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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Mercury This Week's Mercury Cover is 100% Real, Baby.

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM

When I saw the cover of this week's paper, I just assumed the whole thing was photshopped together. Sexy Scott was obviously photographed in one place (maybe in the cage at his go-go dancing job?), sexy Cassandra was snapped in another, that weird obese corgi was adorable clipart and it was all layered over with some fake-wood font.

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Then I stopped into art director Justin "Scrappers" Morrison's office and noticed the giant wooden "SEX" cutout in the window. Scrappers broke two jigsaws carving the entire title and Portland Mercury logo from wood. "You're insane!" I said, "Why would you do that?! You could have just photoshopped it." Scrappers smiled. "I know," he said. He then proceeded to show me the hilarious outtakes of the nude shoot, just to prove everyone was really all there together. The fatty corgi, which is Scott's by the way, just wouldn't cooperate!

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Portland Mercury: Never underestimate what we will do for art or sex.

More outtakes photos below the cut.

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the blue flowers hide the money bits.

 

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I analyzed it pretty closely after I picked up a copy, and could tell it was all real. And I appreciated that.

Except I thought the Mercury logo was faked. Thanks!
Posted by ROM on March 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM · Report
2
broke two jigsaws? or two jigsaw blades? haste makes waste.
Posted by miguelaron on March 12, 2009 at 3:20 PM · Report
3
Two jigsaws.
Craftsmen brand=Crapsmen brand.
And yeah, haste does make waste.
But what the fuck, I was on a tight schedule.
Posted by scrappers on March 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM · Report
4
just say yes to sawzall
Posted by miguelaron on March 12, 2009 at 4:38 PM · Report
5
or harbour freight cheepies
Posted by miguelaron on March 12, 2009 at 4:39 PM · Report
6
nice work! That type of authenticity goes a long way. Like the 3D MFNW logo or the PDX Funbook logo. Besides, Jigsaws are much more fun to break than Photoshop.
Posted by gabriel amadeus on March 12, 2009 at 5:42 PM · Report
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yea, photoshop can suck it.
Posted by miguelaron on March 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM · Report
8
Amazing work.

I cannot figure out which photo from the Flickr pool is Cassandra's at all.
Posted by Cowboy_X on March 12, 2009 at 8:13 PM · Report
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Nice tits, Cassandra. I mean that in the most respectful way. And a very courageous smile, considering the circumstances. Would it be asking too much to inquire if you've ever considered Suicide Girls?
Posted by bruce123456 on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 PM · Report
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Wait, where is the NSFW version?

(And we all know why Scrappers went to all this trouble: If you are gonna photoshop some pictures together, the people can just send them in, but if you are gonna do it real, the models have to show up, and you have to position them and deal with the dog, and there is a lot of time to check out some hot ass, well, ass.)
Posted by Matthew D on March 12, 2009 at 9:24 PM · Report
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I personally prefer the first outtake to the final.
Posted by boooooooooo on March 13, 2009 at 2:26 PM · Report
12
justin is sexier than the sexiest winners.
Posted by megan kathleen on March 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM · Report

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