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darkemeraldsI need a book cover!
There are quickie template-based designs online, and there's $5000 for original artwork, and there's not much in between.
"Well, what do you want to wind up with?" asked my sister Helen.
"Basically this," said I:
"...but a) without Jared Padalecki's face; b) not stolen from a copyright fashion shoot with Johnny Depp; and c) featuring a poet shirt and buckskin breeches rather than that 20th century tuxedo."
"So let's do our own photoshoot."
Well, why not? We have cameras. Everybody has a camera. We have tripods and lights and friends and junk shops and Craigslist. What the hell.
All we need is a tall, lanky red-haired model. And a high-backed wing chair. And some gold brocade. And a poet shirt. Some yellowish pants. A riding crop. A few gew-gaws that can pass for Georgian ornaments.
Yesterday I found the chair on Craigslist--twenty bucks! And they delivered it in an hour!
(Just add gold brocade)
...so, feeling lucky, I went to the Rebuilding Center and came back with some ornamental junk for under $10.
...and then I found this thing at the corner resale shop. Weighs a ton!
Still to come:
There are quickie template-based designs online, and there's $5000 for original artwork, and there's not much in between.
"Well, what do you want to wind up with?" asked my sister Helen.
"Basically this," said I:
"...but a) without Jared Padalecki's face; b) not stolen from a copyright fashion shoot with Johnny Depp; and c) featuring a poet shirt and buckskin breeches rather than that 20th century tuxedo."
"So let's do our own photoshoot."
Well, why not? We have cameras. Everybody has a camera. We have tripods and lights and friends and junk shops and Craigslist. What the hell.
All we need is a tall, lanky red-haired model. And a high-backed wing chair. And some gold brocade. And a poet shirt. Some yellowish pants. A riding crop. A few gew-gaws that can pass for Georgian ornaments.
Yesterday I found the chair on Craigslist--twenty bucks! And they delivered it in an hour!
(Just add gold brocade)
...so, feeling lucky, I went to the Rebuilding Center and came back with some ornamental junk for under $10.
...and then I found this thing at the corner resale shop. Weighs a ton!
Still to come:
- Large quantities of gold brocade
- Drippy candles
- An oriental style rug
- That poet shirt
- A model
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