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100 Heart-Thumping Photo Manipulations

From Fruity Everyday Objects to Snow-Covered Scenescapes

— November 16, 2011 — Art & Design
Those with weak stomachs should be warned that one look at these photo manipulations could leave you speechless. This set of freakish photo art will test your patience with some jaw-dropping pieces.

Photo manipulations suck viewers in and hook readers with a variety of cleverly Photoshopped images. Many advertising and marketing concepts dwell on this theme and the results are quite catastrophic. Some would love to see cheese celebrity blogs or faux skinless faces, while others would need a steel stomach to bear freaky and horrifying digital manipulations.

If a couple of these images have scared you off, well, pull up your socks as photo manipulations have crept onto the billboards and glossy pages of many magazines, and sure aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
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Photorealistic Household Items
Photorealistic Household Items
Daniel Jackson's Brushstrokes are More Accurate Than a Camera Lens
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99
Unearthly Water Pictorials
Unearthly Water Pictorials
'Waterscapes' by Akos Major Feature Intense Aqua Imagery
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98
Photoshopped Charity Campaigns
Photoshopped Charity Campaigns
Donating to KSPCA Kenya is as Easy as Clicking a Button
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97
Snow-Covered Scenescapes
Snow-Covered Scenescapes
Mikko Lagerstedt Takes Photos of Frosty Landscapes in Finland
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96
Dollar Bill Celebrity
Dollar Bill Celebrity
American Money Shots Cleverly Placed on Hollywood Stars
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95
Eclectic Digital Manipulations
Eclectic Digital Manipulations
These Trisme Graphics Feature a Brilliant Range of Styles
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94
Long-Legged Cow Campaigns
Long-Legged Cow Campaigns
These Pedigree Jumbone Maxi Print Ads Showcase Legs for Days
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93
Kaleidoscopic Suntography
Kaleidoscopic Suntography
The Freak of Nature Collection Puts a New Spin on the Environment
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92
Superimposed Fontography
Superimposed Fontography
The BLANQ 'Evolve' Shows Glimpses of Other Emotions
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91
Augmented Asian Photography
Augmented Asian Photography
Carlos de la Rua's Brushstrokes of China Series of Manipulated Images
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90
Fast Food Animal Shoots
Fast Food Animal Shoots
Aaron Nace Uses His Photo Manipulation Skills to Enjoy a Meal With Animals
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89
Eerie Extraterrestrial Captures
Eerie Extraterrestrial Captures
Maya Nightingale's 'Utopia '11' Project Explores a Sci-Fi World
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88
Superimposed Volcano Photos
Superimposed Volcano Photos
The Thomas Mailaender 'Extreme Tourism' Series is Daring
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87
Paint-Splashed Illustrations
Paint-Splashed Illustrations
Tod Kapke Draws Up Some Painted Portrait Havoc
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86
Blurry Birch Photography
Blurry Birch Photography
The 'Vertical Woods' Photo Series by Jakob Wagner
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85
Photoshopped Relationship Blogs
Photoshopped Relationship Blogs
The 'I'm Dating Myself' Website Features Identical Couples
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84
Fully-Glittered Faces
Fully-Glittered Faces
‘Golden Black' by Olya Yakovleva is All About Sparkle and Shine
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83
Fictional Character Book Readings
Fictional Character Book Readings
‘Find Your Book' Puts Novels in Protagonists' Hands
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82
Hyperreal Pocket Monsters
Hyperreal Pocket Monsters
The RLP Pikachu by Steven Lefcourt Brings Pokemon to Real Life
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81
Topsy-Turvy Photoshoots
Topsy-Turvy Photoshoots
Stephen Morris Headstand Photography Shows Life Upside Down
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80
Human-Nature Hybrid Captures
Human-Nature Hybrid Captures
The Alexandra Bellissimo Photography Collection is Profound
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79
Submerged Photography
Submerged Photography
The Oceania Collection Takes the Art Form to New Depths
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78
Anachronistic Pop Culture Promos
Anachronistic Pop Culture Promos
Worth1000 Vintage Ads 7 Contest Brings Cell Phones to the 40s
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77
Post-Punk Photo Books
Post-Punk Photo Books
Tom Kavanagh's 'ECC. Photographs From Offset Festival 2009'
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Epic Kidtography
Epic Kidtography
Andrew Brooks Captures His Creative Genius Perfectly
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Comic Book Fashiontography
Comic Book Fashiontography
ST[i]LED Magazine Goes Kiddie Glam in Its August 2010 Issue
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74
Irish Myth Illustrations
Irish Myth Illustrations
The Maebh Costello 'Children of Lir' Set Brings the Story to Life
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Human Magic Carpets
Human Magic Carpets
Li Wei's 'Beyond Gravity' Will Make You Want to Fly
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Mushroom Cloud Metropolises
Mushroom Cloud Metropolises
Yang Yongliang's Heavenly City Series Criticizes Global Urbanization
