Custom Icons & Avatars

[Update: Marty is putting a hold on small avatar projects until his schedule opens up. If you are interested in putting together a larger project, drop him a note at marty@martinwhitmore.com. We'll let you know when the avatar train is running again!]

Important note: Check Marty’s availability here if you’re interested in setting up a project.

When people look you up online and find your userpic, what do you want them to see? Whether you belong to one social networking site or a hundred, your avatar is how your followers pick you out of a crowd, and you don’t want to look like the crowd — you want to look incredibly, uniquely yourself. Your avatar is how people identify you.

…so why not be identified as fucking awesome?

Marty makes custom icons, avatars, and portraits that look brilliant on professional sites, social media profiles, and definitely on Twitter. These can be as simple as turning a photo of yourself into an illustrated cartoon, or as exciting as creating an entirely new character custom made to embody your online persona. (Mutant? Animal mascot? Zombie? Superhero? No problem.) Marty makes it simple and painless to add style to your online presence: Tell him who you are, and he’ll help you show the world.

If you want a single avatar portrait of yourself to use across all the sites you belong to, Marty will design it for you and give you a finished set of icons you can use for any of them. Perhaps you’d like an illustrated version of yourself to greet your readers in the header of your blog? A colorful cartoon icon that makes your words really pop in Twitter?

“Marty’s icons look great, and they’re distinctive and eye-catching. They really stand out in a sea of tiny photos of people’s faces. And plus, my icon actually looks like me, so when people see my photo or meet me in real life, they recognize me from my icon!” ~ Pace Smith

$65 Userpic Icon, Small
Twitter, Gravatar, & other small-format icon use
Simple full-color headshot (example)

$90 Userpic Icon, Medium
Facebook, message boards, & other medium-format icon use
Full-color headshot, head & shoulders with shaded color (example)

$150 Full Character Portrait (example)
Full length character portrait, simple color & standard level of detail
Useful for personal and professional websites, large avatars (example)

$200 High-Detail Full Character Portrait
Full length character portrait, shaded color & high level of detail
Great for personal and professional sites (example)

Custom Package: Need several variations on a single character to scatter through the pages of your site? …or, need a group of people instead of just one? Marty can give you a custom package that’s perfect for what you need! Email him by clicking here.

Want to see more of the kind of work you can expect? Check out Marty’s Icons & Avatars image set on Flickr!

[Update: Marty is putting a hold on small avatar projects until his schedule opens up. If you are interested in putting together a larger project, drop him a note at marty@martinwhitmore.com. We'll let you know when the avatar train is running again!]