A simple, often colorful pixelated stick figure with an afro that represents who I am simmered down to the simplest possible form. The “Pixel Man”, also referred to as the “Little Man”, is a character that’s been a part of my life for a long time. Well before the Squiggle, this was my marque, my “easily identifiable” character, and the way I put myself out there. The little guy started as a simple arrangement of 3d printed blocks in 2014, but from there took many forms. From ceramic tiles to 3d projection mapped installations running live code to watercolor postcards and vinyl cut stickers (and most recently some @veecon tickets) I vibed hard enough with this simple character that I found myself looking for different ways to express myself with it. I never had thought of it so much as a formal self portrait though until after launching @artblocks_io and thinking more deeply about what it means to be an artist and learning about self portraiture over the course of history at which point I realized I had been making a “self portrait” all along. I think many of us have gone through a similar journey of introspection and discovery over the last few years. That’s part of what brings us together, whether as artists, collectors or simply as humans. We’ve gone through some stuff. And a lot of that stuff has taught us a lot about ourselves and each other. The handful of pixels that make up this character will be the protagonist in my upcoming project with @glitchmarfa. But while I’m really excited to get to formally put this out there as a “self” portrait, I truly hope it is a simple enough canvas that you can find yourself in it as well.