Upside-Down Photoshopping

Freaking News Contest Puts Celebrity Faces in the Ringer

These celebrities look freaky and look like creatures from a different planet. Actually, these pictures have been photoshoped by Freaking News readers to make them awful. Though Evangeline Lilly looks pretty with an upside-down face, some pictures have really scared me.

We've seen a lot of Photoshop contests like this one from Freaking News that aim to showcase reader creativity and humanize (or uglify, as it were) celebrities. See more below.

Implications - Post-production technology has brought visual art to a whole new level, allowing artists to truly embrace their creative, surreal ideas. That being said, art and advertising needs to stay consistently fascinating, as there are essentially no limitations to the images today's consumer is exposed to.

Post-production Technology
Opportunity for artists and advertisers to embrace their creative, surreal ideas.
Visual Art
Utilizing post-production technology to create fascinating and limitless images.
Consumer Exposure
Need for art and advertising to consistently capture consumer attention in a world with no limitations to visual images.

Industries Being Reshaped

Art
Incorporating post-production technology to create surreal and captivating visual art.
Advertising
Utilizing post-production techniques to create attention-grabbing and visually stimulating ads.
Entertainment
Incorporating post-production technology to create visually stunning and captivating content for consumers.
SCORE
5.2 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 86%
Activity 61%
Freshness 8%

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