V. The Empress
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I finally started working on my Tarot deck. I have finished two cards. Only 78 more to go.
I have some ideas about some of the cards, and I have a nice long list of people who have agreed to model, but before I go any further I’m going to need to plan ahead an work out some details. So if you’re interested in posing, you could help me out by filling out the following little questionnaire.
I am still of course looking for other people, so if you know someone who would be interested, send them my way.
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female?
2) How old are you?
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.)
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.)
5) What color is your hair and how long is it?
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference?
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes?
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes?
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes?
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes?
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes?
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes?
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear?
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)?
Page of Cups
Originally uploaded by chrismaverick.
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind?
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind?
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind?
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind?
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it?
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words?
21) Describe your appearance in three words?
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before?
23) Have you ever modeled for me before?
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone?
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
I’m still not going to promise anyone any specific card (especially since it turns out that like most people request like the same 10 cards, and no one asks for the other 68) but I did write down when people requested a certain card.
Oh, also let me know when you’re going to be around to shoot. Thanx.
okay… I know the odds of my being in Pittsburgh or you being in Seattle while this project is going on are slim but just in case:
1. – 6. you already know & see me on flickr every day 😉
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. not so much
11. not as much
12. yes
13. not at all
14. nope
15. – 19. I have access to a prop shop, so if there’s something you’re having trouble getting I might be able to help with that.
20. I’m bad at this and you know me so how about I just say “feisty”
21. I’ll go with “cute-sexy” and “pixie-ish” if those are real words.
22. yes (and not just for myself)
23. nope
24. you know I’d love to do a whole series with you
25. I miss you! and I have no specific card requests. I’m easy like that 😉
well, like I told you before. I expect I’ll still be working on it by Jammy Jam, so all you have to do is come visit me then.
Also, I could totally use help with the props.
I’m totally planning to make it to Jammy Jam if it is at all financially possible. So you’re on babe.
and as far as props… let me know what you’re looking for and I’ll see what we have in our storage. I can likely borrow some stuff with no real worries as long as I know I can get it back safely and in a somewhat timely fashion.
Well, the thing I’m having most trouble with right now is coming up with something to use as coins/discs. I need something big enough to really photograph well at the scale of those cards up there. CDs have been suggested, but that just seems kinda cheesy. So ideas are welcome. I could also use interesting variations for the others. Especially staffs. Swords is probably easier to find around here.
Of course, I’d have to wait for you to visit to use any of that, huh?
okay then… I’ll look around at our selection of coinage on monday and see if there is anything that would work well. I’ll send you photos with sizes indicated of anything I manage to come up with.
Have you thought about designing something that could be fabricated? I made some extremely large coins (like one foot and two foot diameter) for my most recent show, so if you want something that huge I can certainly help make something. Maybe a cd-sized disc or coin made of wood or clay & painted, or even just a cut out and polished metal disc (less recognizable than a cd). Let me see what I can snag at work and we’ll talk about what your ideal would be and see.
cool. Let me know what you come up with.
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female?
Male (with a fair amount of flexibility)
2) How old are you?
28
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.)
Average, slowly losing weight, though.
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.)
White
5) What color is your hair and how long is it?
Dirty blond, shoulder length
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference?
Not much in the way of regular pictures recently, but a decent assortment of female dressed ones here:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~greenley/Dressup
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes?
No
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes?
Probably not, by what I imagine “colorful” to mean
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes?
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes?
Some nice dresses, not much on the male side for these categories
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes?
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes?
That’s probably the bulk of my clothes; I’m not sure how “cool” they are, but they’re decent.
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear?
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)?
I’m just fine with these.
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind?
Two- a somewhat lain, heavy one, with sheat, and a more fancey prop type one
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind?
One tall walking stick, with a spiral strip caved at the top, and one shorter one with gems studded into, wire wrapping, and fur and an antler at the top
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind?
If I dug around I could probably come up with a small (~1″) Ultima virtue coin and a ~4″ buffalo nickel that I make in middle school shop.
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind?
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it?
Nothing distinctive comes to mind for either of these off hand
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words?
Adaptable, deliberate, helpful
21) Describe your appearance in three words?
Tall, fair, simple
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before?
23) Have you ever modeled for me before?
No on both counts
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone?
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
Nothing per se on either of those
you know, it hadn’t occured to me to do a crossdressing card. That might be interesting.
From a quick scan and off the top of my head, Temperance, The World, and possibly The Wheel of Fortune offer some of the more obvious opportunities for it, but I’m sure there’s good potential in lots of places.
maybe… I was thinking something more in the minor arcana though. Maybe, maybe not. I’m considering making the entire major nude, if I have enough models willing to do it.
1) I am a meat popsicle
2) 32?
3) Vaugely athletic
4) Most people say white
5) Dark, not that it matters
6) Yes
7) Eh
8) Not really
10) No
11) Perhaps
12) Yes?
