Photoshop Troll

Some Friday fun for you. A photo retoucher vents out the frustration of imprecise feedback by giving people, unfortunately, exactly what they ask for.

Link: http://www.photoshoptroll.com

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SF Mashup

Shawn Clover compiled a couple series of 1906 SF earthquake photos cobbled together with modern imagery.

Link: http://shawnclover.com/2012/08/17/1906-today-the-earthquake-blend-part-ii/

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Design Applicushions

Now you can rest your head, dream in Illustrator, and have your concepts ready by 9am.

Link: MySuiteStuff

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Re-animated

Pixeloo is a blog for a designer who uses Photoshop in his profession, but expresses his true love for the program outside of his 9-5. He has had a recent series of "un-tooned" cartoons that are strangely sublime.

Link: www.pixeloo.blogspot.com

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Around the World

I found these images on Flickr.com, where a short Photoshop tutorial was given. You take a panoramic image, flip it 180 degrees, and then use the polarize filter. I call dibs on using this in a concept!

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Painted Ladies

There are two commercials out right now that are worth mention for artistic merit. The first is a Jonathon Glazer creation for Bravia using massive paint explosions to sell a new LCD screen.

Link: http://www.bravia-advert.com/paint/thead/

The second ad is the latest installment for the Real Beauty Campaign hosted by Dove soap. SF is familiar with the near-naked models in the ads gracing the underground. The women posses what is debated to be regular body types that defy the fashion industry standard. This TV spot shows the transformation of one model as she evolves from the look of an everyday woman to a supermodel gracing the face of a billboard through the enhancement of makeup, hair stylists, and photo enhancement.

Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uT4dpFpiTgk

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Real-Time Photoshop Effects

This week, SIGGRAPH, a computer graphics conference, opened in Boston. One of the highlights was an interactive piece by Toshio Iwai: Morphovision. A 3-D model of a cottage is set inside an enclosed display. The model appears to be still, but is actually rotating with a synchronized light source. If that synchronization is altered from a control system outside of the display, then the cottage appears to ripple and distort. The magic of light and mirrors can still compete on par with computer graphics.

Link: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9664-sensory-illusions-dazzle-at-graphics-conference.html

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