Gerald So
@sogerald.bsky.social
I run THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ and FANS OF #RobertBParker: https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org Here for friends and to boost projects. Also https://masto.ai/@sogerald posting to writing hashtags.
My 3/4 angle avatar w/ right-sized eyes and brows.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My 3/4 angle avatar w/ right-sized eyes and brows.
Here's my front-facing avatar w/ different highlights suggesting the shape of the nose. I think the brick background helps the avatar stand out compared to the image in the quoted post.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Here's my front-facing avatar w/ different highlights suggesting the shape of the nose. I think the brick background helps the avatar stand out compared to the image in the quoted post.
Continuing to work on the proportions of my front-facing cartoon avatar's features. In the previous image in the quoted post, the eyes seemed small, the mouth wide.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Continuing to work on the proportions of my front-facing cartoon avatar's features. In the previous image in the quoted post, the eyes seemed small, the mouth wide.
Trimmed my cartoon avatar's eyebrows:
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Trimmed my cartoon avatar's eyebrows:
Back to my front-facing avatar to make the neck more proportional. Compare to the image in the quoted post.
"I've been, uh, working out."
"I've been, uh, working out."
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Back to my front-facing avatar to make the neck more proportional. Compare to the image in the quoted post.
"I've been, uh, working out."
"I've been, uh, working out."
1st cartoon portrait not of myself nor any real person, though I did start w/ the same Loomis head. I'm most pleased w/ the pageboy cut.
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1st cartoon portrait not of myself nor any real person, though I did start w/ the same Loomis head. I'm most pleased w/ the pageboy cut.
This is my latest version of a cartoon 3/4 angle portrait wearing sunglasses (blue for Bluesky). Compare to an earlier version in the quoted post.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is my latest version of a cartoon 3/4 angle portrait wearing sunglasses (blue for Bluesky). Compare to an earlier version in the quoted post.
This version of my 3/4 camera angle cartoon avatar has the side of the head and the neck in one long shadow.
Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This version of my 3/4 camera angle cartoon avatar has the side of the head and the neck in one long shadow.
Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
Here's a version of my 3/4 angle avatar giving you the side-eye. Compare to the looking-elsewhere version in the quoted post.
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's a version of my 3/4 angle avatar giving you the side-eye. Compare to the looking-elsewhere version in the quoted post.
Another cartoon 3/4 portrait using color changes to suggest depth.
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Another cartoon 3/4 portrait using color changes to suggest depth.
Meeting my self-challenge from the quoted post, a 3/4 portrait of myself wearing a ball cap featuring the first slogan that came to mind.
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Meeting my self-challenge from the quoted post, a 3/4 portrait of myself wearing a ball cap featuring the first slogan that came to mind.
I created sunglasses for my cartoon avatar. The lenses are different sizes and colors to suggest the 3/4 perspective.
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I created sunglasses for my cartoon avatar. The lenses are different sizes and colors to suggest the 3/4 perspective.
Closeup crop of my cartoon 3/4 portrait avatar
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Closeup crop of my cartoon 3/4 portrait avatar
This is my favorite version of my cartoon 3/4 portrait avatar so far. I think traditional lines work w/ my lighting choice to suggest the structure of the face better than gradients do.
Compare to the gradient version in the quoted post.
Compare to the gradient version in the quoted post.
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is my favorite version of my cartoon 3/4 portrait avatar so far. I think traditional lines work w/ my lighting choice to suggest the structure of the face better than gradients do.
Compare to the gradient version in the quoted post.
Compare to the gradient version in the quoted post.
A version of my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar using gradients to shade. Compare to the previous image in the quoted post.
October 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A version of my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar using gradients to shade. Compare to the previous image in the quoted post.
Continued progress on my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar:
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Continued progress on my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar:
Working on the proportions of my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar. Shortened the chin compared to the quoted post.
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Working on the proportions of my 3/4 portrait cartoon avatar. Shortened the chin compared to the quoted post.
Adjusted the eyes from my front-facing avatar in the quoted post to use in a 3/4 portrait avatar.
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Adjusted the eyes from my front-facing avatar in the quoted post to use in a 3/4 portrait avatar.
Flipped the avatar in the quoted post so he's looking at my posts, not away from them, and added sunglasses.
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Flipped the avatar in the quoted post so he's looking at my posts, not away from them, and added sunglasses.
My first cartoon avatar in three-quarter portrait view. Thanks again to Darlene Nguyen's Rapid Fire Art YouTube channel.
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My first cartoon avatar in three-quarter portrait view. Thanks again to Darlene Nguyen's Rapid Fire Art YouTube channel.
Not intending them to be that hidden, I've bolded 007 to match the letters in my James Bond text logo. Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
October 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Not intending them to be that hidden, I've bolded 007 to match the letters in my James Bond text logo. Compare to the previous version in the quoted post.
A further update of my James Bond text logo: JAMES in black atop BOND in black, with two red zeros hiding in the B and a red 7 hiding the N. The two red zeroes are also positioned to resemble an eight, as if part of a countdown: 8, 7...
Why don't we steal away?
Why don't we steal away?
October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A further update of my James Bond text logo: JAMES in black atop BOND in black, with two red zeros hiding in the B and a red 7 hiding the N. The two red zeroes are also positioned to resemble an eight, as if part of a countdown: 8, 7...
Why don't we steal away?
Why don't we steal away?
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Testing ways to highlight subjects in photos, here I've increased values on the subj (myself) and blurred and decreased values on the background. Compare to the image in the quoted post from last month.
September 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Testing ways to highlight subjects in photos, here I've increased values on the subj (myself) and blurred and decreased values on the background. Compare to the image in the quoted post from last month.
Updated avatar of myself in an Easter Bunny costume:
Next step: Batman.
Next step: Batman.
September 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Updated avatar of myself in an Easter Bunny costume:
Next step: Batman.
Next step: Batman.