<commit_before>---
layout: page
permalink: /portraits/
title: "PaperFaces iPad Portraits"
headline: "Get PaperFaced"
description: "Order a digital portrait drawn with the Paper app by FiftyThree for iPad."
modified: 2014-01-06
image:
  thumb: portrait-thumb.jpg
  homepage: portrait-500x500.gif
tags: [portrait, Paper by 53, drawing, painting, iPad, commission]
homepage: true
---

Want to be part of my PaperFaces Project and have a portrait drawn with the Paper app by FiftyThree for iPad? Well read on friend, here's how it goes down.

I am not an artist and merely doing portraits for fun. I take the supplied reference photograph and draw my interpretation of it, illustrated in a loose watercolor and pencil style. If the source photography is well lit and of high quality I might draw a realistic portrait, but I also might draw a faceless one. I'm not asking much for these drawings so I think that more than makes up for this level of discretion. ([Portrait examples]({{ site.url }}/paperfaces/))

<figure>
	<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-single-multiple.jpg" alt="one face or multiple">
	<figcaption>I&rsquo;ve done quite a few cats, dogs, and even a velociraptor &mdash; the stranger the better!</figcaption>
</figure>

## Making of Video

Curious to see how your portrait was made? For a few extra dollars I'll capture the entire drawing process using a magical technology known as AirPlay, edit into a ~5 minute time lapse video, and send you a rendered file[^movie].

[^movie]: Videos are saved as MP4 movies and uploaded to YouTube and Dropbox. Links will be provided a few days after I finish the drawing since it takes me some time to edit and render the final file.

<figure>
	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLqP2ipMLc6UugVLyTwWTiFtmmZzj7ao" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-making-of-video.jpg" alt="making of video samples"></a>
	<figcaption>Sample videos can be viewed on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLqP2ipMLc6UugVLyTwWTiFtmmZzj7ao" target="_blank">my YouTube Channel</a></figcaption>
</figure>

## Include a Photo Reference

Please include a link to a high resolution image (the larger the better) in the **portrait reference** field below. Don't have it linked up somewhere? No problem. Just email your picture to <<EMAIL>> after completing the transaction and include a note in PayPal's special instructions that you'll be emailing me a photo so I know to expect an attachment.

## Decide on an Inscription

Typically I write the subject's Twitter username in the lower right corner of the drawing. If you prefer a proper name, my signature, no name at all, or something else --- please specify in the **inscription** field below when ordering.

<figure>
	<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-inscription.jpg" alt="portrait inscription sample">
	<figcaption>Inscription placed in the lower right corner&hellip;if you want it.</figcaption>
</figure>

## Then I Draw

I'm pretty quick at getting to orders and average a 24--48 hour turn around to complete a portrait. Once completed I'll tweet out the drawing so my followers can enjoy it and then email you the original PNG file[^png-file] with adequate resolution to make an 8&times;10 (or A4 for my European friends) print. If you ordered the **Making of Video Add-on** the YouTube and Dropbox download links will follow a couple days later.

[^png-file]: Paper by FiftyThree exports a PNG file measuring 2048&times;1536 pixels, viewable in most graphics software. You get the raw file --- unaltered and without a watermark.

## Order a Custom Portrait Now

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      <option value="One face">One face $10.00 USD</option>
      <option value="One face + video">One face + video $15.00 USD</option>
      <option value="Multiple faces">Multiple faces $25.00 USD</option>
      <option value="Multiple faces + video">Multiple faces + video $30.00 USD</option>
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**Usage and Copyright:** Each PaperFaces portrait is protected under a [Creative Commons License]({{ site.url }}/terms/ "Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International"). That means you're free to use them as avatars, share on social media, or print out for personal use --- it's your face so do with it as you please.
{: .notice}

## Some Recent Portraits

<ul class="oversized-recent-grid unstyled-list">
{% for post in site.categories.paperfaces limit:8 %}
  <li><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" title="{{ post.title }}">
    <img class="load" src="{{ site.url }}/images/preload.gif" data-original="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ post.image.thumb }}" alt="" width="110" height="110">
    <noscript><img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ post.image.thumb }}" alt="" width="110" height="110"></noscript>
  </a></li>
  {% endfor %}
</ul>

