wow, cool idea. i like the feeling and colors here. well done!

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What is this dude doing, or more accurately what do you intend him to do?

I just get confused by looking at this man in elegant clothing making a tought face as he shift his weight because his bum is going numb from sitting on that stool trying to sew a rag for so long. This, I feel, is probably not the intended message.

So we are back at guessing what you are trying to make him do. Do you intend to get the elegant man to do a mudane thing? Because what I see is the man mocking the work his hands are doing, if they ever did any work at all.

I see a man in a pose ill fitting elegance, and sewing, and doing it with no more than half his body at that.
And so I wonder, what was your point?

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Ah, thanks for the feedback.

I'm in an independent study/portfolio class this quarter and decided to focus on portraiture. I've been really interested in commercial/editorial portraits like those by Platon or Peter Yang, and so with this since I have no access to any celebrities or anyone like that, I decided to kind of.. 'invent' a celebrity. Trying to come up with images that make him seem like someone you should or would want to know. He's actually a fashion design major here at my school, so that's the theme with the scissors, cloth, thread and stool.
I was working to portray his character, which is somewhat ironic, at least when you think of the stereotypical fashion designer or 'gangster' type guy (which is what he is). I found it humorous when I first shot him a couple of weeks ago to hear him talking with some friends he brought along, and they were using all kinds of gangster slang and really just sounding and looking a lot like hiphop/rap personalities, if you get what I mean.
I was trying to show this juxtaposition here, and also practice my lighting technique.

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"When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault. "
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thanks

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"When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault. "
--Salvador Dali

Ah, then I would say that what cause me the most problems is that he is not following trough the gangster pose with his legs.


Gangster poses seem to be all about being though and in control, but here the pose is imbalanced as he is leaning out and thus some control is lost. Of course I'm not much an expert on gangster poses, and picture googling reveals noting much about the legwork involved in a good pose but I imagine they mostly ensure that the poser is well balanced and ready to respond to any violet action by the person/persons being at present subjected to the pose.

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Hahaha, I really like this discussion now, about gangster legs.
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.

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"When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault. "
--Salvador Dali

cool shot the light is great.. did you paint that stool?

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yep, I did. and the paint came off onto the $160 slacks purchased specifically for the shoot. live and learn. clear-coat any furniture you paint and plan to sit on.

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"When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault. "
--Salvador Dali

that's a great tip to pass along! (it really looked good I might add)

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