My sister-in-law Erin has linked me to what must be the most fabulous thing to ever grace the internet: Celestial Soul Portraits! An artist will do a “magical” portrait of you by taking “normal” photos that represent “the real you,” getting “your unique essence,” and “transforming” it into a Celestial Soul Portrait (his use of quotes, not mine). …For a small price of $150. But don’t let that bother you, look how fabulous they are!
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I’m dying. They’re so horrible they’re awesome. It’s like Lisa Frank got high on shrooms and discovered Photoshop. I love it.
Your challenge: Make me your own Celestial Soul Portrait! Do a self portrait, do one of a celebrity, do one of me – I don’t care. The most creative/lol-tastic/well-done one will win a doodle from me.
The only rule is that you should link to both the before and after photo for the full effect. Oh, and from what I’ve seen so far, I think “your unique essence” has to somehow include rainbows. Use caution when “transforming” flamboyant gays – their portraits may result in blindness and/or diabetes.
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LS
July 31, 2010 at 11:04 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Flamboyant individuals would simply be DOUBLE rainbow, all the way.(I have degenerated to simply replying with memes, apparently.)
JustDucky
July 31, 2010 at 11:05 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yes, but! Leonard Nimoy does it better. He does it -real-. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07…
LS
July 31, 2010 at 11:16 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Those actually look really cool…but I’d appreciate it if the article actually showed one of them up close. An article about art with all the art being in the background of pictures of the artist isn’t really effective. Yes, he’s Nimoy, yes we love him, but I want to appreciate his work, not his still-stunning good looks.
Coltara Cady
July 31, 2010 at 11:17 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What does it mean?!
Andrew R Sather
July 31, 2010 at 11:18 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
No better song to listen when contemplating Double Rainbows:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Peter Madsen
July 31, 2010 at 11:18 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Oh my god, I just knew someone was going to bring that up, lol.
KarateMonkey
July 31, 2010 at 11:27 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Of course you could just save up a little longer and buy Joe the Plumber on Black Velvet.
Dae
August 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That has GOT to be a joke… I hope. Some teenagers were bored one day and said “let’s think of something preposterous to sell, make a website for it, and see how many people bite!” That has to be it. Please let that be it.
Fiona
August 1, 2010 at 1:47 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I had a friend in high school who believed in Aura Photography. Scary.
TNO
August 1, 2010 at 6:06 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
This blog post by Andrew Hussie reveals a little about the process by which these awesomely terrible portraits are made: http://andrewhussie.blogspot.c…
jeroenemans
August 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
do not forget Iasos is also a gifted musician, capable of playing 2 (two) keyboards at the same time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…btw ladies: his facebook marital status is ” it’s complicated”, so grab your chances~!
Christopher Shelton
August 9, 2010 at 3:21 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Before: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyn…After: http://www.christopher-shelton…
Erial Ali
September 17, 2010 at 2:15 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Here you can see Erial transform some presidential hopefuls into a more “celestial” version of themselves. We’ve GOT to do something for these politicians!http://www.esquire.com/blogs/p…Thanks Jen you’re a gem!Best,ErialCelstial Soul Potraitshttp://www.erial.us