An idealized me

[alonewiththemoon]

I got my Nikki J portrait yesterday--she'd left off my tattoos and was kind enough to add them in after I pointed that out :-)  For those of you who are not belly dancers who live on the internet, Nikki J does cartoony portraiture of dancers, like the people you see at cons and faires, but hers are all done by computer.  *All* the cool kids are getting their portrait done *insert slight eye-rolling here* and I decided to treat myself for my birthday this year. 



I quite like it, I think it really looks like me and I think it captures that air of regal yet approachable that I try to have as a dancer :)

 

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

[bluemoonsaga.livejournal.com]

pretty!! i want one but am puzzled what she would do about the tattoos.

[alonewiththemoon]

well, apparently she doesn't notice them unless you point them out ;-) No, I'm sure she'd do whatever you wanted, either leave them off or include them as evocative versions of the real thing. What she did on mine isn't exactly like my tattoos, but plenty close enough to represent them fine.

[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

Cute! :D

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Very nice! And I like the way she did the tattoos.
It is very much like you. Didn't quite get how ice-blue your eyes are, though.

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

I think it captures you very well...and it actually looks like you, something a lot of "portrait" artists seem not to get.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

[alonewiththemoon]

I verily LOL'd here at work ;-)

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

All due respect to the original artist, your version is 10 times the awesome.

[eeyrg.livejournal.com]

i have to agree! :)

[sanguineempathy.livejournal.com]

wow - Nice!

[fieryredhead.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[(Anonymous)]

VERY cool!!! I like it with the fuzzy ferit!