Congrats to Nikyta, who won Looking for Adventure by Valentina Heart!
Congrats to Sandy Jay, who won Wrong Number, Right Guy by Mia Watts! Wrong Number, Right Guy was released by Amber Allure on March 27.
Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Smirking Guy. You may have trouble believing these are all the same guy, but Jordan Castillo Price discovered the stock photo evidence! (Thanks, Jordan!)
hoped that, by
and all the fascinating
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, he would begin to understand the
behind the
by the
as he lived out his
, trying to convince himself that he was actually a
drifting on the
and singing the
.
Did you happen to notice that this Misadventure was a single sentence? 🙂
“Not looking at any more naughty boys. Nope.” -Mayhem
I noticed, because I was looking for the periods. The drawn on mask thing in Temptation of Eve is pretty hideous. They didn’t even try to make it look like it flowed with the shape of the face!
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You are good – imagine checking Photoshop even – that is dedication! The Eve one is a bit odd – trying to do a Talker but failing.
When he smirks he is kind of cute. 🙂
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I can’t for the life of me figure out what Halloween Angel is wearing – a diaper? a loincloth? paper mache?
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That wasn’t a naughty boy, Mayhem. He was only pretending.
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The end of his adventure gets kind of surreal. More than usual, I mean.
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Juni: I can’t take credit for Text Effects Photoshop thing – that was from JCP! 🙂
Chris- Looks like he has a hangover from the Carpathian Intrigue.
What is that?
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I did. =)
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I’m with Patti — I’m deeply distracted with trying to figure out what the heck the Halloween angel is wearing exactly.
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Is eve tempted by sleeping men & black face paint?!
I’m so glad that Smirking Guy is on the Type Effects Photoshop disc rather than the Bad Long Hair Effects disc that some publishers use with such reckless abandon. I wonder if that’s a Type Effect all over his face on the Eve cover?
I feel bad for the other model on the Buddy Holiday cover. There probably isn’t too much work for CASBWG (Can’t Apply Sun Block Well Guy).
Honestly, how can anyone find a smirk like that attractive? not a good stock photo.
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On the smirking guy – d@mn — good eye — and I own half of these books and never noticed! (*face palm)
Do you know drives me the most crazy about stock photography? 2 things actually (1) changing the eye color… (2) horrible tribal photoshop tattoos. This poor guy got them both!
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I like smirking guy, but what a bad tattoo
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They’ve totally squished his head on Price of Shadow. Poor guy!
Great spotting of covers, Chris. I am in awe, as usual :).
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Oh dear lord, what did they do to his face?? I’m feeling sorry for poor Smirking Guy. Looks like someone took a sharpie to him while he was passed out drunk or something.
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Thank you for my Monday giggle!
Teee hee!
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Maybe CASBWG was actually a victim of the same sharpie as Smirking Guy? After the photo shoot for the book cover, they went to an after-party, got way too drunk, and passed out next to each other.
The pattern looks so odd because someone was doing a pattern that applied to both guys being next to each other, so taken separately they each looks strange. If we saw them next to each other (in the correct positions) we’d be able to appreciate the true brilliance of the artistic vision.
Or maybe I just spend too much time imagining fanciful scenarios for stock photography. If so, I’m in great company 🙂
And what a sentence it was! Great job. 🙂
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But will she be looking at the naughty girls???
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A truly titanic sentence, Chris!
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You owe these authors a debt of gratitude for such outlandish titles.
You are right not to look, May, as smirking is not attractive on a naughty boy (or anyone else with the possible exception of Big Kitty).
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Not bad looking but what’s up with the face tattoos in the Eve cover? Strange cover but another great Misadventure!
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He really is smirking boy!!! Thank you 🙂
Type effects are key in understanding the past. Hmm…maybe I should look into that… 😉
I’m impressed that you did this in one sentence! Go you!
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