real life simpsons

[burndog]

I would like to see a contest where you would create a person based on a Simpson cartoon character. What I mean is create a photo realistic image of what a character would look like if they were alive.

What would Marge Simpson look like if she was real...tall blue hairdo, buggy eyes, small nose.
I think it would be a laugh. I have tried this before and it was tough but fun. See below

The end result would have to look human (maybe a bit weird) but people viewing the image should immediately think, hey that is ... from the Simpsons.

There are so many characters on the show, and many people are familiar with them, I think it would make for a great contest (of course that is my opinion.)

I do not know what I am doing as far as this link goes, but here (hopefully) is what I mean. I started out with a pic of Leonardo diCapprio.

[Dave]

Nice idea .... now all you need do is make up a tutorial, it gets you credits and fame too!

[burndog]

[QUOTE=Dave]Nice idea .... now all you need do is make up a tutorial, it gets you credits and fame too![/QUOTE]
Well there would not be too much of a tutorial for this one, all I did was make various feathered selections of different parts of his face and used distort filters. The hair was from another image so that was blended onto his head after cloning bits to make his head taller. To make the hair I used the liquify filter (used that on the ear as well if I remember correctly). I think I had to paint some of his hair.

After that it is just a matter of tweaking and blending. I most likely added a bit of noise and/or light texture to tie everything together. The blackboard (cropped severely here) was painted and the body was from another source pic. So all in all there was a fair amount of masking, but overall it was not hard, just time consuming, but I did enjoy it alot.

Oh and Dave, my young son loves your avatar (as do I!)

[Silky]

This is a great idea, burndog...we'll definitely have to try this one. :)

[TrinityOfOne]

It is a good idea! Great image too. Maybe widen the scope and say any cartoon character?

[Scott]

Burndog.. got a larger version of that image? 500px wide?

this is a great idea :)

[Dave]

I kinda mulled this over and thought there are more than just the Simpsons, so keep it wide open guys :)

[swillox]

Okay with that concept... Do you admins keep a look at this one ??

[Silky]

[QUOTE=swillox]Okay with that concept... Do you admins keep a look at this one ??[/QUOTE]

We've looked...and we like it. Watch for it in a contest coming up soon.