Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Everything Else => Topic started by: EUOL on July 19, 2004, 07:41:34 PM
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All right, kids. Which of these do you think should go on the jacket of my book?
Thanks to Micah for the photos. These are copyrighted to him, so, uh, don't steal them or anything. (I can't imagine what you'd want a bunch of pictures of me for, though....)
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/graphics/BRANDON1.JPG
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/graphics/BRANDON2.JPG
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/graphics/BRANDON3.JPG
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/graphics/BRANDON4.JPG
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/graphics/BRANDON5.JPG
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Definitely #5. While I think #2 is not bad, it makes you look really young for some reason. And you just look weird in the rest.
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I like the first two and the fifth the best, I think. You look very concerned about something in the fourth one.
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I second the motion. Both #5 and #1 look great, but for some reason #1 looks like you're trying to sell the shirt. #5 is definitely better for the back of a book.
And yes, I just said you look like a model.
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#1 then #5. I'm not a shirt-buying guy, but I can't see what fuzzy was talking about. Not #2.
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Uh, were you being sarcastic and cruel about anything imparticular in number three, or...?
Five is the best, definately go with five.
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No, Gorgon, the sun was just in my eyes. I couldn't pull off a smile that day without giving a strange squint. Micah threw in one smiling pic for variety, but none of them turned out well.
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Definitely 5. Number 2 looks kinda artificial, 5 is a more natural looking posture, while still looking good.
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I concure, #5 is the best. #1 isn't too bad, but doesn't look as natural as as #5. The rest just look silly.
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You look very concerned about something in the fourth one.
I second that. And Micah was right, the smiling one isn't nearly so good as the serious ones. The way to avoid the dead-eye look is to stop smiling between, and to have the photographer or someone talk to you about something pleasant so that you forget you're getting your picture taken. I have to have people stop smiling all the time when I'm doing engagement shots, etc., because it ends up looking fake.
I'd actually vote for #1, because it's a little closer and just enough off-center to give the photo a little dynamic movement or whatever you might call it. Either that or I'd crop #5 in just a bit to be at the same dimensions as #1, because the expression is a little better in that one. I also like the turn of your head in #5, just slightly more than #1. So maybe I'm really voting for #5--I'm convincing myself as I talk about it.
And by the way--looking good! These are much better pictures than the one on your staff page. I don't remember seeing you without glasses.
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shaven?
oh yeah, you teach at byu
we've got the facts and we're voting 5
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Well, were you writing a book about constipation or something similar, #4 would be excellent.
But I think I like #3 best. Not that I totally know you or anything, but a smile does me better for an author than a... non-smile. Or you could do the Gaiman "Mona Lisa" smile thing. Which I must say EUOL, just because you cock your head to the side a bit and then put on a straight mouth, doesn't make it a smile. Or maybe just wear darker clothes.
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#1. Everyone in my family voted, and we all said #1 (or #2 without the bars in the background). You've got a little squint in your left eye in #5 that I just can't get over.
Definitely #1 (or 2 with some touch-ups in the background).
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I like #3!
my roommate says you should have glasses on so you look smart.
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Yeah, they were bad with the lighting, though. They have a slight tint to them--unnoticeable to most people, but they were turning dark in the photographs.
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I like 2. 2 could pull the chicks. if, y'know, you wanted to pull chicks.
The smiling one looks rather ridiculous. If I saw a book with that photo on the back, I'd buy it so I could bring it home to show my friend, and then laugh at it and claim "He looks like an idiot!".
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You look like a smurf in #3.
As for the rest... #1 or #5. The #5 squint is a bit awkward.
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I think we now know what our next Poll will be.
Frankly they all look odd to me since you're without your glasses, but #1 and #5 were probaly the best.
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Yeah, they were bad with the lighting, though. They have a slight tint to them--unnoticeable to most people, but they were turning dark in the photographs.
Take out the lenses. That's what I did for my high school senior pictures, back when I wore glasses. Usually you just need a really small screwdriver.
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Usually you just need a really small screwdriver.
And then the patience of a saint to get them back IN again...
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contrary to popular belief, I actually have very little patience.
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The More You Know...
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Three! Three! Three!
Smiling makes you look accessible and not pretentious. Not that you look pretentious in other photos, but a reader would see the photo and get the impression that B. Sanderson as a person is probably friendly and a cool guy who likes fantasy like I do.
And you don't look like a smurf.
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#5.
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you know, my favorite part of that post is the period. I mean, it's a no frills thing. No commentary. not even words, just a pound sign and a number. But it has that period. very final.