I agree with this.. and I have thought about it too.. (Obviously, since for the last several years in my imagination Frodo seems to have inherited a face similar to Mr.Wood. (Not exactly! But at one time, EW could be made up and magically BE Frodo for me by virtue of his talent.) I guess the rule I use is 'Do unto others.' No way would I mind being made into art of any sort I consider art.. but also No way would I enjoy extreme liberties of the sort sometimes taken. It's just rude and to my mind, disrespectful to treat people that way.. both to that person and to yourself. (Satire? That's different.. And my personal approval level of being mean to Bush is far different from my approval level of mean to EW LOL!) Would I fight to the death for anybody's right to DO that on the net? Oh yes. Do I have to approve? Heck no.. and I vote with my feet. (However, after what you said above I went and had a look at the pic. I'm glad I did.. It is utterly beautiful.. I wish it did not include the overly happy bit.. I would save it and enjoy it if it wasn't just a wee bit too in your face. I actually have by happenstance, an experience that sort of gives me a perspective. When I was younger, I used to enter costume competitions at San Diego conventions.. (All my friends did so I got into it.) One year, I discovered to my surprise a bit of art someone had done from photo of me in a scanty costume I had done another year with a group portraying a character from a book, entered in the Art show. I was supposed to be that character. It had me far nakeder than I would ever have actually been in public.. but it was very nice and although it was weird to see myself like that in an art show, I thought it was nice, appropriate for the character, and I was flattered and enjoyed it. Another time someone else took a photo of me when I was unaware and I was bending over and it was obviously done to look down my shirt. It was far less revealing but it ticked me right off when I saw it.. and does to this day. This is perhaps colouring my opinion of all this. (Ya think?):-)
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I guess the rule I use is 'Do unto others.' No way would I mind being made into art of any sort I consider art.. but also No way would I enjoy extreme liberties of the sort sometimes taken. It's just rude and to my mind, disrespectful to treat people that way.. both to that person and to yourself.
(Satire? That's different.. And my personal approval level of being mean to Bush is far different from my approval level of mean to EW LOL!)
Would I fight to the death for anybody's right to DO that on the net? Oh yes. Do I have to approve? Heck no.. and I vote with my feet.
(However, after what you said above I went and had a look at the pic. I'm glad I did.. It is utterly beautiful.. I wish it did not include the overly happy bit.. I would save it and enjoy it if it wasn't just a wee bit too in your face.
I actually have by happenstance, an experience that sort of gives me a perspective. When I was younger, I used to enter costume competitions at San Diego conventions.. (All my friends did so I got into it.) One year, I discovered to my surprise a bit of art someone had done from photo of me in a scanty costume I had done another year with a group portraying a character from a book, entered in the Art show. I was supposed to be that character. It had me far nakeder than I would ever have actually been in public.. but it was very nice and although it was weird to see myself like that in an art show, I thought it was nice, appropriate for the character, and I was flattered and enjoyed it. Another time someone else took a photo of me when I was unaware and I was bending over and it was obviously done to look down my shirt. It was far less revealing but it ticked me right off when I saw it.. and does to this day.
This is perhaps colouring my opinion of all this. (Ya think?):-)