I promised myself I would go to bed soon, but I found myself fiddling around with Photoshop and got the urge to do something that some would say, psychotic?
There are two types of digital age psychos. First are those who take on the personality of another, for example a celebrity MySpace or Facebook that is completely taken over by an obsessed fan disguised and posting updates of daily fantasy life. The second are those who frightfully peal the facial layer of their own face and paste it onto any other person, usually next to somebody famous. Has our 21st century technology opened the doors to more and more immoral acts? Simple answer, yes. Everyone does it. I did it, and here is the grisly tale of how joy was found in a psychotic act.
The clock read 12:30am. It was time for bed, but I felt I could squeeze in one or two minutes surfing on the internet, checking the last and the most updated information before resting my brains. I was always meaning to change my Facebook profile picture, but I never got around to it. I didn’t want to do the same old ‘normal picture’. I wanted to grab a lot of attention this time. So I began looking for something, or rather someone. Who is a hit in media these days? Megan Fox. Yes… After targeting the right ‘victim’ and the right picture, I began with the first step. The first step is to remove yourself from your body, and paste the skin of your face, or sometimes just bit by bit (for example: eyeball by eyeball or lip by lip), to the head of another. Step two. Change skin tone to match the skin of the one you are trying to disguise in. Step three. ‘Shave’ and get rid of any hair that is not necessary. Step four. Alter facial structure to match your skin. Step five. Last little bit of touch ups to look flawless. I was driven to make this image perfect. 1am…1:30…2.. and finally 2:30 hit. How did this repulsive act steal my time of rest? Every time I looked away and then back at the image, I found a flaw that I had to fix. I couldn’t stop myself from trying to make this unmistakable. I wanted to fool the viewers to the best of my ability. Isn’t that psychotic?
But the ‘artist’ is not completely at fault. The audience and viewers take huge part in the drive of the artist. Usually you will be able to see that there is something not completely right. If you are from this world, and if you have a good eye, you spot mistakes right off the bat and begin critiquing away. It seems as though people want to see an image that is entirely unblemished, which will be the ultimate purpose of the psycho.
…But Megan Fox is so hot. & do I look good in the beard?
It starts from the hadopelagic 