Self-Portriats (my friends, this is a challenge)

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-20 02:07am

Maybe I'm just crazy, but am I the only one noticing a certain, er... preponderance for B&W shots in this thread...?

EDIT: Hey, I just realized I DO have another picture of myself in a suit:

A still frame from a (not very good) movie I was in, a couple years back... when I had shorter hair...

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-09-20 11:32am

Namarie wrote: Aran... Is that pimp cane in the last one?!! Lol, I love it!! (err.. even if its not a pimp cane, its a nice touch! )

Ummm... "pimp cane"? I must confess myself unfamilar with the idiom...

Aside from that, glad you appreciate!

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-09-20 11:54am

Namarie wrote:Zaia, Im so jealous!! All I get is a bunch of men in skirts for my preformances.

*grins* Well then, babe, move on up into the classical percussion world! Then you'll get to swim in tuxedoed men just like me!

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-09-20 01:52pm

Did somebody mention suits?

And the Full size version.

EDIT: That thing on the wall in the background is my BA diploma. Just thought I'd mention it.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-09-20 02:14pm

RedImperator wrote:</snip>

Hmmm in general I like, but a few pointers...

See how the lighting is directly on you face? Try to make it more interesting. Like the light coming down from and angle, backlight, or from the side. Hell, even have it coming up if you like. Having the light not facing dead center makes for more interesting shadows and gives the eye something to play with rather than having one solid, bland focus point. Also, you might want to mess around with the shadows and highlight add just a little bit more contrast.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-20 03:50pm

Ummm... "pimp cane"? I must confess myself unfamilar with the idiom...

Well, pimps carry canes, usually with a disgustingly large decorative "jewel" (read: probably plastic) on the end. The cool pimps have blads stashed inside their canes.

But... yeah. Unless you're a Dickens character, it's pretty much assumed any cane you'll be carrying will be a "pimp cane"...

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2004-09-21 03:38am

SPOOFE wrote:Maybe I'm just crazy, but am I the only one noticing a certain, er... preponderance for B&W shots in this thread...?

EDIT: Hey, I just realized I DO have another picture of myself in a suit:

A still frame from a (not very good) movie I was in, a couple years back... when I had shorter hair...

You look like the sort of telemarketer who would call me at 4 am in the morning to ask me about whether I want to buy a set of legal text books.

Either that or you'd be one of those Jehovah's witnesses who always keep coming by to ask me if I want help shoveling mym sidewalk durign winter

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-21 03:41am

Actually, I played a character named Guiliani Sr. whose son has been possessed by an Evil Purple Cloak named Steve, and I hire Jefferson Davis to hunt him down.

... It wasn't a very good movie. But, at the same time, it was so wonderful.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2004-09-21 03:42am

SPOOFE wrote:Actually, I played a character named Guiliani Sr. whose son has been possessed by an Evil Purple Cloak named Steve, and I hire Jefferson Davis to hunt him down.

... It wasn't a very good movie. But, at the same time, it was so wonderful.

Did it have Jehovah's telemarketers in it?

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-21 05:57am

No, but if it did, it probably woulda been good.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-09-21 11:54am

SPOOFE wrote:
Ummm... "pimp cane"? I must confess myself unfamilar with the idiom...
Well, pimps carry canes, usually with a disgustingly large decorative "jewel" (read: probably plastic) on the end. The cool pimps have blads stashed inside their canes.

But... yeah. Unless you're a Dickens character, it's pretty much assumed any cane you'll be carrying will be a "pimp cane"...

Erm... somehow, I don't quite think stained and varnished pine with a drawer-pull for the top quite fits the definition of "pimp cane"... I was sort of trying for the Victorian look, to tell the truth. If I'd wanted to go for the pimp look, I'd have rented a lime-green zoot suit, bought up an assload of cheap bling, and get a set of rings that say somethin' vulgar... oh yeah, and let's not forget the alligator shoes and carryin' shootin' irons in the back of the belt!! (Not that I have any to pack, mind you...)

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-09-30 02:07am

You all didn't think I'd forgotten you, right?

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2004-09-30 02:34am

bohemianfey wrote:http://bohemianfey.frozenflame.org/french/french.gif

You all didn't think I'd forgotten you, right?

Merci, madame.

You were right about 'feeling French' tonight; I think that just sent a spike on my ancestral Frogdar.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-30 02:35am

Ooh! A non-horizontal shot (not criticizing your previous offerings, of course). Very nice, especially with the color cast and peekaboo haircut. Question... is that your real hair, or a wig?

Anyway... here's something to contrast my typical fare:

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-09-30 02:40am

Utsanomiko wrote:
bohemianfey wrote:http://bohemianfey.frozenflame.org/french/french.gif

You all didn't think I'd forgotten you, right?
Merci, madame.

You were right about 'feeling French' tonight; I think that just sent a spike on my ancestral Frogdar.

w00t I feel special and green.

SPOOFE wrote:Ooh! A non-horizontal shot (not criticizing your previous offerings, of course). Very nice, especially with the color cast and peekaboo haircut. Question... is that your real hair, or a wig?

Anyway... here's something to contrast my typical fare:

http://www.madaproductions.com/spoofe/p ... FEglee.jpg

I'm totally loving that picture, the colours could have been a bit better, but still <3.

And yep, that's my real hair.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-09-30 03:24am

I had to fiddle with colors a bit. We had just filled the room with cigar smoke, and so the whole thing was really hazy.

Here's the resized, but otherwise unaltered version...

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-09-30 03:32pm

One of my latest self portraits...I think it's better than most I've taken so far...

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-10-06 10:20am

These may have been posted before (I can't remember) but they sure as hell don't show now.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-10-06 11:31pm

First one's been posted, I believe... second one hasn't been, I'm pretty sure. That said, nice pics... I like the second one. Looks more candid, open, ya know?

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-10-06 11:35pm

Elheru Aran wrote:First one's been posted, I believe... second one hasn't been, I'm pretty sure. That said, nice pics... I like the second one. Looks more candid, open, ya know?

Yeah, it was basically only taken to show off my new piercing.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-10-07 12:38pm

As good a self-portrait as i'm gonna get in a while (stupid camera lense)

Taken today because i needed passport photo's for a bus pass:

Also available in limited edition gold foil

and that's the limit of my crappy scanning and photo manipulaton program (or at least the ones that look good)

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-10-08 01:24am

Well, I won't have access to a digital camera or another scanner for a little while, so you'll have to settle on JME2, done in Photoshop and in my personal cartooning style (which you can find here if you're not familiar with it.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-10-13 03:18am

And now for the real example, as seen in the "What do You Look Like" thread:

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-10-15 03:20am

The things I do for you people. Well... not really for you guys at all, but still.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-10-15 10:00am

you seem to have almost exactly the same figure as my ex girlfriend, very nice. Thankfully you look nothing like her or i'd be slightly worried