I was reading a Buzzfeed article 17 Brilliant Art History-Inspired Halloween Costumes and recognized one of the photos from the SDMB Portrait Gallery. Sure enough, it’s Marley23’s picture. (And is indeed credited directly to the photo).
I’m wondering if they got Arnold Winkelried’s permission, or yours, Marley? Just curious - it’s a little jarring to think that I might see myself in an upcoming “17 Most Handsome Devils of the Internet” article. 
Damn, that’s cool. No, I didn’t hear a word about it.
Soon we’ll all be able to say we knew him when.
And then we can post in the Famous Friends thread in IMHO!
What’s with the four stars on his palm, some code for the party?
Michelin Guide rating for modding.
As long as he doesn’t have a star on his belly he is still ok in my book
Crikey! I read that article never thought it would contain someone I knew - even if tentatively.
Go you **Bob’s Zombie **
They’re ants. There’s a scene in Un Chien Andalou where a character sees ants crawling around on his palms. Not seen in the picture is my “lobster telephone” (my cell phone with little red claws attached).
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I “read” that “article”…
Fixed that for you. There is no article, and you didn’t read anything much at all.
This is just another great example of the increasing regurgitation of the internet, by which sites like BuzzFeed create almost no original content whatsoever, and generate clicks and ad impressions and money for themselves by nicking other people’s intellectual property and repackaging it as “slideshows” and “collections” and “Best ofs”.
Yep.
It’s clear they just Google Image Searched for Halloween costumes of various artists. Marley’s pic is the #1 hit if you search for ‘salvador dali halloween costume’.
Still pretty cool though!
I assume that’s how Buzzfeed does most of its work. Still, the author thought the costume was awesome and it went out to a significant audience, so I’ll take it.
…indeed, and Buzzfeed has a number of pending lawsuits against them for using IP without permission. And in this case they not only watermarked the image without permission but they also credited the wrong person. The photographer most probably holds copyright on the image: not Arnold’s website.
Holy crap!
Now I’ve seen a photo of you and Colibri.
And now Chronos!
Ahhh, noodles, noodles everywhere…
There are photos of a bunch of us at Arnold Winkelreid’s gallery. Those are our “human” faces, of course. One look at our Mod faces would drive you mad with horror and send you shrieking into the endless abyss of cosmic night. But you know how that is.
But never at the same time … hmmm …
Did you guys see where everyone at Buzzfeed got banned?
<ducks and runs>
Does Arnold Winkelreid still update his gallery. I ask because I submitted a picture of myself quite a while back, and it has not yet been posted there.
Maybe I didn’t make the cut. 