Commission A Chinese Artist To Turn Your Instagram Photo Into An Oil Painting

Instagram users have been able to print their photos in a variety of ways for a while, but a new startup wants to let them turn their pictures into actual oil paintings. The company, Pixelist, works with a group of Chinese artists living in Xiamen, Fujian, to turn Instagram photos into handcrafted artwork. There are no machines involved, just real painters making real paintings. The way it works is simple: Pick an Instagram photo and send it over. The artists paint it and send it back. Pixelist ...