Portrait Photos as Art

rderri01

Hi everyone!
I just joined up with Digital Grin and have been having a great time exploring so many interesting photos.

Take a look at my album in SmugMug if you get the chance - I'd love to hear what you think. I've just started up an online venture transforming digital portrait shots into a pop artwork, printed and framed on canvas. I thought they'd make really nice personalised gifts. Actually it all started when I gave one of myself to my partner. He loved it, and I must say, I thought it looked ok on the wall too!


The website is www.pascoepopart.com if you want to take a look.

Anyway, it's early days yet so I'm after any feedback I can get.

Thanks!
Rachel.

binghott

that's not really the greatest thing i've ever seen. i would not want one of those on my walls.

AntoineD

Well, these are cool for tv-stuffs of, webdesign, or whatever, but one cannot say this is still a portrait.

To me, it's just a bunch of photoshop effects thrown to a picture.

But it definetly work for web/tv design purpose, I guess.
Design, but not "art".

wholenewlight

A 70's pop-art, warhol look. And I like it. I'll disagree with the others in that a portrait isn't defined by certain rules. If someone gave me a gift of one of these, I'd probably think it was pretty cool and find a fun place to display it. Different tastes for different people. I like the two with the accent lines.

JimM

I think they are pretty "hip" too!

rjpat

rderri, I think that you should read this article.

photogmomma

rjpat wrote:

rderri, I think that you should read this article.

Excellent article. Thanks for posting....

Whiile these portraits aren't to my taste, I still like them. I have a very good friend I'm going to send to your site as I know she'll love them! Fun either way! Keep it up....

Nandita

I love them! Very Andy Warhol and tres chic.

Good luck. You are certain to find a market for these. :tup:

Richard

Hmm...there was a thread a few months back that discussed something similar. You can see it here.

I think you will generate controversy by using the word "art." What is most important to you is whether or not these things sell. As long as they do, then it doesn't matter what they are called.

Regards,

schmoo

I agree with the others here, that using the word "Art" causes controversy in a large forum like this as well as the rest of the world... but I have definitely seen worse and I'm sure that if you're looking to make money, you'll do well!

I am finding the website incredibly difficult to navigate, however.

Angelo

I've been working on this exact type of project thanks to a free tutorial available at:

http://www.family-portrait-artists.com/



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rderri01

Thanks for the feedback
It's been really great to read all of your comments - the good and bad! I totally understand that it's not to everyone's taste. Just to boost a little of my credibility... they aren't just simple photo-shoppy jobs but are actually hand drawn from the photos first.

Anyway, "art" or not, it's true that my intention is to make a little money from them... (we're all capitalists at heart aren't we?! - though I hope you noticed that 10% of proceeds goes to MSF, so it's not all for me!) . So I'm loving this feedback...even if it did get off to a shaky start!

Hmmm website difficult to navigate... any more feedback on that would be awesome. What about the prices? We opted to go with a fairly expensive printer because quality is important to us, but I wonder if it means we're excluding alot of potential customers...?

The trials of starting a new business! Once again, thanks for all your comments.
Cheers,
Rachel.
www.pascoepopart.com

TomaS

I like the first example here, the second less, and the third not at all. Mostly I find the colors very distracting in #3 and think it would get more irritating the more I looked at it on the wall. The color in #1 also detracts from the beautiful face that you captured so well.

All this is my opinion of course. I think you are on to something but need to refine the compositions.

Good luck in your venture. If you enjoy doing it and make some $ too, what more could you ask?

kres

Art is certainly a hot-word right now.

While these aren't a reflection of my taste (although I like the first one alot...) I'd have a hard time arguing that they are not protraits - considering the heavy use of photoshop in the field. Bit's are still getting switched. It's post-production for effect IMHO.

In either case, best of luck with your venture, and expanding your idea!

Seneca

Not my thing...but if you can make money doing it ...hey...then go for it.

rderri01

Our latest work



Comments?

kres

Perhaps a little heavy on the conversion.. took me second to figure it out.

That said, I really like the composition - goes very well with the style.

rderri01

Win a free Pop Art portrait!
For anyone who is mildly interested in my style of pop art portraits...

I have a post on the Flea Market thread titled "Post whacky portraits - win a pop art print!". I'm asking dgrinners to post any interesting/fun/whacky portraits to the thread, and the most interesting/fun/whacky portrait (as voted by yours truly) will win a FREE pop art print. And the top 3 will be featured in the PascoePopArt.com gallery.

So if you want some free artwork, please check out the thread.

Cheers!

krisbphoto

That's exactly my point. Exactly. Because you have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Wheat tasted like? Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted like oatmeal, or tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot of things. You take chicken, for example: maybe they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything.

Stustaff

Have to say I love the latest one!

rderri01

Stustaff wrote:

Have to say I love the latest one!

Thanks!

Stustaff

rderri01 wrote:

Thanks!

No problem, hey I sent you an email through your site with a couple of questions.

rderri01

Stustaff wrote:

No problem, hey I sent you an email through your site with a couple of questions.

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