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Water-Slicing Photography
Water-Slicing Photography
Alexander Augusteijn Shoots Faster than a Speeding Bullet
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Artsy Magazine Manipulation
Artsy Magazine Manipulation
Danny Sangra Doodles Over Retro Adult Editorial Images
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69
Stunt Car Photography
Stunt Car Photography
The John Piccin Photo Collection Shows Hollywood Chases Gone Wrong
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68
Construction Site Faces
Construction Site Faces
'Body Works' by Vlad Golosiy Shows Beauty is Hard Work
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67
Awesome Aquatic Art
Awesome Aquatic Art
Sarah Harvey Paints Hauntingly Beautiful Underwater Pieces
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66
Fruity Everyday Objects
Fruity Everyday Objects
These Hortifruti Ads Add Fruitlike Skins to Everyday Items
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Trippy Nocturnal Photography
Trippy Nocturnal Photography
The Jakob Wagner Nightscapes Collection Casts the World in a New Ligh
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Tearful Female Manipulations
Tearful Female Manipulations
Takahiro Kimura's 'lD-Women' Fine Art Illustrations are Alluring
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Male Celebrity Pin-Ups
Male Celebrity Pin-Ups
The Illustrated Robert Downey Jr. Pin-up Picture is Priceless
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Cheesy Celebrity Blogs
Cheesy Celebrity Blogs
Cheese People is a Fun, Pun-Filled Photoblog
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Glamorous Digital Manipulations
Glamorous Digital Manipulations
The Photo Works of JT Burke is Inspired by Costume Jewelry
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60
Fractured Face Photography (UPDATE)
Fractured Face Photography (UPDATE)
Justin Van Genderen Makes Insane Images
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Pop Sensation Superheroes
Pop Sensation Superheroes
Merlito Photoshops Pop Princesses Into the Avengers and Super Villains
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Manipulated Water Marketing
Manipulated Water Marketing
'Water Propelled' Campaign by Brandon Savoie Turns Liquid Into Machine
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Glam Desert Photography
Glam Desert Photography
Steven Lippman Captures Fantastical Images
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Apocalyptic Digital Art
Apocalyptic Digital Art
The Karim Fakhoury Feel the Power Series Captures a Boy's Eerie Ascension
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Majestic Image Manipulations
Majestic Image Manipulations
Wojciech Magierski Creates Wonderous Photo Works
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Nightmare-Induced Digital Art
Nightmare-Induced Digital Art
Peterio Creates Some Dark and Demented Images
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Digital Aging Editorials
Digital Aging Editorials
Terry Richardson Takes Leighton Meester From 20 to 50 in Harper's Bazaar
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Flying Car Photography
Flying Car Photography
Matthew Porter Captures Magical Sights
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Mini Photo Manipulation
Mini Photo Manipulation
'Tilt Shift' from Robert McLaughlin Features Lilliputian Landscapes
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50
Popstar Avatars
Popstar Avatars
The Gagatar Video Transforms Lady Gaga into One Stylish Avatar
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Wizard House Photo Manipulations
Wizard House Photo Manipulations
These Hermione Photoshop Images Give Emma Watson New Attributes
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Shattered Sneakers
Shattered Sneakers
Phoks' 'NighKee Serie' of Digital Art is Explosive
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Fantastical Fictional Photos
Fantastical Fictional Photos
Sarolta Ban Digitally Manipulates Her Work to Invent New World
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Paint-Splashed Hairdos
Paint-Splashed Hairdos
REDsplash from Sebastian Komicz Showcases Blood-Red Manes
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Fantasy Infant Paintings
Fantasy Infant Paintings
'Leeuwenhart' by Chris Berens Features Enchanting Fairytale Tots
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Mesmerizing Digitized Celebs
Mesmerizing Digitized Celebs
These Yohan Tison Digital Photos are Magical Manipulations
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Extreme Digital Modifications
Extreme Digital Modifications
These Maciej Hajnrich Renditions Will Blow Your Mind
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Bedazzled Eye Patches
Bedazzled Eye Patches
Jorg Schieferecke Belinda Hirt Editorial Shows Avant-Garde Pirate Couture
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Sensual Circus Sculptures
Sensual Circus Sculptures
Richard MacDonald's Take on Cirque du Soleil is Amazing
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Futuristic Dystopian Art
Futuristic Dystopian Art
Alexandra Damacsek Uses Morbid Photo Manipulation to Create a Dark World
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Mutated Mortal Manipulations
Mutated Mortal Manipulations
The Me&Edward 'Metamorphosis' Project Converges Humans and Animals
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Insanely Retouched Images
Insanely Retouched Images
These Salamagica Photo Manipulations Will Have You Bugging Out
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Ghostly Twin Fashion
Ghostly Twin Fashion
The Katrin Thormann Vogue Germany July 2010 Shoot is Eerily Gorgeous
