Category Archives: lame

MEN’S HEALTH: ZAC EFRON: TRICEP TROUBLE

Somebody’s been abusing his Shake Weight.

Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines!  Is there really any other excuse for allowing such god-awful graphics work to go to print like this?  Where is the quality control, Men’s Health?  You’ve got poor Zac’s arm looking like he’s the lucky survivor of a vicious shark attack!  One wonders if this is simply the result of a stressed-out and rushed GA, or perhaps a GA with some personal issues about Zac.  Hmm….

Thanks Jenny.

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SHELBY AMERICAN: COBRA STRIKEOUT

This is the normal reaction when a cobra encounters a bad-ass honey badger.  Honey badger don’t give a sh*t!

No way is this sweet Shelby Cobra performing a wheelstand on those street tires.  Note the light showing through the tread of the rear tires, for there would be none if the car were actually digging into the road, not to mention some blur on the wheels of a moving tire.  But the real tell is the front right tire, where the GA was rather sloppy with the edgework, as well as the clone stamp tool used to replace the actual tire with road imagery copied and pasted from, oh, just a few millimeters to the left, as evidenced by the repeating pattern of gravel and failure to color correct.

Thanks for the find Bob. You can see the original on AutoBlog

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John Kerwin: Unreal Smoothie

There are two sure-fire methods of distinguishing between the Pod People and humans.  The first is that they are simply too perfect; no moles, freckles, birthmarks or body hair whatsoever.  And the second tell?  Bad Canadian haircuts.

It just occurred to me that this model might have copious amounts of tattoo ink on his arms, in which case the overt use of the air brush tool was unavoidable.  It then occurred to me that there are likely plenty of non-tattooed models it might have been more wise to hire for this shoot.  And now it occurs to me that if this guy can get paid to be a model, then why am I not writing paid speeches for Mitt Romney?!

Thanks Micheal. You can see the original on the IMDB site

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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.

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Cote Maison: Digital Dyslexia

After the government closed down the secret program which trained chimpanzees to fly military missions, Dr. Michel Coupe was tasked with finding new and profitable ways to exploit the enhanced intelligence of his ‘uber-monkeys.’

Even Forrest Gump could have figured out how this was supposed to look by simply writing ’2012′ on a sheet of paper and holding it against a mirror!  How is it that someone this incompetent at Photoshop can land a decent-paying job in France, yet I’m forced to write sarcastic captions ridiculing that very same incompetence for practically nothing?!  It’s a mad house!  A MAD HOUSE!!  Soylent Green is people!  Climb, baby, climb!

Sorry.  I guess I just miss Chuck Heston today.  Finding my happy place now…

Thanks Manon! Don’t forget to join us on Google Plus.

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89 Centre: Saddle Baggage

Zorklo’s chosen cover for his Earth assignment as a graphics artist was a challenge indeed, especially considering his home planet lacked any visible light whatsoever.

So much disaster; so little time!  I so loved how the thighs of this beautiful woman have been given extra pouches of fat by the GA, that I almost didn’t notice the even-worse application of ‘boxy’ shadows beneath her right calf, right arm, and that delightful sweep of inky goodness beneath her chin I can only liken to something once sported by Rameses IV.

Big thanks to Bo. The original was an advertisement for a fitness center called fitnessworld.

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E45 Lotion: Limbs Out of Wack

Posting PSDs of babies is always a risk given how flexible they tend to be. I’ve looked at the PSD below for a while now and just can’t understand how or why that smaller baby leg is there. Anyone want to take a guess as to what’s going on? Did they remove a leg and replace it with an arm or is it the babies other foot?

Thanks Cheryl. The original can be found in the Closer magazine Nov issue. If you can’t see the PSD, you can check out our red circle image gallery.

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BASF: Band-Aid Boo-boo

Although the huge scar from Wesley’s polio vaccination was much larger than expected, nothing could keep Aquaman from his appointed duties.

Thanks Gemma for scanning and sending this into us. You can find the original in the New Scientist (UK) magazine. If you can’t see the PSD, please check out our red circle image

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