Remaking Reality

Entertainment and inspiration through digital editing

Implications - Ubiquitous digital editing tools have spawned a new era of faux reality. Sites like Worth1000.com encourage digital artists to compete and hone their skills by remaking reality. Advertisers can host such contests to drive attention to a brand or person. As the images are often professional quality, the results can be viral.
Trend Themes
1. Online Digital Editing Tutorials - Developing a set of online digital editing tutorials can help users learn new skills and participate in brand promotions.
2. User-generated Content Competitions - Hosting user-generated content competitions can be a cost-effective way to generate brand recognition and engagement.
3. Creation of Hybrid Animal Images - Photoshop can be used to create realistic and seamlessly blended hybrid animal images with both cute and scary elements.
Industry Implications
1. Graphic Design - The graphic design industry can take advantage of user-generated content and online tutorials to teach new skills to designers.
2. Marketing and Advertising - Digital competitions for user-generated content can help create brand recognition and engage audiences in the marketing and advertising industry.
3. Film and Entertainment - Photoshop and digital editing tools can be used to create new and fantastic images for the film and entertainment industries.
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Featured Examples

Evil Celebrity Clowns
Evil Celebrity Clowns
Famous Faces Digitally Repainted at Worth1000
If you suffer from coulrophobia, (exaggerated fear of clowns) stay away from this gallery, because these are not just clowns, they are evil, celebrity clowns! Worth1000.com, a very cool art and and multi-media… MORE
Discovering New Species Through Photoshop
Discovering New Species Through Photoshop
Unexpected Animal Hybrids
The magical world of photoshop is enabling people to dream up a hybrid animals. I don't really know where to start describing what I love about them. What makes these images so strong for me is threefold:… MORE
Digital Dress Up
Digital Dress Up
Celebrity Photoshopping Contest
These images are from yet another Worth1000 photoshop contest. This time, the theme was “Celebrity Dress-up: A Different Kind of Cross-Dressing.” Most of the entries are simply were celebrities faces… MORE
Killer Olympic Photoshopping
Killer Olympic Photoshopping
The Worthympic Games
The Beijing Olympics have the world captivated, and that includes photographers, as we've demonstrated through Olympic-themed Flickr pools, and Photoshop addicts, as proven by The Worthympic Games 3 contest.… MORE
Controversial Photoshopping
Controversial Photoshopping
Modified Tom Cruise Contest
Since we can’t show you images of fat Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder, I had to find something to give you your modified Tom Cruise fix. His lawyers won’t let you post images of bald Tom Cruise in his fat… MORE
Human Camouflage as Art
Human Camouflage as Art
Worth1000 Showcases People Blending with Environment
The graphic design website worth1000, which I visit often, ran a contest recently they called Human Camouflage. The contest had people submit entries where they were required to create scenes where humans… MORE
Photoshopping World Wonders
Photoshopping World Wonders
Flooded Grand Canyon
These photoshopped images of the Grand Canyon were created by several users who entered them into a photoshop contest. Making this feature particularly timely is the inclusion of the images of the flooded… MORE
Animal Olympics
Animal Olympics
Wild Worth1000 Olympic Photoshopping
We've previously mentioned a Worth1000.com contest that required entrants to create Olympic-themed photoshop pictures. While last time they involved people, this new Olympic contest involved animals. So… MORE