Online - February 07, 2006

Isn’t It Iconic

Iconic Distance

Your last portrait? Not so flattering. For some reason the surly civil servant at the DMV couldn’t have cared less about capturing your good side. She was utterly insistent on full-frontal exposure.

So is Doug Murphy, the artist also known as Plasticgod. His signature style riffs on our obsession with fame, turning celebrities du jour into two-dimensional pop-art icons.

He’s also happy to give us mere mortals a shot at the VIP treatment. Just send him a few face-forward photographs (be sure to show your ears) and he’ll work his graphic magic. Guided by those snapshots, he creates four-by-four digital prints on canvas, transforming your mug into a signed masterpiece. In two to five weeks you’ll get a commission to call your own. And, finally, you’ll have a flattering likeness of yourself.

Just don’t try carrying it around in your wallet.

Available online at auntbeep.com.