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Implausible Photoshopping
Implausible Photoshopping
Kevin Griffin Photographs Epic & Impossible Scenarios
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Maniacally Manipulated Photography
Maniacally Manipulated Photography
'Major Arcana' Series by Peter Wallebo is Freakishly Fantastic
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Jaw-Dropping Photography
Jaw-Dropping Photography
'Fall From Grace' is Dark, Dynamic and Dramatic
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Fabricated Landscape Photography
Fabricated Landscape Photography
Kim Keever's Stunning Topography Captures are All Fake
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Body-Exploring Books
Body-Exploring Books
Doppelganger by Gestalten Explores Unique Beauty and Self-Manipulation
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Photoshopped Frightened Faces
Photoshopped Frightened Faces
The Something Awful Nightmares Fear Factory Series is Hilarious
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Rubik-Faced Photography
Rubik-Faced Photography
These Ricardo Salamanca Photo Manipulations are Seriously Surreal
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Digital Water Lashes
Digital Water Lashes
The Photomanipulations by Kassandra are Creatively Stunning
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Mind-Blowing Photo Manipulations
Mind-Blowing Photo Manipulations
Christophe Gilbert Makes the Surreal Real With This Series
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Surreal Tattootography
Surreal Tattootography
The Hugh O'Malley Beauty Collection May Just Convince You to Get Inked
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Shoulder Architecture
Shoulder Architecture
Dis Magazine Predicts Shoulder Plastic Surgery as the Next Big Thing
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Twisted Pleasure Projects
Twisted Pleasure Projects
Robin Bini Schneider's 'My Christmas Gift' Shows Plasticized Presents
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Shocking Snapshot Manipulations
Shocking Snapshot Manipulations
These Martin Grohs Photography Works Make the Surreal Real
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Make-Up Modified Celebs
Make-Up Modified Celebs
Modern Stars as Old Hollywood Icons
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Faux Skinless Faces
Faux Skinless Faces
Photo Manipulations by Alberto Seveso Show Tattoo Fakery
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Futuristic Fembot Digistrations
Futuristic Fembot Digistrations
Michael Oswalds' Pioneering Designs Embody a Robot Forecast
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Magical Photo Manipulation
Magical Photo Manipulation
These Ik-Yd Images are an Evocative Explosion of Colour
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Storytelling Digital Art
Storytelling Digital Art
Merel Brugman's Image Manipulation is More Than Meets the Eye
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Otherworldly Photo Manipulations
Otherworldly Photo Manipulations
Inside the Imaginative Mind of Jamari Lior
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Levitating Clone Photography
Levitating Clone Photography
Aorta's Monky Styles Series is Playfully Imaginative and Surreal
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Adorably Uplifting Photography
Adorably Uplifting Photography
Josh Separzadeh Contrasts Dreary & Delightful in The Hopefull Side
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Nightmarish Photo Manipulation
Nightmarish Photo Manipulation
These Masterful Leszek Bujnowski Images Will Haunt Your Dreams
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Playful Cosmic Illustrations
Playful Cosmic Illustrations
These Sebasebi Designs Explore Creative Angles of the Universe
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Sizzling Photo Manipulations
Sizzling Photo Manipulations
Jean Yves Lemoigne's Artwork Will Make You Sweat
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Clever Photo Manipulations
Clever Photo Manipulations
These Ray Massey Photography Creations are Impossibly Genius
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Horrifying Digital Manipulation
Horrifying Digital Manipulation
Deviant Art by Saber Core23 is Super Scary
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Reverse Photoshopping
Reverse Photoshopping
Celebrities as Zombies
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Identity Crisis Photos
Identity Crisis Photos
Simon Winnall Captures Creative Conceptual Images
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Unsettling Surreal Photography
Unsettling Surreal Photography
Toilet Paper by Pierpaolo Ferrari has a Perturbing Appeal
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Human Dolls
Human Dolls
Bizarrely Wide Eyed Photographer by Nina Sundberg
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6
Funny Photo Manipulations
Funny Photo Manipulations
Bizarre Hybrid Animal Images by HumanDescent
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5
Freaky Photo Manipulations
Freaky Photo Manipulations
Surreal Photography by Federico Bebber
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Magical Photography
Magical Photography
Lado Alexi's Skilled and Fascinating Photo Manipulation
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3
Surreal Imagination Photos
Surreal Imagination Photos
These Photography Manipulations are Wickedly Original
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Surreal Photo Manipulation
Surreal Photo Manipulation
Josh Sommers' Awesome Digital Artwork
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Dark Fairy Taletography
Dark Fairy Taletography
The Morbid Photo Manipulation of Larissa Kulik
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