Nathan Exposed: the naked truth about my gay life

24 hours ago I decided it would be really cool to do a new version of this website with a grunge theme. It’s so out of my element. My design is always very clean cut lines, uncluttered, bright colors.

12 hours ago I took a photo and composed it to look like I was holding the blog content with my hands and looking down at the posts.

1 hour ago I stared at my screen in horror, realizing people could mistakenly think I just had my eyes closed rather than thinking I was looking downward at the blog content.

Fuck.

What’s the verdict, readers? When you look at this, do you get it that I’m looking down at the blog posts, or does it just look like I’m sleepwalking?

UPDATE: After really studying it, I figured out what was causing the “sleepy eyes”. When I turned up the contrast on the photo, the color in my eye blended together with my eyelashes, giving it the appearance of one big black spot.

I swapped it out with a different one, which I think looks much more obvious that I’m looking down at the content. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.

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Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 1:59 am | Filed in Blogs | Permalink 9 Comments

    kinda hard to tell the difference…

    Posted by thegayte_keeper on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 2:26 am

      I´m sorry to say, but it looks a little like sleepwalking.

      Posted by Sarah on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:23 am

        Thanks for the feedback.

        I’ve used a different one and posted it above. I think it will be much more obvious now.

        Thoughts?

        Posted by Nathan on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:54 am

          At first glance I thought you were looking down, it wasn’t until I read the complete post that I realized one could think otherwise. Thumbs up!

          Posted by danny on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:40 pm

            I love it! The grunge effect is super cool.

            Posted by Ken on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 4:09 pm

              I think it looks fine, and I love the swirly thing in the background.

              Of course, i am partial to dropped trousers….

              Posted by Riverwolf on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

                I love them both…..I’m pretty open minded and like change. But, I have to say, I’m partial to those jeans down around your ankles…and the bare feet. Ahem.

                Posted by Lewis on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

                  I agree with Lewis. Call me old fashioned.

                  Posted by DanNation on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 @ 11:35 pm

                    It looks better now after the change. :)

                    Posted by Sarah on Tue, Aug 19, 2008 @ 3:31 am

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