[Samgotit]

Look at how cute she is... so natural.

http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.ho...retouch4a.html

I need for someone to explain to me exactly what the parent(s) is thinking before having something like this done? I saw this on another forum, and it just confuses me.

 

[nikongod]

photo retouching? nothing new.

some of it is tasteless garbage, some of them (imho) are reasonably improved.

 

[arnoldsoccer4]

Have you seen Little Miss Sunshine?

 

[Hermitt]

I personally think the original photo looked better. More character and retains that mental image of the moment that it was taken.

 

[plainsong]

This was an awful link of the day over at Somethingawful.com ages and ages ago. Yeah, it's fairly creepy photoshopping, and the forum goons had some more fun with the photoshopping.

I think the site owner even pulled one of those "we'll sue you!" things and it turned into an SA email prank, but I could be confusing her with the crazy dog lady.

 

[YamiTenshi]

Photo touch-ups I understand... but mouth and eyes replacement?

Yeah, some of those pictures were scary.

 

[Samgotit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikongod /img/forum/go_quote.gif photo retouching? nothing new. some of it is tasteless garbage, some of them (imho) are reasonably improved.

It's not the retouching I don't get (I'd say that is more replacement, but that's quibbling). It's why someone would want to make a kid look like the blood sucked corpse of a sluty Madame Alexander doll.

Freaky.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hermitt /img/forum/go_quote.gif I personally think the original photo looked better. More character and retains that mental image of the moment that it was taken.

Me too. I also like it because she looks like she's among the living.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Those photos give me the jibblies.

It's the eye replacement... none of them look lifelike. They wouldn't be nearly as creepy if the eyes were left alone.

 

[Edwood]

Looks like someone discovered Photoshop.

-Ed

 

[concrete_d]

Some of these look like that one Seinfeld where George steals a photo from his boss's desk to get himself airbrushed out of the background, and when the studio airbrushes the boss out by accident, they fix it by just drawing him back in. Very badly.

 

[Mrvile]

lol...any parent who wants a pic of their child manip'd to look like a doll...needs help.

 

[jules650]

Quote:

Originally Posted by arnoldsoccer4 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have you seen Little Miss Sunshine?

Yes, and the catwalk scenes made me seriously uncomfortable.

 

[FalconP]

Simple: because pop stars do it.

I'm surprised they don't include photoshop liposuction and photoshop mammoplasty; perhaps these cost extra.

 

[goldenratiophi]

http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.ho...touch1aaa.html
http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.ho...retouch1a.html

Just a little creepy...

 

[mrarroyo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldenratiophi /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.ho...touch1aaa.html http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.ho...retouch1a.html Just a little creepy...

I agree.