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Last week, I shamed readers for not participating in the recent Photoshop contest. As it turns out, this turned more than one head. I don't want to put a definite number on it, but I think we can safely say two. At least. That estimate doesn't even include the number of people who were affected but didn't respond. Can you imagine how high it would be if I compiled that data?To save time, and to give you a general idea of the kind of feedback I received, I'll pick two of the responses at random and present them to you. I'd love to include all of them, but who has time to go through that many submissions?
Here is the first submission, by a fellow who goes by the handle "Andrew", and sadly not "Andrew the Androgynous Android", which would be way cooler but entirely inaccurate:
Next is a submission by Joe from RedRingCircus.com:
Egad! What is this I see? Another submission? I mean, um, out of the many, many submissions, another that can be used as a prime example? Well bust my buttons! This one is also from Andrew the Straight, Iron-Pumping, Beer-Drinking, Non-Robotic Entity:
The joke's on Locke. Charlie's mother is dead.
... Locke attempts to utter, "Yeah, she died because I fucked her too hard.", but it only comes out as a sort of mumbled groan. It's clear who won this little battle.
Next, I present you with yet another entry I cooked up in an effort to support the contest:
Some other ideas included photoshopping Jeff Goldblum behind Locke all creepy-like, with a crude Sharpie rendering of JG scribbled hastily on the pad. It probably would have been quicker to actually do it than it was to describe it to you, but oh well. You get the idea now.
Everyone wins something. Congratulations.
Now, onto the part that concerns everyone else. That's right, it's time to announce the new Photoshop contest.
Not pictured: sadness, despair, anything not entirely and certifiably amazing.
Also, this is not part of the contest.
Also, this is not part of the contest.
The new contest theme is: Movie Posters that Summarize a Director's Career.
It's simple- pick a director whose portfolio could be humorously summarized by a simple phrase. Work that phrase until you have something that sounds like it could be the title of a movie. Make that title into a poster that emulates the kinds of posters released in conjunction with the director's work.
Here are two examples I cooked up in my RV. This is the purest glass you'll ever see.
Example 2
It's simple- pick a director whose portfolio could be humorously summarized by a simple phrase. Work that phrase until you have something that sounds like it could be the title of a movie. Make that title into a poster that emulates the kinds of posters released in conjunction with the director's work.
Here are two examples I cooked up in my RV. This is the purest glass you'll ever see.
Example 1
Example 2
And now you will go off and make your own, because you are awesome. The deadline is April 27, so don't fuck around waiting for Photoshop to open itself. Unless you have it on auto-start, of course. But seriously? You have enough RAM to run Photoshop on boot-up and the cleverest use you can make of it is to run Photoshop on boot-up? Just wait until RAM goes into recession. We're all going to blame you.
One lucky winner will receive a free T-shirt and a set of Basestar buttons, because you know you want them. Someone out there must.
E-mail all submissions to BasestarOnline@gmail.com, or click here and your browser will open to your default mail server and automatically fill in the addressee and the subject line for you. Technology is wicked awesome.
One lucky winner will receive a free T-shirt and a set of Basestar buttons, because you know you want them. Someone out there must.
E-mail all submissions to BasestarOnline@gmail.com, or click here and your browser will open to your default mail server and automatically fill in the addressee and the subject line for you. Technology is wicked awesome.
