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ESTETIL: CREEPY CUDDLE

Posted on 28 March by Vernon

The good news is that your baby is fully functional and perfectly healthy.  The bad news is that the cloning process will require a little tweaking.

Other than this being an obvious cut-and-paste job with some necessary layer complexity, the Photoshopping here could be a lot worse with respect to skills.  Could a true expert have made it look less obvious?  Certainly. Could this concept have been much creepier?  Probably not.  And if it could, I know I don’t wish to look at it.  Let’s just hope that this ‘baby’ is bottle fed, shall we?

Thanks Elena for finding probably the weirdest disaster of the year.

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LUCIANO CONTI: VANISHING CREAM

Posted on 27 March by Vernon

As the world’s only known conjoined fraternal twins, Carlo & Sylvia not only rejected the pity of others, but their surprising comfort level with the strange card dealt to them by Nature was unsettling to say the least.

So, what’s with the snake?  Is she a shape-shifter in the act of metamorphosis?  Are there baby white mice in the jar?  Is this the next big winner of ‘Italy’s Got Talent’?  Does this ad in any way make you want to purchase these skin products?  Me, neither.

Nice catch Evandro.

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LEICA: SHUTTER-BUGGED

Posted on 26 March by Vernon
Commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI, the ‘Vati-Cam’ comes in an all-white body with matching strap, and an extra-large lens for peering into the bedrooms of suspected apostates.

I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that a GA who assumed we’d be fooled by such an obvious scale gaffe would also assume we would not notice an oval-shaped lens, either.  Note how this oversized lens partially covers both the flash lens and lens release button. That, plus the lack of drop shadow against the white body, are dead giveaways.
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Thanks to everyone who sent this in!  You can see the original on Engadget

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The Race for the White House

Posted on 24 March by Vernon
With the presidential race heating up we thought we’d give you a quick update as to where the candidates currently stand.Newt Gingrich - via Freaking News

Rumor has it that Newt is polling particularly well within certain alternative communities.

Mitt Romney

Currently leading the race for delegates but for some reason he just can’t win over the less well-off of society.

Ron Paul – via freaking news

Currently trailing the field but still adamant to hang in there.

Rick Perry:

He came in with all guns blazing and left firing blanks.

Michele Bachmann

She was here one moment and gone the next.

Rick Santorum – via freaking news

Palin was spotted at the Santorum Tennessee victory party; still verifying whether or not this is photo is authentic.

So, what can we expect over the next few months?

Rumor has it that Obama and friends plan to host more Facebook meetings and the odd Google hangout.

I’m a Mormon

I’m sure the Mormon church will continue to ride the Romney wave with their pitiful adverts. They’ve invaded our neighborhood and now they’ve turned their attention to our living room!

Newt Gingrich – via Buffalo News

Well Newt always was the man with the ideas.

I’m looking forward to the leap in technology being showcased for the upcoming debates.

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AMAZON.FR: Thumb Mithtake

Posted on 23 March by Vernon
A little-known fact about the wily French leprechaun is that its fingers share a common trait with lizard tails, allowing them to escape to safety in the event they get them stuck somewhere during their nightly pilfering of human domiciles.

I’m not certain this was as much bad skills as it is bad execution.  A normal-sized thumb hovering above the switch with another arrow to indicate motion would convey the intended message just fine, while removing all doubt from the minds of impressionable young children that any hobbits had been harmed in the production of this graphic.

Thanks Buck! You can see the original on the Amazon french site. View PSD

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ELLE: Glitchy Glitchy Ya-Yas Here!

Posted on 22 March by Vernon
Not a PSD.  This is a production still from the latest sequel in “The Matrix” franchise.  Here we see three rogue “agents,” cleverly disguised as Swedish fashion models, in the act of dodging small arms fire as depicted through the iconic visual effect known as “bullet time.”  Neo lives!

How does this even happen?! Chime in, experts! Is this the fault of the GA, or a ‘hiccup’ during the printing process? Or perhaps the Q.C. person was distracted by their crazy footwear. Yeah, that must be it. The shoes.

Thanks Josefin. You can see the original in the Swedish version of Elle. View PSD

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Helena Rubinstein: Demi is that you?

Posted on 21 March by Vernon
So on the right hand side we have Demi Moore and on the left?

I’m kind of speechless as to what they did to Demi in this shoot and why they even bothered taking any pictures if they were going to shop her to a state where she is unrecognizable .

The pictures originally came from a shoot for Helena Rubinstein’s latest beauty campaign. You can see more of the pictures from the shoot via BuzzFeed and DailyMail (originally found the disaster). 

Thanks Richard!

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Bud Elita: Inflated Skills

Posted on 20 March by Vernon
Dmitri was so excited when he arrived for his first big photo shoot, he wolfed down two entire breakfast bars from the snack table, ruefully neglecting to first check the label for peanuts.

Eastern European symbolism is traditionally weird, so it’s anyone’s guess what the ‘white silhouette’ against the drab and dated building is supposed to represent.  And considering this billboard is actually marketing a technical college, I guess the modern high-rise on the left makes sense.  But how a pumped-up noggin four times normal scale makes anyone want to get within a hundred meters of that building is beyond me.

Thanks Michal. 
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