Stockholm Boat Show: Skills Overboard!

Lars Nilsson loved his new cabin cruiser, bought for a song from the mysterious stranger with the hideous scar tissue on his forehead.  The cloaking device was just icing on the cake.

Layer off, layer on!  Heh-heh… this looks funny!  Layer off, layer on!  Ha-ha-ha!  Layer off—what?  Ten minutes ago?  Hold on… There.  Saved, exported, and e-mailed to the publisher.  Happy?

Thanks Kitty!  This picture came from a bank with an offer to enter a competition in which you could win tickets for the Stockholm international (stealth?!) boat show.

J.Crew: Unnatural Beauty

Dudley learned everything he knows about graphic artistry through years of experience writing ransom notes.

Is this one of those automatically generated models that we've come to expect from H&M?

Thanks Nicole. You can see the original on the J.Crew website.

Gran Canaria: Size Matters

The staff at the Mildendo Grand Hyatt in Lilliput was friendly and cheerful by nature.  It was only during Spring Break when the ancestors of Gulliver descended upon them in droves that both patience and plumbing were pushed to the limit.

Sweet!  These are the sorts of PSD’s we all live for! I feel like a kid set loose in a candy store.  What cries out for cynical mocking more: The ‘splash’ effects that defy all known laws of physics, or perhaps the amateurish cut-n-paste jobs absent any shadows whatsoever?  And what is that red glob where the woman’s hand meets pool water, a reaction to urine?

Thanks Margi. You can see the original on the Las Faluas site.

Modatoi: Astounding Angles

Aside from her obvious challenge of finding clothes to hide her freakishly long hips, Siobhan was scouring the Internet in search of a chiropractor who did not charge on a per-vertebra basis.

Maybe it’s just some sort of optical illusion, but to my eyes, that right leg of hers appears to be about eight inches lower than it ought to be.  Photoshop has great tools to fix flaws such as these, and I continue to hold that failing to employ said tools can make for just as much of a ‘disaster’ as does abusing them. 

Thanks Roxane. You can see the original on the Modatoi site.

Abercrombie & Fitch: Toe-tally Messed Up

Stealing the spotlight at this year’s Home and Garden Expo was the newest innovation in flooring.  Tiny sensors and microprocessors within the black, glossy tile instantly compare footwear with the latest fashion trends and filter out anything unacceptable from the reflection, as it has correctly done here with these very retro and out-of-date flip-flops.

Had the camera line with this photo been close to or at floor level, I might have said no PSD. Toes that are slightly set back from the edge of a sandal would reflect enough light to be visible from a low enough angle, but no way from this height.  The GA needs to bone up a bit in that area.  It still, however, does not explain why the thong portions of the sandals were left out of the effect.

Thanks Caroline. You can see the original on the Abercombie & Fitch homepage.

Photoshop Quiz: Heine Anatomy

Over the last two weeks we’ve received the image below from a lot our readers and we’ve been debating here in the office as to whether it’s actually a disaster or not. I'd like for you to pay attention to the positioning of the models legs and to cast your vote as to whether this is a PSD or not.

-No reading the comments before you vote or looking at the votes already submitted.  

I think they should have