About
Real infrastructure
for real people.
IMG × Likeness connects identity, participation, commerce, and production through physical nodes, human-led routing, and systems that stay under user control.
Why this exists
Start with a place, then build the connections.
Most platforms treat people as data. IMG × Likeness treats trust, place, and ownership as the foundation. HQ-1 is the first physical node where the work becomes tangible — not the last.
HQ-1 first
1724 N. 13th Street in St. Louis is the operating base for intake, production, and community.
Human-led routing
Sentinel matches real needs to the right capability or partner — not an algorithm making promises.
User-controlled trust
Likeness Verified keeps identity, proof, and consent under the person it belongs to.
Creator-owned commerce
Porterful gives artists direct commerce without surrendering ownership or getting buried in platform fees.
Operating layers
Six layers. One organization.
Founder
Od Jonathan Porter
Artist, builder, and founder from St. Louis. IMG × Likeness is the parent ecosystem for the systems, services, and infrastructure he has been building to make artists and local economies more visible.
Born in Miami, raised in New Orleans and St. Louis, Od works from the belief that real infrastructure starts with a real place and the people who show up.
More about Od →“I am not building another app. I am building the connective tissue: a place, a routing layer, a trust signal, a way to participate, and a way to sell work without giving it away.”
— Od