| Self Portraits in words and pictures. |
Here is a page devoted entirely to myself. A self study. Everyone is different and everyone is
unique. With that said, I feel confident that this journey will be of great importance to my life.
This is not an egocentric look at myself, it's simply studies I felt would be very interesting to me
and to my piers.
Thanks for coming and sharing these creative depictions of my life.
unique. With that said, I feel confident that this journey will be of great importance to my life.
This is not an egocentric look at myself, it's simply studies I felt would be very interesting to me
and to my piers.
Thanks for coming and sharing these creative depictions of my life.
| When I got the camera out to take some pictures of myself for the werewolf composition, I discovered myself really having fun. Immediately, I knew their was more to this than just a werewolf to create. As I was cleaning up each image, I sensed that a collage might be just the thing I needed to use to study myself and my moods. I've got a real beginning here, capturing the real me from these different points of view. until . . . |
| First, I chose an extension of myself that would be most logical, in my mind. I've had a beard most of my life, so creating a creature without it would be untrue to myself. To the left, was my first attempt to create myself, as a werewolf. After that, I leaned back and told myself, "I want to take it a step further." I remembered how much fun it was to create an animation. So this is what I created on the right. |
| God, I hate being overweight. I've been battling this issue ever since I got married. Must be the curse of the married man. Not that I feel you can let yourself go to pot once your married. It's just that you don't have to worry about impressing the wife once you've got her hook, line and sinker. After looking at myself in the mirror for over twenty years, and feeling like this, each time the pants don't fit. I thought it good for myself to portray me just the way I see myself in the mirror. Sumo wrestle style. I call this...fat me fat. |
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I once said, as a child all my friends loved to play act monster movies. I thought it
would be cool to make me into the monster they always made me play. Do I got
some cool images from the old Frankenstein flicks. I also got a bunch of terrific
lightning shots. Then I took parts from photos I took of myself. I took my eyes, my
nose, my mouth, my hair and composed Frankenstein and myself into
Frankenme
would be cool to make me into the monster they always made me play. Do I got
some cool images from the old Frankenstein flicks. I also got a bunch of terrific
lightning shots. Then I took parts from photos I took of myself. I took my eyes, my
nose, my mouth, my hair and composed Frankenstein and myself into
Frankenme
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| Can't believe this started out with a picture of me. I guess the Mr. Bill in me really took over. |
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| Bozo. A clown created in the 1950's. In my early teens, I was like any other normal teen, trying to train my hair to comb back. But because it wouldn't cooperate, it stuck out on both sides of my head. My so called friends, made fun of me, calling me Bozo. Kids can be cruel. |
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Worked on this image after looking
at pictures of old people. It really
affected me thinking how quickly
the years pass us by and how we
take it all for granted. Curiosity
took hold of me and brought me for
a ride. Layer upon layer, adding
wrinkles and age marks. What
appeared before my eyes was an
image of who I might become
somewhere down the road.
Face it, it's a distinct possibility.
at pictures of old people. It really
affected me thinking how quickly
the years pass us by and how we
take it all for granted. Curiosity
took hold of me and brought me for
a ride. Layer upon layer, adding
wrinkles and age marks. What
appeared before my eyes was an
image of who I might become
somewhere down the road.
Face it, it's a distinct possibility.
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| Morbidly Depressed Need I say more. |
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| Found this great shot of Bela Lagosi playing the count and I thought it would be great if I could add my own face to the image as another self portrait. I contrasted up my own face darkened the eyes and color corrected my face to match the yellow of the image. Then I said, woh, would it be a blast to make myself turn into a bat and I couldn't pass up the chance to wish everyone a Happy Halloween in the process. |
Pumpkin's have always been an eerie way to depict this Halloween. I got into carving
pumpkin faces and enjoying the moods the finished pieces would make. This year, I
wanted to portray myself as a fearful soul who gets caught inside the curse of a pumpkin.
Some kind of mood right.
This is how I saw it.
Created the pumpkin man 10 13 04
pumpkin faces and enjoying the moods the finished pieces would make. This year, I
wanted to portray myself as a fearful soul who gets caught inside the curse of a pumpkin.
Some kind of mood right.
This is how I saw it.
Created the pumpkin man 10 13 04
| Created October 27th, 2004 |