Self Portrait Challenge - Album Cover week 1

I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to do this months challenge! I've always wanted to do live recreations of famous paintings and since I have yet to find willing victims...uh, I mean...volunteers, this is the next best thing!!

The cover I chose first came to me after much searching and consideration, even though it was literally staring me in the face the whole time. (It was sitting on my computer desk). Rent was the first show I went to see "out of state" and on my own, no parental guidance involved. some musical fanatic friends introduced me to the music and they were so passionate about it I felt like I had to go see it to really know what they were feeling. I almost have the whole thing memorized, and it's my go-to music when I'm having a bad day and it never gets old. I listen to it for days on end, until my sister says she won't ride with me until I change cd's.

I had so much fun doing the different poses, with my sister in the background telling me "no turn your face this way", and "you look like you've got gas pain, be happier", you know, encouraging stuff like that.

I thought about changing the name a little like "I don't have to pay RENT" but it just didn't look right. And even though the title isn't exactly like the original ( I didn't have a font that looked like a stencil) I am so psyched it turned out the way it did.

OK, so here's the original album cover for "Rent, original Broadway cast recording"



And here's my version:



I had to post the smaller size to make the whole thing fit in the post but you can see it larger if you click on it or go to my flickr page