Ones and Zeros: Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time

December 11, 2003	Writing and Literature
Once Upon a Time I knew an artist who painted the covers for fantasy novels. He did this really well and I think he enjoys his work. I went to high school with his son and he and his wife were lovely and gracious people who were very friendly towards a bunch of 14 year olds who, like most 14 year olds, were probably pretty awkward. Tim asked me to pose a few times for him. Usually the nature of the picture was such that I'm the only one who knew it was me ("see that leopard pirate with the eyepatch? That's me..."). Once I posed for a painting that ended up on the cover of a CJ Cherryh novel that is now, alas, out of print. I ran across the cover on the web today, and copied it. Of note are my warm fuzzy bedroom slippers, masquerading as high soft boots, and the bright pink scarf that Tim's wife Rita got for me to wear. Tim assured me that the scarf would be red in the final picture, because he didn't think I wanted the scarf to be pink. This was after my freshman year in college, when I was just starting to grow out my hair. I'm the one on the left.
.:Posted by Michael on December 11, 2003 10:32 PM:.

Cool.

.:Posted by ChuckEye ( total) on December 12, 2003 1:46 AM:.

Hey, I read that book. Heh.

.:Posted by Karin ( total) on December 12, 2003 1:29 PM:.

I think I was the bad guy, but it's been a number of years.

.:Posted by Michael ( total) on December 12, 2003 1:32 PM:.

Once Upon a Time...

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