## What Others are Saying About PaperFaces

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> Thanks so much for making this! Love the no face ;)</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@omri_mor) <a href="https://twitter.com/omri_mor/statuses/255021100780625922">October 7, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The talented <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> draws our about page: <a href="https://twitter.com/FiftyThree">@FiftyThree</a> — faces without faces of all the makers <a href="http://t.co/Aynukw2thh">http://t.co/Aynukw2thh</a></p>&mdash; <NAME> (@georgpetschnigg) <a href="https://twitter.com/georgpetschnigg/statuses/341333760433848321">June 2, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_FTW">@mike_ftw</a> haha. Awesome sauce. Best one yet!</p>&mdash; Q (@maxquattromani) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxquattromani/statuses/248245003300794368">September 19, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> Thank you so much! I honestly thought you wouldn&#39;t find time! It reminds me a little of slenderman - in an awesome way! 😄</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@Annekoehler) <a href="https://twitter.com/Annekoehler/statuses/393850987171282944">October 25, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>My last RT is too fucking cool, feel like Rose from Titanic <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23frenchgirl&amp;src=hash">#frenchgirl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a></p>&mdash; callum (@clamteeth) <a href="https://twitter.com/clamteeth/statuses/248683914368004096">September 20, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media="none"><p>“<a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PaperFaces&amp;src=hash">#PaperFaces</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MadeWithPaper&amp;src=hash">#MadeWithPaper</a> <a href="http://t.co/Eo72rx2dEC">pic.twitter.com/Eo72rx2dEC</a>”&#10;&#10;Thank you! I feel honored - this looks very well done!</p>&mdash; Finn (@invalididentity) <a href="https://twitter.com/invalididentity/statuses/348884007892692994">June 23, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"><p>Whaaat <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> did a portrait of me, and it is beyond sublime. Beyond. <a href="http://t.co/G2txlVXpzW">pic.twitter.com/G2txlVXpzW</a></p>&mdash; <NAME> (@timcameronryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/timcameronryan/statuses/393597807455502336">October 25, 2013</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><commit_msg>Move recent portraits above "the fold"<commit_after>---
layout: page
permalink: /portraits/
title: "PaperFaces iPad Portraits"
headline: "Get PaperFaced"
description: "Order a digital portrait drawn with the Paper app by FiftyThree for iPad."
modified: 2014-01-10
image:
  thumb: portrait-thumb.jpg
  homepage: portrait-500x500.gif
tags: [portrait, Paper by 53, drawing, painting, iPad, commission]
homepage: true
---

Want to be part of my PaperFaces Project and have a portrait drawn with the Paper app by FiftyThree for iPad? Well read on friend, here's how it goes down.

<ul class="oversized-recent-grid unstyled-list">
{% for post in site.categories.paperfaces limit:8 %}
  <li><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" title="{{ post.title }}">
    <img class="load" src="{{ site.url }}/images/preload.gif" data-original="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ post.image.thumb }}" alt="" width="110" height="110">
    <noscript><img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ post.image.thumb }}" alt="" width="110" height="110"></noscript>
  </a></li>
  {% endfor %}
</ul>

I am not an artist and merely doing portraits for fun. I take the supplied reference photograph and draw my interpretation of it, illustrated in a loose watercolor and pencil style. If the source photography is well lit and of high quality I might draw a realistic portrait, but I also might draw a faceless one. I'm not asking much for these drawings so I think that more than makes up for this level of discretion. ([Portrait examples]({{ site.url }}/paperfaces/))

<figure>
	<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-single-multiple.jpg" alt="one face or multiple">
	<figcaption>I&rsquo;ve done quite a few cats, dogs, and even a velociraptor &mdash; the stranger the better!</figcaption>
</figure>

## Making of Video

Curious to see how your portrait was made? For a few extra dollars I'll capture the entire drawing process using a magical technology known as AirPlay, edit into a ~5 minute time lapse video, and send you a rendered file[^movie].

[^movie]: Videos are saved as MP4 movies and uploaded to YouTube and Dropbox. Links will be provided a few days after I finish the drawing since it takes me some time to edit and render the final file.

<figure>
	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLqP2ipMLc6UugVLyTwWTiFtmmZzj7ao" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-making-of-video.jpg" alt="making of video samples"></a>
	<figcaption>Sample videos can be viewed on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLqP2ipMLc6UugVLyTwWTiFtmmZzj7ao" target="_blank">my YouTube Channel</a></figcaption>
</figure>

## Include a Photo Reference

Please include a link to a high resolution image (the larger the better) in the **portrait reference** field below. Don't have it linked up somewhere? No problem. Just email your picture to <<EMAIL>> after completing the transaction and include a note in PayPal's special instructions that you'll be emailing me a photo so I know to expect an attachment.

