This, believe it or not, was created on a typewriter (or maybe with Microsoft Word) by Paul Smith, some of whose other creations are here.
In case you don't recognize the picture, it's of John Davidson, whom I remembered chiefly as one of the co-hosts on the 80's That's Incredible TV show, which featured stories on unusual people and events.
I was all set to have some fun with this -- I mean, John Davidson? -- but then I read a bit more about the artist to find that he was born with severe cerebral palsy:
When typing, Paul uses his left hand to steady his right one.Since he can't press two keys at the same time, he almost always locks the shift key down and makes his pictures using the symbols at the top of the number keys. In other words, his pictures are based on these characters ...
@ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _
Which, quite apart from the artistry involved, sounds like an excruciating amount of effort. Then it hit me: Davidson probably had a piece about Smith on his TV show and Smith either did it as a demonstration or as a gift for Davidson. (He gave away a lot of his work for free.)
Doing a bit of googling on Davidson, I learn from his website that he's gone on to a successful career in Broadway musicals. So I can't make fun of him, either.
But I'll always have Kerry.
Via Waxy.org