13) No
14) I don’t want my wee-wee on the internet
15) I’ve got ratha’s old boken around here somewhere….
16) I have a badass maasai spear
17) Not so much
18) Nope
19) Yer mom
20) Me so horny?
21) “Smokin” is only one word
22) No
23) see above
24) See #19
25) I have no idea when I’ll be in pgh next. Stupid work.
oh… so they aren’t sending you here anymore?
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? female
2) How old are you? 28
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.)average
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.)white
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? brownish, chin length
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference? no
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? no
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? no
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? no
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? no
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? yes
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? no
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? yes
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? yes
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? no, but i could borrow one of my borther’s
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? no
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? no
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? no
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? not that i can think of
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? wacky, pink,
21) Describe your appearance in three words? female, tall,
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? no
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? no
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? i don’t care
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
you consider yourself not skinny? That amazes me.
1) F
2) 28
3) most people would say skinny
4) total white girl
5) blonde, loooong
6) plenty
7) yep
8) yep
9) yep
10) nope
11) yep
12) yep
13) nope
14) nope
15) nope
16) nope
17) nope
18) nope
19) rope! 🙂 or maybe a crystal ball.
20) cute
21) cute
22) yep
23) nope
24) willing to pose with kids if they are interested
25) you know where I live
Time is negotiable, but I usually need a few week’s warning. Weekend times almost certainly better.
I actually would like to use your kids, if they’re interested, but I have different cards in mind for them, if that’s ok. (I want all of the four cards to be kids as a sub-theme).
Okay, even though you know what I look like already
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? male
2) How old are you? 36
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.) athletic
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.) nigro
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? dark brown and as short as possible.
6) Is there a good picture of you online that I can use as a reference? You know where my Flickr account is
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? yes
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? yes
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? yes
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? not so much
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? yes?
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? yes!
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? not at all
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? not at all
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? saber (I think)
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? wooden walking stick, carved
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? no
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? yes, crunk
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it?
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? young at heart
21) Describe your appearance in three words? big tall lover
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? yep
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? yep
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? no preference
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
Re: Okay, even though you know what I look like already
heheh… nigro…
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? Male
2) How old are you? 25
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.) Fairly thin, average height
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.) White
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? Dark brown
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference? There actually doesn’t seem to be, though of course you can get face shots from my userpics (or look back in your own journal).
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? I think so
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? No
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? No
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? Maybe
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? Maybe
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? Yes
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? No
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? Yes
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? No
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? No
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? I have a lot of American Silver Eagles (and one Gold Eagle)
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? No
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it? Not that I need to, but I have smoking pipes if one would be appropriate
(I also don’t mind using whatever props you have on hand, just answering the questions)
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? Solitary, analytical, ?
21) Describe your appearance in three words? Youthful, calm, ?
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? No
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? Arguably (makeover)
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? No strong opinion
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
I’ll probably be in Pittsburgh around 4th of July (though no specific plans have been made yet). I’ll let you know the dates or if I’ll be there another time (I will definitely visit at some point, probably more than once, in the next year).
yep… let me know… thanx
This is Torey – I’m too lazy to sign in. You know what I look like! I have lots of cool stuff. I’ll actually answer the questions later ^_^
Cool.. jeremy is welcome to fill this out too if he wants to.
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? Female
2) How old are you? 21
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.) Skinny
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.) Jewish! Er… white
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? Purple, past my shoulders
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference? You know what I look like!
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? Not really
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? Yes
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? Yes
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? Uh, maybe? I don’t consider any business casual clothes to be “cool” so idunno
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? Yes
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? Yes
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? Nope
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? Nope
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? I own a couple daggers, but Jeremy has a katana.
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? Jeremy might have a plain wooden one… I know he had one and lost it, I forget if he replaced it.
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? I have some random foreign coins, some of them look kinda neat.
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? Nothing too interesting.
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it? I don’t think so.
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? Weird purple kitty.
21) Describe your appearance in three words? See above.
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? Yes.
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? Yes.
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? I’d pose with Jeremy if he’s up for it, but I’m fine with being alone.
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account. That’s all.
cool. let me know the next time you want to come to Pittsburgh for a bit… BTW… what’s your number on modelmayhem… I’ll add you.
My account hasn’t been approved yet, but I’ll let you know when it is.
ah… ok… cool, let me know
1) Are you male or female? F
2) How old are you? 28
3) What’s your body type? fairly skinny
4) What’s your ethnicity? jewish
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? dark brown, past shoulders
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference? Plenty
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? not really
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? maybe
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? no
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? no
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? no
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? yes
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? yes
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? yes
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? No
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? I have hiking trekking poles
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? No
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? Maybe – would have to look around…
20) Describe your personality in three words? honest, happy, optimistic
21) Describe your appearance in three words? curly, hazel, sunburned
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? Once for a friend as a guideline for a painting
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? No
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? Matt (we could do together or separate)
Good luck!!
