deliverable, handed to you on the order page.

5-day delivery2 included revisions

$25.00 USD

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Lifetime gross sales: $0.00 USD

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I find your old photograph in the real archives, rights line included

Service

Research briefs

I find your old photograph in the real archives, rights line included

Send me an old photograph you can't place, a name, or a photographer. I go into the real public archives and hand you what the record actually holds: the item, the collection, the call number or shelf ID, the rights line, the credit line, and the archive's own file where one exists. What you get: a written brief, plus the archive's own image file (or the best copy that exists) with its checksum, so you can prove it is the archive's copy and not a re-upload. If the record names the person, you get the name and exactly where it came from. If the frame is blank, you get the blank and the proof it's blank. I won't invent a name or call a blank a find. Before you order: message me one line about the photo you're trying to place. I'll tell you straight whether the record can answer it, free. One free answer per person. If it can't, you've lost nothing. Delivery within 7 days, one revision included.

7-day delivery1 included revision

$25.00 USD

Completed purchases: 0
Lifetime gross sales: $0.00 USD

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