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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

I'll glance at your port and rate it "serious" or "stupid"

(If you are playing along at home, mine would be "stupid")

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UPDATE:

This is actually a fairly serious thread, but it's been moved to "fun and games."

Naturally, I'm not going to tolerate that, so thanks, everyone! We're done.

May 22 14 07:08 pm Link

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L O C U T U S

Posts: 1746

Bangor, Maine, US

I disagree.
Yours, is rather awesome.

May 22 14 07:11 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Locutus wrote:
I disagree.
Yours, is rather awesome.

Are you playing?

I'll say serious

May 22 14 07:12 pm Link

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Jorge Kreimer

Posts: 3716

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Go ahead! I don't take mine too seriously.

May 22 14 07:14 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Jorge Kreimer wrote:
Go ahead! I don't take mine too seriously.

Nevertheless. Serious.

May 22 14 07:15 pm Link

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Jorge Kreimer

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San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

Nevertheless. Serious.

Fine! Then yours is serious, too! tongue

May 22 14 07:17 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

lol

May 22 14 07:20 pm Link

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Shadow Dancer

Posts: 9777

Bellingham, Washington, US

Please and thank you!

May 22 14 08:41 pm Link

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MatureModelMM

Posts: 2843

Detroit, Michigan, US

I'd love to know  smile

May 22 14 08:46 pm Link

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Llobet Photography

Posts: 4915

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

I'm trying to be cereal, man.
Hopefully someday I'll let my stupid out. tongue

Like this...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48149505/_MG_3518%201.jpg

May 22 14 09:00 pm Link

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D A N I

Posts: 4627

Little Rock, Arkansas, US

I like your port

May 22 14 09:39 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

B L ZeeBubb wrote:
Please and thank you!

Serious

May 22 14 10:12 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

MatureModelMM wrote:
I'd love to know  smile

Serious

May 22 14 10:12 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

BlueMoonPics wrote:
I'm trying to be cereal, man.
Hopefully someday I'll let my stupid out. tongue

Serious

May 22 14 10:13 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Danielle Reid wrote:
I like your port

I'm going to have to go with stupid, because it's somewhat pinup-y

big_smile

May 22 14 10:15 pm Link

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mophotoart

Posts: 2118

Wichita, Kansas, US

naw...none of the above....enjoyment

May 22 14 10:35 pm Link

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A-M-P

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Orlando, Florida, US

sure

May 22 14 11:46 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

mophotoart wrote:
naw...none of the above....enjoyment

That option is not on the menu in this thread.

May 22 14 11:46 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

A-M-P wrote:
sure

serious

May 22 14 11:47 pm Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Anything that has a story, resembles pinup, gore, horror, digital compositing robots, bondage, goes in the stupid category.

Art nudes and bodyscapes are serious, except if the bodyscape includes a small toy like a car or airplane or army guy.

Fashion-looking stuff is serious, unless it has an animal head. Then it's a judgement call.

95% of body painting is stupid.

Anything with a sense of humor is by definition not serious and is therefore stupid.

Sorry. I don't make the rules. That's just the way it is.

big_smile

May 22 14 11:56 pm Link

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Glamour by Glenn

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Chattanooga, Tennessee, US

I'm curious whether or not my work is stupid. I often think it is but other times I don't.

May 23 14 12:13 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Glamour by Glenn wrote:
I'm curious whether or not my work is stupid. I often think it is but other times I don't.

Musical instruments and weapons make it stupid, but you could have a serious port by cutting some photos.

big_smile

May 23 14 12:17 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Now obviously I like a lot of stupid things. But that's me.

May 23 14 12:19 am Link

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Glamour by Glenn

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Chattanooga, Tennessee, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

Musical instruments and weapons make it stupid, but you could have a serious port by cutting some photos.

big_smile

LOL thanks. The knife shot I did for a magazine article and the violin shot was a girl who wanted to shoot with her violin. She was pretty good with it too.

May 23 14 12:21 am Link

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Jeannie Nadja

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Raleigh, North Carolina, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
Anything that has a story, resembles pinup, gore, horror, digital compositing robots, bondage, goes in the stupid category.

Art nudes and bodyscapes are serious, except if the bodyscape includes a small toy like a car or airplane or army guy.

Fashion-looking stuff is serious, unless it has an animal head. Then it's a judgement call.

95% of body painting is stupid.

Anything with a sense of humor is by definition not serious and is therefore stupid.

Sorry. I don't make the rules. That's just the way it is.

big_smile

i so agree with you on the body paint thing!  every time i see it i cringe... just curious what you think of my work?  i'm still finding myself in the digital world as prior to this i did paintings that were more a mix of pop/abstract art.

May 23 14 12:51 am Link

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Rik Williams

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
I'll glance at your port and rate it "serious" or "stupid"

(If you are playing along at home, mine would be "stupid")

I'm in

May 23 14 12:54 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Jeannie Nadja wrote:
i so agree with you on the body paint thing!  every time i see it i cringe... just curious what you think of my work?  i'm still finding myself in the digital world as prior to this i did paintings that were more a mix of pop/abstract art.

You could go either way, but I'm afraid by the rules of the thread I have to go with stupid.

sad

May 23 14 01:02 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Rik Williams wrote:

I'm in

I dunno. You look like you are having too much fun to have a serious port. I'll go with serious, I guess.

May 23 14 01:04 am Link

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Jeannie Nadja

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Raleigh, North Carolina, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

You could go either way, but I'm afraid by the rules of the thread I have to go with stupid.

sad

hehe, it's ok...  i do get a little carried away with my stories and flowery head pieces wink

May 23 14 01:05 am Link

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D A N I

Posts: 4627

Little Rock, Arkansas, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

I'm going to have to go with stupid, because it's somewhat pinup-y

big_smile

Lol but I like pinup

May 23 14 10:50 am Link

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Fotografica Gregor

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Alexandria, Virginia, US

I'm not even sure if mine has a subject matter.....

May 23 14 10:58 am Link

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Morgan_Rose

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Brooklyn, New York, US

Okay smile

May 23 14 11:07 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Danielle Reid wrote:
Lol but I like pinup

So do I, but unfortunately my hands are tied.

sad

Don't feel too bad. My stuff is stupid, too.

smile

May 23 14 11:26 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Fotografica Gregor wrote:
I'm not even sure if mine has a subject matter.....

You were on the serious side for the most part until I hit the fairy wings.

big_smile

May 23 14 11:31 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Morgan_Rose wrote:
Okay smile

Serious, but that chain one took you a little close to the line, in that it looked a bit like bondage. But serious, after all

May 23 14 11:33 am Link

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Morgan_Rose

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Brooklyn, New York, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

Serious, but that chain one took you a little close to the line, in that it looked a bit like bondage. But serious, after all

That's what we were going for haha

So let's go with stupid then.

May 23 14 11:47 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

Morgan_Rose wrote:

That's what we were going for haha

So let's go with stupid then.

Good call smile

May 23 14 11:48 am Link

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L J K

Posts: 267

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

I'll play!

May 23 14 11:58 am Link

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NothingIsRealButTheGirl

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Los Angeles, California, US

L J K wrote:
I'll play!

Serious

May 23 14 12:00 pm Link

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Jeff Fiore

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Brooklyn, New York, US

OK

May 23 14 12:03 pm Link