It's like...you're reading my mind (or perhaps just reading my posts more carefully than some
)!
Yes, that is precisely the type of thing that I had in mind when I was referring to using
graphical as well as physical elements from games. I mean, who wouldn't want to take the place of Emi in Graduation or Alice in Sakura. Or perhaps stand-in for Tran in Rottel the Mercury (no wait, that's just too weird). Maybe hang with Nyami and Mimi? Ride on a pop-kun?
Well, you've got the picture...and hopefully others are now, too. I'd love to have included an example along these lines, but I just wanted to get something out quickly that would hopefully give people some idea of how a picture can be game-themed without the subject necessarily playing the game. Following one of these ideas would have taken a lot more time and effort and I wanted to answer my promise of a sample sooner rather than later.
As for submissions...Sure, it's cool if you want to send a picture in. The tricks are that it would have to be good enough quality to print...so, high resolution. And depending on the content of the picture it may or may not be better to setup and take a specific pose and really control the background and lighting to make any necessary Photoshopping chores easier and end up with a better result.
Of course I'm not going to say that I'm the best photographer for the job. But I do have some experience, and I can take reasonable-length trips, if necessary. Seeing as how I was in Chicago last weekend and Louisville the weekend before, I think it's safe to say that anywhere in Indiana could be considered reasonable. Heck, there's IndyDDR locales that I haven't seen in the six years I've been doing this. A road trip to "meet the locals" doesn't sound like all that bad an idea.
although.... yea, I'll take one
