nemoorange.com is no longer active. Dave's new stuff can be found at desandro.com.
He also maintains dropshado.ws, a blog for
newbie graphic designers.
My old icon was getting a bit stale, see bottom right pic. The original photo used was taken three years ago. And my expression was way too pensive for a stupid Internet icon. “Nemoorange” is a silly pseudonym, I needed an icon to match that silliness. Hence, what you see to the left. A big smile and even bigger eyebrows.
After some quick sketching, I opened up Illustrator and got cooking. I wanted to keep it simple, considering that the resulting image was primarily going to be seen at small sizes. It had to be able to hold up at 32 pixels.