As many of you undoubtedly recall, for years, Cracked ran what they called “photoplasty contests,” where the idea was to use picture-manipulation software (e.g. Photoshop, GIMP, or even Paint) to produce an artwork that accorded to a theme. Winners there won cash; runners-up won bragging rights. We tried the same thing here, in Thread Games, here:
… but it didn’t gain much traction. We did, however, have a few enthusiastic participants, and after discussion, realized that we weren’t really playing a game as much as we were following a theme, explaining our interpretation if necessary, and commenting on each other’s work. We also realized that the “game” aspect might have turned a few designers off, so we’d like to expand our participants.
Thus this thread. Just show off; show us what you can do, with no pressure. Right now, we’ve been dealing with “Front Page Headlines that would Shock,” and you can see our examples at the link, but I’d suggest that anybody can suggest anything, and can comment on posted images, even if they don’t participate. Let’s give it a try.
Re: the neutral face “pills”: I modeled them in Cinema 4D (a 3d modeling program), rendered as PNG with transparency, imported into Photoshop, then Illustrator.
Well, not my best effort, but inspired by “pharmaceutical ads,” suggested by @Tibby , here’s one of mine:
It seems to me to be a little unbalanced, but like I said, it’s not my best effort. Anyway, if you don’t make any claims about your pharmaceutical product, you don’t have to list all the side effects–so I let the pictures tell a thousand words. Comments?
I am not sure that counts, I hope the upper half qualifies:
or if this food delivery scam is known in the USA
Still working on the newspaper. I am lazy and slow! And get distracted here a lot
I like them. Especially your credits list at the bottom. Junh Oiauwmi is getting a lot of work!
Yep, we took his picture in the snow (AZ, not Nepal!) and the light just matched perfect. It’s much easier to drop him in snow than other terrain. You can match texture.
These movie posters remind me - I tried making fake foreign film posters using images found on the web. I’d try to figure out what the movie would be about, and make a title. I’d try to make them obscure, but intriguing. I’m going to have to try some more. I am inspired!
