After seeing that some of my friends get fancy customized pictures for their Facebook and Twitter profiles I thought it would be cool to get one too. But not for me – for my wife. You see, she currently works as IT Security Officer (the best I know btw.) but earlier when she started as security auditor and she worked as part of the “tiger team”, she often said she wants her picture like the movie poster from "Men in Black”. So this is what I had in mind:
Given the upcoming Valentine’s Day it occurred to me this could be the perfect gift (you see it gets hard over time in marriage to came up with something unique). But instead of going to websites that offer such service, I filled the job opening on oDesk.com (freelance job exchange – highly recommended). Couple days later I got handful of candidates to choose from. In the end I choose the graphics artist from Thailand, Mr. Wanchana Intrasombat (or Vic for short). After seeing Vic’s profile and gallery (and this picture in particular) I was sure this is the style I’m looking for and that he is the perfect guy for the job.
In the end I can say that you can’t go wrong with Vic. He made truly exceptional job, and working with him was fascinating experience on its own. He was very open to my ideas and quick to accommodate them (even when I changed my mind several times in the process).
So here is the final picture:
And here is another sketch he made just for fun of it:
Go check out Vic’s gallery – he has tons of good stuff there. If you need a great graphics artist or just want to get your own avatar feel free to contact him: vic__unforce (at) hotmail (dot) com
And tell us what you think about the pictures!