Does Matt actually want to do it, too?
The trekking staffs are interesting, I totally might want to do something with that. Do you have like a nice yuppieish, trendy, jcrew hiking outfit? (forming an idea in my head)
Matt doesn’t seem to care much – if you need more people or if you have an idea for him/us, he’d do it. 🙂
As for yuppie clothes, I don’t own anything jcrew, but I’m probably more yuppie than my hippie-teen-self would like to admit. Here’s what I wore hiking/skiing this weekend:
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
well, I’m adding him to my list in any case. I need as many people to choose from as possible.
Hello there. I had volunteered the possibility of myself and/or my son. When separate, the first column/answer will be for me and the second for him.
1) M
2) 34, 3.5
3) average, skinny
4) whyte
5) brown short, blond short
6) This should be fairly representative but Colin just had a haircut yesterday.
Clothing basics
7) probably; no
8) yes; yes
9) mmm probably not really for either
10-11-12) probably; the line between these sort of blurs for me
13) Probably, unless I look good, I can’t tell anymore
14) yes
Props
15-19) not really, unless you count a hunting knife, and I’m not sure where it is exactly
Misc
20) stressed working dad; bouncy enthusiastic boy
21) basically matches appearances
22-23) no
24) no (doesn’t have to be together, nor limited to just us etc)
25) whale sharks are pretty neat.
dammit… you just identified a flaw in my planning so far. I have different outfit types planned out for each suit. Gothic/clubwear type stuff is what I’m using for swords. I also have different themes planned for the various numbers in each suit. Fours are all going to be little kids.
Now here’s the obvious problem that I hadn’t realized til just now. Where am I going to find a little kid with cool clubgear. *sigh*
Sorry my info’s coming late – I’ve been in DC all weekend…
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? M
2) How old are you? 28
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.) Trim, but not cut
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.) trans-European
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? Brown, 1/4-1/2″
6) Is there a good picture of you online that I can use as a reference? Atraxen on Flickr has some pics.
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? By my gauge, at least.
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? Not too sure – most fits in one of the other sections in this subcatagory.
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? Yes
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? Yes
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? Kinda.
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? Yes
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? Not sure – I’m probably ok with it
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? Not sure – I’m probably ok with it
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? Sidesword, dirk,a pair of daggers, a ‘fantasy’ katana and broadsword, and a bokken. I don’t know if you considered modern juxtaposition, so I’ll also mention that I have an Enfield .303 rifle with spike bayonet (not an attempt to change your mind, just trying to anticipate what you might want).
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? No
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? No
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? Not really
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it? Not necessarily for me, but I have a two-pan scale/balance
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? Well educated barbarian
21) Describe your appearance in three words? Hard to classify
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? No
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? no
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? Either alone or with Gabriela.
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account. I don’t mind portraying a negative aspect. Weekends are best for me, usually planned a week or to priorly.
Actually, I have considered that, and in fact intend to do so. That would be perfect for one of the ideas I have.
The scales would be useful too.
what is it with girls fighting?
Hey,
What is it with girls fighting?
BigMike
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Re: what is it with girls fighting?
yay… spam
Physical basics
1) Are you male or female? female
2) How old are you? 23
3) What’s your body type? (fat, skinny, average, athletic, etc.) skinny? I say average tho.
4) What’s your ethnicity? (black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.) half asian
5) What color is your hair and how long is it? dark auburn brownish, past my shoulders
6) Is there a good pictue of you online that I can use as a reference? yes
Clothing basics
7) Do you have cool looking black clothes? no
8) Do you have cool looking colorful clothes? no
9) Do you have cool goth/club/fancy clothes? no
10) Do you have cool trendy/business casual clothes? no
11) Do you have cool casual/street clothes? no
12) Do you have cool formal/evening clothes? no
13) Do you mind posing in your underwear? yes
14) Do you mind posing in the nude (or partially nude)? yes
(I say no, because i’m fashion illiterate. ^_^)
Props
15) Do you have your own sword? What kind? no
16) Do you have your own cane or staff? What kind? no
17) Do you have your own cool looking coin or disc? What kind? a cd?
18) Do you have your own cool looking cup or glass? What kind? no
19) Do you have some other prop you’d really like to pose with? What is it? yes! I have weird ethnic musical instruments. You can ask me later to find out what kinds.
Misc
20) Describe your personality in three words? bouncy, immature, cute
21) Describe your appearance in three words? short asian girl
22) Have you ever modeled for photography before? no
23) Have you ever modeled for me before? nope
24) Is there anyone else that you’d definitely like to pose with or do you really want to be on a card alone? not that I can think of
25) Let me know anything else you think I should really take into account.
I love how you specify half asian but not what the other half is.
=P
Doesn’t seem worth it. I just let everybody think I’m half German. =D
And usually in Texas, unless I specified the Asian part, most people assumed I was Mexican…
Go figure.
I think you’re half romulan.