you are everything

See this image?

There's a reason why I put a watermark on it here. It's mine. I made it. Or at least manipulated/recreated it.

Let me show you...

I took these three pictures:



and carefully resized them and layered them on top of one another and colorized where necessary.



Then I copied the left side of his face, mirrored it, and then painstakingly matched it and blended it together to make it look like a whole face.



But see? This - as an actual original photo - does not exist. I created it. I made it to use in this wallpaper:



I did not spend hours on it just so someone could crop it out of the wallpaper and make it into an icon or use it on their website or make Incredimail stationary out of it - all without asking me first. The only other person who has permission to use this image is Randall, since the wallpaper was originally made for him. I used that picture because he told me it was a favorite of his.

So... why does it keep popping up all over the place? And don't tell me I should be flattered that so many people like it or something like that. I know I should probably just let it go, but for whatever reason, this particular image is special to me. And I hate seeing it show up everywhere used in ways I never intended it to be used for. So... please stop. Okay? All three of the original source images above are link to places where you can download the full size versions - use one of those instead... please? Thank you - for reading this, if nothing else.