GCU Forum - Cartoon your Artist pic

Tom_133317

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Cartoon your Artist pic
Aug 20^th, 2009, 7:19am

Some artists don't feel comfortable showing off their mug in a photo, but in my view I think buyers love seeing what the artist looks like. It provides a bit of a personal connection and could lead to a strong following and more sales over time. I'm hoping to find one fan who will say "Oh, it took me a while, but I now have all of Tom's cards!" Grin

I can dream can't I?

One solution is to turn your best mug-shot into a cartoon to use as you back-of-card pic. I found one site ( http://www.befunky.com/ ) that does this for FREE and has lots of options from full color, to a B/W sketch, to some really funky mixes. It's easy to play around and explore the various effects. Simply upload a photo and download the result. No name or email required.

Here is my mug-shot and the cartoon version as an example. There likely are other sites like this out there too.

You can even use a photo from your peak glamour days if you want, assumimg your not still building up to that Wink

. Could be fun!

I'd say use a full face shot, bright image, and a light background for the best results.

TOM

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Steve_134004 Full Member artist Posts: 222	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #1 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 7:37am HI Tom, Nice cards by the way! Your pic is not a cartoon, it's posterization of your pic. Sorry, I've done this vary same thing in Photoshop. Caricatures are different also. Just silly. Cheers, Steve www,stevedelmontestudio.com
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RG_137658 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 6	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #2 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 7:41am Great minds think alike! I've already done something similar to that! This is what I use for my back of card pic: Think anyone else would be interested in having their face on a coin?
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phrank_131619 Full Member artist Posts: 200	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #3 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 7:48am Nice picture Tom...Steves right. You can make your own in Photoshop Elements. Under, Filters- Artistic- Cutouts... Cool effect...But a Good Idea Tom, for adding to the back with artist address...capt
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Norma_133974 Junior Member artist Posts: 96	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #4 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 7:54am Thanks Tom for the information
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Doreen_137017

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Re: Cartoon your Artist pic
Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 9:23am

Hi Tom! Fun idea, for the guys anyway. Sorry to say that I feel the world is a bit too creepy sometimes to have a photo on all my cards (in your example you are still quite recognizable). I would much rather have my logo. Perhaps it's because I was stalked by 'a fan' who found me at a gallery opening which was a bit frightening. I wouldn't recommend it for women.

But, that's just my opinion. Grin

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Catherine_136771 Senior Member artist Posts: 290	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #6 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 10:50am Thanks, Tom. This is fun and easy and not just for portraits. In fact, I need to shut off my computer now and step far, far away before I posterize everything!
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Elizabeth_137795 Gold Member artist Posts: 724	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #7 - Aug 20^th, 2009, 2:00pm I just tried this with my mugshot and it turned out really neat. Lots of options. My mind is going crazy trying to think of things to play with. thanks for the tip, elizabeth
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Robert_136464

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Re: Cartoon your Artist pic
Reply #8 - Aug 21^st, 2009, 8:52am

I'll draw my own thanks! Wink

I was going to use this 'cartoon' of me for my GCU avatar but decided against it...
http://www.reeltoons.com/mystery_files_08.htm

And went for something more cartoony rather than comic book-ish...though if you look at my storefront banner you will see the image...

If anything you can 'South Park' yourself...that's pretty easy...

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Jonice_134877 Full Member artist Posts: 203	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #9 - Aug 29^th, 2009, 10:56am Awesome sight Tom! Thank you so much for sharing!
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Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Re: Cartoon your Artist pic Reply #10 - Aug 29^th, 2009, 12:54pm Oh Tom...Why ruin the fantasy Pamela
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