Arghh...They're hideous! I mean jeebus, it almost seemed like he reverse photoshopped them to look like terrible corpses. There's so much grey flabby skin there I'd think I was in a morgue displaying the victims of cheap McDonalds food.
Awesome! I do this kinda stuff in school, being in a Graphic Design class. I did digital photography just like that all summer long. Ah, Photoshop... my love.It's not that these people don't look bad... it's just that they look BETTER after a little Photoshopping... and the Before looks bad in comparison.
"Then you're missing the point of someone (or someTHING as you so chauvinistically put it) being photographed. If they aren't naturally good-looking by anyone's standards and they're technologically manipulated to appear more appealing, then they aren't real anymore. By looking at these stylized pictures, we're giving into the stereotypes, this "ideal" body that we all either need to get on ourselves, or screw someone who has it.That's not sad?"sorry, i think you misread my comment. i said that "if i'm buyin a magazine, i want to see good looking things in it, weather it be a design mag, FHM..." (yes, i've never called a nice design a 'person'. i was also referring to other good looking 'things' such as you would find in motorcycle mags etc) products, just about any photo in a magazine is touched-up, every pic in the mag has to look great to sell the mag. but these were *extreme* examples. but in the end i guess it comes down to what that .Mac page said... "what the Art Director wants, the Art Director gets".maybe i'm just used to seeing stuff like this, because of my design background. but i really am surprised at all the comments saying that this is making them feel sick. i suppose i just take it for granted that i know what goes on behind the scenes - i guess the large majority of people really do think that the celebrities look like they do in magazines when they wake up every morning? but really - who could honestly believe that someone looks like that? that would have seemed pretty bloody obvious to me...
I'm a graphic designer and have been guilty of Photoshopping some of my girlfriend's pics to smooth out the occasional bump or spot (with her knowledge.) However, I would never go this far. She's constantly after me to make her eyes look bigger and I pointed out to her that it's *because* of their natural shape that I find them so beautiful (she's Japanese.)
Conan is always lookin' good. The point here was to edit out the goddamned Sears Tower. The f**king Sears Tower is fugly as s**t. The best they could do is put some Danny DeVito midget in front of it.
7of7Aug 22, 2005
Arghh...They're hideous! I mean jeebus, it almost seemed like he reverse photoshopped them to look like terrible corpses. There's so much grey flabby skin there I'd think I was in a morgue displaying the victims of cheap McDonalds food.
pegisysAug 23, 2005
<a class="user" href="http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/blonde/index.html">http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/blonde/index.html</a>now this one is just scary
zippoAug 23, 2005
Awesome! I do this kinda stuff in school, being in a Graphic Design class. I did digital photography just like that all summer long. Ah, Photoshop... my love.It's not that these people don't look bad... it's just that they look BETTER after a little Photoshopping... and the Before looks bad in comparison.
cocodapufAug 23, 2005
This doesn't get a digg from me, much the same way that horror flicks don't get $9 from me. Totally scarred me for life.
fricAug 24, 2005
The site specifically says "The Art of Retouching" and all of the images are created as art and not as photography.
muggetAug 24, 2005
"Then you're missing the point of someone (or someTHING as you so chauvinistically put it) being photographed. If they aren't naturally good-looking by anyone's standards and they're technologically manipulated to appear more appealing, then they aren't real anymore. By looking at these stylized pictures, we're giving into the stereotypes, this "ideal" body that we all either need to get on ourselves, or screw someone who has it.That's not sad?"sorry, i think you misread my comment. i said that "if i'm buyin a magazine, i want to see good looking things in it, weather it be a design mag, FHM..." (yes, i've never called a nice design a 'person'. i was also referring to other good looking 'things' such as you would find in motorcycle mags etc) products, just about any photo in a magazine is touched-up, every pic in the mag has to look great to sell the mag. but these were *extreme* examples. but in the end i guess it comes down to what that .Mac page said... "what the Art Director wants, the Art Director gets".maybe i'm just used to seeing stuff like this, because of my design background. but i really am surprised at all the comments saying that this is making them feel sick. i suppose i just take it for granted that i know what goes on behind the scenes - i guess the large majority of people really do think that the celebrities look like they do in magazines when they wake up every morning? but really - who could honestly believe that someone looks like that? that would have seemed pretty bloody obvious to me...
midnightbrewerAug 30, 2005
I'm a graphic designer and have been guilty of Photoshopping some of my girlfriend's pics to smooth out the occasional bump or spot (with her knowledge.) However, I would never go this far. She's constantly after me to make her eyes look bigger and I pointed out to her that it's *because* of their natural shape that I find them so beautiful (she's Japanese.)
aznboi04kSep 9, 2005
nicely done!
pasteler0Sep 10, 2005
I work with this! If some one needs this kind of work! Just tell me! :)
Closed AccountJan 1, 2009
Conan is always lookin' good. The point here was to edit out the goddamned Sears Tower. The f**king Sears Tower is fugly as s**t. The best they could do is put some Danny DeVito midget in front of it.