I can’t remember where I first ran across Erial Ali. It may have been thanks to a tweet from Metalia or Samantha.
Erial “meditates and tunes into you” to “get your unique essence”, and once he “gets an aspect of your celestial self”, he will transform a normal photo into a Celestial Soul Portrait!
Here’s a before and after example, taken from his website, solely for the purposes of an example:
As soon as I saw his site, I knew I had to have one done. Unfortunately, time got away from me and I forgot about it. Until I saw the majesty that was Catherine’s celestial soul portrait, that is. And then I knew I had to have one for myself as soon as possible.
I shared the link to Catherine’s soul portrait awesomeness with my newly discovered BFF, Becky, and she was as enthralled as I. After some scintillating conversation that contained lots of “holy fuck”s and “epic”s, we decided that the only way to have a more awesome soul portrait of ONE person is to have one of TWO people.
Here is the original photo that we sent over to Erial (thanks to Ang):
Adam and Becky before (I Still Do in Vegas)
And, two weeks later, here are the two final versions we received from Erial.
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Now, your brain might not be ready for the epic awesomeness of our celestial soul portraits.
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If you’re standing, you may want to sit down. If you have small children, you may want to ask them to leave the room, because there is a very high probability that their heads will explode just from the power of our two evil souls displayed for the world to see.
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Are you ready?
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Are you sure? I mean, your mind will be blown.
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Okay, without further ado . . .
EPIC SOUL PORTRAIT version 1
EPIC SOUL PORTRAIT version 2
I know that at least 25% of the people who saw these portraits just had their brains blown out of the top of their head from the sheer power of our soul portrait. My condolences on your loss.
In the end, all I know, is that I’m printing one of these out into a poster and hanging it in my bathroom so that it can be with me for all the important moments in life.
If you want a mind-blowingly awesome soul portrait of your very own, go contact Erial today!
i saw this a while ago. all i have to say is that you are ridiculous.
@Maddie Marie, why yes, I totally am. Just think how ridiculous I’ll be if you visit me and see this hanging in my bathroom.
I’m concerned because I thought I was your spirit animal, and the source of Becky’s inspiration, and I don’t see myself depicted.
Please explain.
@Jenny Grace, I thought I was YOUR spirit animal. And everyone knows that if you were an animal, you’d totally be a wolf.
FYI – I am the wolf lurking in the background preparing to anally rape you.
@Grant, that’s what that tickling on my backside is.
Are you wearing a crown and two pints of strawberries?
@Rick, apparently I am. Although I do usually wear a crown around.
Twitter: Midwesternmamah
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I had to quickly turn away and scroll down. The power of your soul nearly blinded me!
@Holly B, you’re lucky that you’re not dead right now from the awesomeness.
I think I’m stunned.
Are those simulated shark’s tooth necklaces?
#2 is better. Less goofy in the face.
WTF.
Wow.
@Sybil Law, I think they’re glowing pink shark teeth. Like, sharks from another dimension. Or space. Heh.
So your soul is … a pimp?
@Jen, that seems about right to me.
Um…$150 for some hack photoshop job. I think not.
@Nyo Clay, oh, but this is my soul on display with all its power and might! Heh.
Twitter: Amanda234
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Wow. The wolf really makes it special
@Amanda, oh no, it’s special by itself. The wolf makes it EPIC.
Wow. Just wow.
@Rebecca, I know, right?
Twitter: Temptingsam
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ZOMG. There are no words!
Also? I totally thought Becky’s hand was yours and she added nails and a ring. I had to go back to the original photo to find out it was not. COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED.
@sam {temptingmama}, oh, that would have been awesome! Heh.
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Twitter: bugginword
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Your soul has a tiara?!?! And Aunt Becky is an albino Avatar chick. That dude has you two pegged.
@Elly Lou, it’s like he could read our very essence.
Twitter: VerdantDude
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Digging the wolf in the background.
I’d do this, but I know my soul would be covered in bacon grease and bourbon. How the hell could that be shown in a portrait? I mean, with class…ya know?
@B.E. Earl, I think I have some bacon grease on there, too. Hence the shininess.
Twitter: thedgoddess
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That is fucking awesome. Also? LONE WOLF!
@The Domestic Goddess, the lone wolf was so awesome I may have peed a little.
Twitter: Faiqa
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Is that Cher riding the wolf? Also, please, please PLEASE tell me you did not pay money for this. Because, seriously, that borders on immorality.
@Faiqa, I think that’s an Indian goddess with a candelabra for a hat.
Twitter: ellemmes
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Wow, that’s just…wow. I’m blinded by awesomeness, or something.
@Lisa, or something indeed.
Twitter: WWScissors
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It only took him TWO WEEKS to create this epic masterpiece? He must have mad photoshop skillz.
@Lynn @ Walking With Scissors, clearly, the spirits guided his hand.
Twitter: twinmomoftwinz
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This is probably one of the awesomest ,in the most ridiculous kind of way, things I will see all week. BTW, what the eff are those things around your neck ? Jewels ? Your spirit wears rubies. Alrighty then.
@Stacey, I think they’re soul rubies.
There is so much epic awesomeness here that you two stole my soul! I think it’s now living in the crown on the crown on the hat that you’re wearing. Keep it, I wasn’t really using it.
@Neeroc, good, because I need all the soul I can get.
Ugh, that’s a shame.
I’m not sure why I was expecting more. I view this as a huge disappointment to the potential it had when you were first thinking about having one done.
What’s the difference between the two versions other than some adjustments to the contrast and curves?
Honestly, was it as amusing as you originally hoped for? (taking away the personal connection, compared to the others we were viewing)
Sorry I’m a bit of a downer. At least everybody else seems to love it!
@Clown, I did want to have a super ray shooting out of my head like one of his examples, but the wolf and the tiara are pretty good. I think if I had submitted a more ridiculous pose, I may have ended up with a more ludicrous version.
The two have minor differences – I think it probably is just the contrast and curves. Not sure.
Filing this under: Needed, Things I Didn’t Know I
@Superjules, that’s exactly how I felt the first time I saw it.
Twitter: 2princessmama
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Fucking.Epic. It is like partying with an elf but in picture form.
@Mandi Bone, nothing is like partying with an elf. That’s like the upper echelon of fucking epic.
Twitter: AmazingGreis
says:
AWESOME!!! Possibly epic!
@AmazingGreis, oh, not possibly. Definitely!
Twitter: thepsychobabble
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Somehow, your photo seems more special to me than the others. Perhaps it’s the tiara.
@thepsychobabble, tiaras do make everything more special, it’s true.
Twitter: amybhole
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Good Lord I don’t care what it costs I WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE.
@Amy B., you should get one to hang on your ceiling.
Wow… Just… Wow.
@The Bombshell, amazing, right?
Umm… I’m sure I’m not the first to have noticed, but you got a little Cher on your “unique essence”. Might want to wipe that off before you decide to go skiing next. She might be bad luck.
@Anna, that’s a good call.
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