Hello Continuum! I'm replying here to your question about the self-portrait on my About page because I know threads are easily lost on update posts. I made that picture by taking a regular photograph, reducing the resolution, and then converting it to a bitmap photo in Photoshop. When you convert to a bitmap, you can apply a pattern, in this case that pattern was simple horizontal lines.
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Thanks for your interest in our site. I've been intending to do a project on Marcus Aurelius for a while now (its even advertised on the front page of our site) but haven't had time. I actually might be removing it soon and leaving it for the future. But I've enjoyed reading through some of the various ideas of your site, which has a different aesthetic and writing style to my own crowded, non-minimalistic approach
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I really enjoy the art work and layout of your website.
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automatic-llama
2 years ago
hey thank you! likewise! your site's easy to navigate and interesting to read.
thanks for the follow. i really enjoy how simple and minimal your site layout is
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volumen
2 years ago
Thanks for the comments, I like the illustrations and the random quotes on your website.
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The lines are meant to resemble "scan lines" and there are a few tutorials around on the web about how to get various scan line effects in Photoshop. Also, you can probably do all of this in the open-source Photoshop alternative called Gimp!
Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated. I've always liked that style of portraits we see in literary magazines and some newspapers from decades ago.