If you’ve ever wanted to see yourself in hand-drawn 8-bit form, here’s your chance!

$75 gets you a full-size DS-style portrait of any one person or kitty, plus 100px and 32px icons of the same image. If you want a DS character in the panel with you, that’s free.

$125 gets you all of the above for two people. Last time I did these, portraits of couples were really popular. Might this be … your Valentine?

A signed 5×7″ print of your portrait is only $15 more.

Please contact me at dieselsweeties@mac.com with questions or customization requests.

Also! Please, please, please order from an email address that you check regularly. I’m going to need to contact you!

What you will need: Clear photos of your face from the front and at a 3/4 side angle. You should be fully visible from the waist up. If there are specific items of clothing you want to be depicted in, I’ll need one or more photos of you wearing them.

Disclaimer: Not all clothing or prop requests will be possible in a pixel style. Trust me, I’ve tried a lot of different character designs over the years and may make modifications in order for your portrait to “work” at this resolution. Costumes are fine, but clothing or lack of clothing racier than PG-13 are not. My aim is to be accurate, so please keep that in mind when choosing your photos!

How can you use your portrait? You are free to use your portrait forever in any non-commercial manner. Use it as your Twitter icon, Facebook picture or as an author image in a book or CD or on your blog. If you wish to sell this image as a t-shirt, album cover or for any other commercial use, we will need to come up with an arrangement. These personal portraits are done at a heavy discount so normal people can afford them for fun. Thanks for understanding!

A NOTE ABOUT DEADLINES: If you order before the end of November, I can definitely get you a digital file in time for Christmas. Turnaround time on art is 2-3 weeks depending on demand. If you need a print in time for the holidays outside the USA, just let me know and we'll make it work as inexpensively as possible.