Favorite altered images from Joystiq/Engadget/TUAW
One of the most taken for granted aspects of blogging at Weblogs, Inc. is the Photoshop side of the job. It’s very much encouraged for bloggers to fire up Photoshop and alter images. I’ve heard of people who browse some blogs purely to look at the images, so it’s not surprising that the practice is encouraged. Most of them are five minute jobs, so you won’t be blown away, but the main aim is to compliment the writing anyway. Here are a selection of my favorite Photoshop jobs in the time I’ve been blogging at WIN. Feel free to blog your own favorite photoshop jobs!
Update: James from Joystiq reminded me of one of his “creations”. It pwns everything here 
Einhandkiller’s PS3/Xbox 360 controller mashup
The first example isn’t actually my creation (although the idea to ask users to create mock-ups was mine).
Insane Spiderman DDR Dance routine
This took quite a while, and as at least one person points out in the comments, it probably wasn’t worth the effort!
Colorblind gaming: or, Table Tennis is impossibly hard
This one goes really well with the post, and only took me 30 seconds. Bonus points for at least two people looking at this image and discovering they can’t see the numbers inside of it (which means they’re colorblind, like me).
Japan Airlines offers DS lites in flight (sans WiFi)
A simple one, but I think it’s effective.
Wright rocks out with the mainstream media
Another simple one, but fun to make.
Jeep. Jeep. Jeep. Say it a dozen times and it sounds weird.
Real scientists use Duke Nukem
Yep, they really do! A subtle one here.
Dutch prisoners could get remote knee locks
Haha, one dude in the comments thought this was the actual “remote” knee lock. The power of Photoshop is unlimited! Muahahaha!
Face recognition system identifies terrorists so soldiers don’t have to
Lots of praise on this one: “I must say I and everyone in the office here laughed hard at the picture used. Perfect illustration of the systems effectiveness.” “That is, without a doubt, the best freaking picture you could have possibly used.”
But also a few people were offended: “I know this is light hearted and all, but why show that damn image?” “Please Engadget, have some decency and remove that pic so all the stupidity, ignorance, and hate can end.”
This has to be my favorite image, simply because I laugh everytime I see it, and because it was so polarising. The best comment on it was: “‘I find that picture in questionable taste……’ I find the tech in questionable taste. who gives a damn about the picture.”
LG gets pissy at Motorola over KRZR design
I like this one because it came off rather well (it was originally of the model holding two KRZRs, but with the right one she was holding it up as a side profile).
Eight ways to kill someone with an iPod nano
I didn’t even notice the devil’s tail on this one until like a day later (the original source image had it, and I didn’t notice in my hurry).
Apple’s market share falls/rises, depending on who you ask
Nothing beats a Pac-Man pie chart.
