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TOURISTS TREASURES: FREQUENT FLYER FAIL

It hurts a little at first, but then it starts to feel really good!

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More than anything, I love the eye mask in this image. Not only does the elastic strap have zero effect on the model’s apparently solid titanium locks of hair, but it’s not even centered on her face. It’s like time ran out during a challenge on a Japanese game show. Bring in Sayonara Mob!

Thanks Dee!

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RAJAPACK: MARATHON MESS

When it absolutely, positively has to be there in under 44 seconds!

Photoshop Disaster

There’s so much going on here, I don’t know where to start. I guess I’ll go with the huge unfurling roll of packaging paper being hauled around the track by seemingly nobody at all. That is, of course, unless the roll of paper also happens to be one of the racers. I also like that some of the runners are burdened with multiple items, while Thor (#111) merely sports a wristband’s worth of packing tape. No wonder he’s winning.

Thanks Ben!

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SEINE-MARITIME: JUMPIN’ JIVE

The moment Scotty realized he’d booked his vacation during the same week as Spring Break, he knew it was only a matter of time before making unauthorized use of the Enterprise’s transporter.

Photoshop Disaster

Ah, sweet PSD goodness!  I can’t decide which I like better: the temporal discontinuity between the suspended people and their reflections, or the complete absence of splash disturbance to the water’s surface, giving rise to speculation that these people just leapt from a hovering Chinook in the middle of a Disco-themed party during the chorus of “Y.M.C.A.”

Thanks Sébastien!

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5 + 2 DNY: FADED JEANS

The Chůze-Master 3000 represents the very cutting edge in Czech medical prosthetics technology.

Photoshop Disaster

Apparently, these particular skulls radiate gamma rays so intense they can be seen right through solid flesh, bone, and cheap denim.  Either that, or the GA went a little crazy with the “glow” effect.  Your call.

Thanks Miro!

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THE STAR: MEL B-FORE & AFTER

Getting that post-pregnancy body back into shape takes a lot of drive, focus, and a solid working knowledge of Photoshop!

Photoshop Disaster

Definitely some image manipulation happening here.  The tell is not so much her oddly cylindrical torso as her grotesquely swollen, Popeye-like elbows and forearm. Well, blow me down!

Thanks Adrienne. The original was found in the The Star magazine.

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GRUNBECK: HANDY MAN

At the time, it sounded like a brilliant idea, but after the disappointing debut of “The Litmus Chronicles,” the Berlin school board had second thoughts about incorporating 3D technology into educational videos.

Photoshop Disaster

Okay, we see what they’re going for here. Unfortunately, Herr Grossenmitten’s left arm is positioned in a manner that looks natural only when grasping one’s other hand in front, as demonstrated by his colleague, thereby making it rather blatant that the image was shopped and not a result of forced perspective. On the upside, that’s one of the cleanest-looking hands I think I’ve ever seen!

Thanks Matthias.

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PERMETAL GOLD: PUMP THE VOLUME

Not everything at Costco is worth the hassle of buying in bulk.

Photoshop Disaster

This ad may be giving potential customers the wrong message, like this is how much you’ll need to clean a standard size oven face and backsplash.  I also hope there’s nothing flammable in the ingredients, otherwise a much more dangerous message presents itself with regard to product placement.

Thanks Mega. You can see the original Labud site.

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VOGUE CHINA: HALF-ASSED FAIL

Given a choice, I think I would much rather float than hop, too!

Poster Disaster

Someone needs to explain to this GA the difference between the shadow of a leg and an actual leg. This girl is either an amputee, or a school of piranha has chewed a hole through that raft and devoured her right leg all the way up to Christmas.

Thanks Eduardo. The original was found in the Vogue China June 2012 and the model is Doutzen Kroes.

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