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.
Upside-Down Photoshopping
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Trend Themes
1. Post-production Technology - Opportunity for artists and advertisers to embrace their creative, surreal ideas.
2. Visual Art - Utilizing post-production technology to create fascinating and limitless images.
3. Consumer Exposure - Need for art and advertising to consistently capture consumer attention in a world with no limitations to visual images.
Industry Implications
1. Art - Incorporating post-production technology to create surreal and captivating visual art.
2. Advertising - Utilizing post-production techniques to create attention-grabbing and visually stimulating ads.
3. Entertainment - Incorporating post-production technology to create visually stunning and captivating content for consumers.