# So you think you can model

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-model/342530>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-model/342530 "2006-02-01T17:53:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-model/342530/1 "2006-02-01T17:53:32Z")

</div>

I’m coming to the point in my artistic education where I need to learn how to draw humans. Right now I am just concentrating on faces. The problem is, I’m having a hard time asking potential models. If I ask my friends, it will seem weird. If I ask my coworkers, it will seem skeevy. If I get pictures off the internet, it will seem strange and stalkerish.

But for some reason I have no compunctions about asking you guys. :eek:

So what say you? Want to be immortalized?

What I’m asking you for is a digital photo of your face. Don’t matter if’n you’re real purdy or butt-ugly, manly man or wimmin-folk, old or young (yes, I’ll paint your child), bald or hairy (though I prefer hairless chins), plain or peanut. In fact, more varied faces mean better learning on my part.

If you send me a photo, I can’t guarantee that you’ll see the final result, or even that I’ll do you at all, but I’ll try my best. I will promise that I won’t display the work to anyone unless I get your permission first. And I’ll do my best to flatter you.

What I am looking for:

-A clear, well-lit face  
-A decent sized and high-res picture  
-Any facial orientation, but for now profiles and front views are prefered  
-Any hair style, but naked ears are prefered  
-Full body shots are OK, as long as the face is clear

What I am **not** looking for:

-Tiny, obscure, or blurred faces  
-Photos that are too light, too dark, or distorted (i.e. “fish-eye”)  
-Back of the head views  
-Obscenity (OK, I’m flexible on that)  
-Drunken group party shots

In other words, I need photos that are a replacement for a live, posed model.

So, want to become immortal?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-model/342530/2 "2006-02-01T17:55:24Z")

</div>

Fine – say we had such a pic – how would we get it to you?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-model/342530/3 "2006-02-01T23:23:21Z")

</div>

Sorry it took so long for me to reply – In reading your question I decided to change the e-mail address in my profile. This essentially made me lose all of my posting priveledges until I could respond from a computer that I’m just now sitting down at. :rolleyes:

Send them as attachments to nealtodd at comcast dot net. Make the title of the e-mail “SDMD pictures”, so I’ll know it’s not spam.