Worth1000.com is a site that features very good Photoshopped parodies of various things. They claim copyright over the pictures, which seems dubious, as the pictures often themselves contain trademarked images, but I'm not going to argue the point. Go here to look at some games that didn't quite make it to the market.
when i'm calling you-oo-oo
oo-oo-oo!
you will answer too-oo-oo
oo-oo-oo!
In the days before GPS, this was all-too-tragically common:
Other Photoshopped romance-novel covers here. (Some might be mildly unsafe for work.)
if you catch your hair in the ferris wheel on top
in the ferris wheel on top
a silver bicycle you shall ride
to bathe your mind in the quiet tide
Not so fast there, Mister Sunshine Superman. Behold, the world's noisiest amusement ride.
Via b3ta
One of the best computer art sites around is Worth1000. It has forums on using Photoshop, extensive galleries, and runs contests, some of which are for money (people wanting graphic designs, etc., will put up $50-100+ for something that meets their needs). It also has a superb tutorial section. A recent contribution to it was by "Grumplebits," explaining the steps in aging someone's face, using for an example the actress Katie Holmes, the future (?) / present(?) / former(?) Mrs. Tom Cruise. (I'm really not up on the latest Hollywood buzz.)
See, that's where the title comes from. One of Cruise's most famous roles was in Top Gun, and "Grumplebits" could also be considered a "Top Gun" of the . . . ah, forget it. Just go look.
I used a combination of the Stamp tool and Brush tool. I wish I could explain my technique at this point in a more clinical manner but mostly I relied on my artistic instincts. I emphasized the wrinkles around the eyes by widening and deepening the lines slightly and increasing the contrast by darkening the recesses and lightening the edges. Also, I extended wrinkles to the cheekbone areas. I then applied the same technique to the wrinkles around the mouth and to the forehead.
Another Worth1000 photoshopping contest in mixing genres; in this case, classical themes and, er, robots.
The original (woman, not robot) was titled "Le Ravissement de Psyche [The Rapture of Psyche]," painted in 1895 by William Bouguereau and can be seen here. (The story of Psyche here.) It's a fine example of representational art, which fell into critical disfavor with the rise of the Impressionists.
There's more of similar calibre at the Art Renewal site (Warning: some nudity, both partial and implied). To my untutored eye, at least, they're comparable to the work of the Renaissance masters.
FARK's Photoshopping contest imagining movie posters for modern movies with more modest budgets.
A very good and comprehensive Photoshop tutorial
on beautifying faces. Not by overdoing it, but by using retouching techniques that would be familiar to any magazine photo editor.
The picture on the right is the original. Check here to see the improvements.
Via kottke.org
FARK was recently running a contest to duplicate famous album covers using MS Paint. Even with a graphics tablet and stylus it's a bit like using an Etch-A-Sketch. (Paint is the drawing program included with Windows. If you've never played around with it, you can run it by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Paint.)
This is not to say that you can't create good (if somewhat lifeless) pictures with Paint. The artist who created this estimates it took about 500 hours of work, and I can fully believe it.
For that matter, you can use Etch-A-Sketch.
Via J-Walk Blog
Captain Ed has a sighting of the elusive Raul Castro! I guess Fidel must be on the mend, what with Raul off on a busman's holiday. Exclusive photos here.
To the bone, I tell you.
Remember this horse? He had a minor role in The Godfather.
They can do wonders with prosthetics these days.
Via grow-a-brain
A man photoshopped to look like Homer Simpson. Larger picture and a video showing how it was done here.
Warning: Video has music.
Via A Welsh View
Actually, it was faked by the satirical website The Onion.
But given the breadth of coverage by Google Earth, it would be statistically improbable that it wouldn't find something, somewhere, on fire. Next time I hear that satellite going overhead, I am so torching this place.
Via grow-a-brain
I thought this was a photoshop, but I wasn't sure until I spotted the Worth1000 watermark. I went to the site but couldn't find the specific competition.
An interesting animated .gif that will impress you with its artistry. Or possibly trigger an epileptic seizure. Your call.
Joshua Hoffine, whose (Photoshop- assisted) work looks at childhood phobias. His site seems to be down but there's a selection of it here.
Warning: Some might find the images unsettling. Not me, of course. Because I was always "Mommy's special little soldier." :)
Worth1000's latest Photoshop challenge: Place 2D cartoon characters into famous paintings.
Joseph Ducreux was a French painter, who, in 1793, made this pimp-ass self portrait. 216 years later, his internet meme exploded on the scene.
Crappy photoshop featuring Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Led
Zeppelin's Robert Plant.
Via Miss Cellania
You have to be a bit of a bytehead to get the joke -- so maybe if you can find the time, you can explain it to me.
Coincidence . . . or prophesy?
Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude
Some gentle soul has taken on the task of airbrushing out guns from movie stills, replacing them with the universal gesture that signals "OK!"*
*Except where it means "Up yours!"
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