## Decide on an Inscription

Typically I write the subject's Twitter username in the lower right corner of the drawing. If you prefer a proper name, my signature, no name at all, or something else --- please specify in the **inscription** field below when ordering.

<figure>
	<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/portrait-inscription.jpg" alt="portrait inscription sample">
	<figcaption>Inscription placed in the lower right corner&hellip;if you want it.</figcaption>
</figure>

## Then I Draw

I'm pretty quick at getting to orders and average a 24--48 hour turn around to complete a portrait. Once completed I'll tweet out the drawing so my followers can enjoy it and then email you the original PNG file[^png-file] with adequate resolution to make an 8&times;10 (or A4 for my European friends) print. If you ordered the **Making of Video Add-on** the YouTube and Dropbox download links will follow a couple days later.

[^png-file]: Paper by FiftyThree exports a PNG file measuring 2048&times;1536 pixels, viewable in most graphics software. You get the raw file --- unaltered and without a watermark.

## Order a Custom Portrait Now

<div class="well">
  <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
    <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
    <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="3VRPLX7UXXDLW">
    <select name="os0" style="width: 100%;">
      <option value="One face">One face $10.00 USD</option>
      <option value="One face + video">One face + video $15.00 USD</option>
      <option value="Multiple faces">Multiple faces $25.00 USD</option>
      <option value="Multiple faces + video">Multiple faces + video $30.00 USD</option>
    </select>
    <input type="hidden" name="on1" value="Portrait reference">
    <label style="margin:10px 0;">Portrait reference</label>
    <input type="text" name="os1" maxlength="200">
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    <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
  </form>
</div><!-- /.well -->

**Usage and Copyright:** Each PaperFaces portrait is protected under a [Creative Commons License]({{ site.url }}/terms/ "Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International"). That means you're free to use them as avatars, share on social media, or print out for personal use --- it's your face so do with it as you please.
{: .notice}

## What Others are Saying About PaperFaces

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> Thanks so much for making this! Love the no face ;)</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@omri_mor) <a href="https://twitter.com/omri_mor/statuses/255021100780625922">October 7, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The talented <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> draws our about page: <a href="https://twitter.com/FiftyThree">@FiftyThree</a> — faces without faces of all the makers <a href="http://t.co/Aynukw2thh">http://t.co/Aynukw2thh</a></p>&mdash; <NAME> (@georgpetschnigg) <a href="https://twitter.com/georgpetschnigg/statuses/341333760433848321">June 2, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_FTW">@mike_ftw</a> haha. Awesome sauce. Best one yet!</p>&mdash; Q (@maxquattromani) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxquattromani/statuses/248245003300794368">September 19, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> Thank you so much! I honestly thought you wouldn&#39;t find time! It reminds me a little of slenderman - in an awesome way! 😄</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@Annekoehler) <a href="https://twitter.com/Annekoehler/statuses/393850987171282944">October 25, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>My last RT is too fucking cool, feel like Rose from Titanic <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23frenchgirl&amp;src=hash">#frenchgirl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a></p>&mdash; callum (@clamteeth) <a href="https://twitter.com/clamteeth/statuses/248683914368004096">September 20, 2012</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media="none"><p>“<a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PaperFaces&amp;src=hash">#PaperFaces</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MadeWithPaper&amp;src=hash">#MadeWithPaper</a> <a href="http://t.co/Eo72rx2dEC">pic.twitter.com/Eo72rx2dEC</a>”&#10;&#10;Thank you! I feel honored - this looks very well done!</p>&mdash; Finn (@invalididentity) <a href="https://twitter.com/invalididentity/statuses/348884007892692994">June 23, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"><p>Whaaat <a href="https://twitter.com/mmistakes">@mmistakes</a> did a portrait of me, and it is beyond sublime. Beyond. <a href="http://t.co/G2txlVXpzW">pic.twitter.com/G2txlVXpzW</a></p>&mdash; Tiny Camera Ryan (@timcameronryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/timcameronryan/statuses/393597807455502336">October 25, 2013</a></blockquote>

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