The Challenge
filed in Design: Graphic Design, Nonsensical Ramblings on Dec.01, 2005
The gauntlet has been thrown down.
This all started from this post of Jason with Katie Couric. If you peruse the comments section, you can see that he actually fooled his own wife, mother and sister with his hack photoshop job. Feeling all high & mighty with himself, he foolishly challenged me to a photoshop contest. This is my reply:
Oh man, you can’t be serious. You really want a photoshop contest with me? If so, this is how it will work…
We use the same base image to work from and create it into something else (using our creativity and Adobe Photoshop ONLY). We can then post the results (and the base image) on my blog. Then we are judged by our friends/family in the comments section. No anonymous votes will be counted. We will be judged on the quality of the photoshop work and the creativity we used.
Hows’ about it?
If your “katie couric” masterpiece is any indication of your “skillz” than I’m not worried.
Bring it.
Check back soon to see if the challenge was accepted or not.
The Challenge Has Been Accepted.
December 2nd, 2005 on 7:55 am
All I gotta say is: Bartended Jesus.
We bow at the throne of greatness!
December 2nd, 2005 on 10:33 am
Is Jason serious? Has his “disease” begun to affect his neurosis as well? Kenny, why stoop to his level? He’s not even in your playing field. It’s like the high school team that beat the other team 112-2. It just isn’t fair.
December 2nd, 2005 on 10:42 am
Listen, I would not go so far (or even near) as to say I was fooled by the image. For me, I was just not paying attention. A quick glance-and I mean glance-by me and anyone could be anybody. A second glance and it was clear all was not right and so much so it was part of the humor on an uncomfortable post subject.
Enjoy the contest!
December 2nd, 2005 on 12:29 pm
Yes, well, they do often get a lot of 12:00 noon sunlight in those studios. It’s easy to see how people were fooled.
Please, let me place a bet. Please!
December 2nd, 2005 on 1:20 pm
Beth, I certainly wasn’t trying to imply that I thought those who “fell for it” were dumb for doing so – and I apologize if it came across that way. I’m just amazed that it got past so many quick first glances. No offense intended! 🙂
December 2nd, 2005 on 1:31 pm
This should be more fun to watch. Can I pick the base image? 🙂
December 2nd, 2005 on 2:09 pm
This should be interesting….
December 2nd, 2005 on 2:10 pm
Sure DigiGirl, that would be fair. An impartial 3rd party picking the image. Thanks for the offer.
December 2nd, 2005 on 10:59 pm
Lets be clear about a couple of things. First of all if you go back to read the original comment on my blog (click here) you will see that I actually didn’t call Kenny out to duel me. I merely suggested that he put out his own doctored shots to see if people could tell the difference between a shot he doctored and a shot he didn’t.
Then Kenny had to get all “bravado” and take it “off-line” in an e-mail challenging me. Now this challenge HE issues me would be the same as me challenging him to play a song on the guitar (of which I have played for almost 15 years and he doesn’t even know how to hold) and seeing who can discern the difference between the playing ability of me or him.
Let’s not forget PhotoShop is his job. It’s how he gets to live out in Warwick on an estate with a real live “Giving Tree” in his backyard. Me, I’m a PhotoShop hack, but I accept his challenge, because I have nothing to loose and everything to gain. And I am confident that my skills are such that I atleast won’t get shut out.
I think that the only fair way to do this is for me to pick a base image, Kenny to pick one, and DigiGirl to pick one. Then we post all three and have the readers vote on which image to use. Then we have three days to submitt our final artwork to be judged on only two criterea. Which image is liked better (liked can be defined in the eye of the beholder) and who did what image.
I await your response sir.
–Good Day!
December 2nd, 2005 on 11:09 pm
Click here for image of his estate and the tree.
December 3rd, 2005 on 5:35 am
I’m a little fuzzy on what our house-to-be (and yes, that’s it pictured there) has to do with any of this…
And for the record, not only do I know how to HOLD a guitar, I can even play the first few chords of “More Than Words” by Extreme (my freshman roommate in college taught me). But I will concede, it’s a pretty fair comparision…
Now, the part of that original comment that spawned this all was, ironically, the part you left out. Let me quote if I may: “Kenny…. I have obviously proven my skills when I can fool even my own family. Let me know when you are ready to step up.” THAT statement is solely responsible for this challenge.
I’m fine with doing your Trifecta Image Choice, however it seems a little pointless. For me, at least, it doesn’t really matter what image is chosen. I guess it does for you.
December 3rd, 2005 on 6:20 am
PhotoShop has been very good to you my friend. It’s your muse if you will 🙂
Let’s get this going. Should we choose a theme perhaps.
December 3rd, 2005 on 6:26 am
Pick a theme – something we’d both be familiar with. I’m game.
December 3rd, 2005 on 2:25 pm
Perhaps something involving a house and a guitar. House and guitar … House of Blues … Guitar Player … Attach your own headshot to an image of Eric Clapton playing guitar! In front of Casa del Kenny y Kate!
or something.
December 4th, 2005 on 1:55 pm
Listen, you two… Let’s leave the house and guitar out of this. It sounds to me like Kenny called Jason out on his photoshop skills, (which Jason seems to have instigated via e-mail). I speak as a neutral third-party who doesn’t know Jason, and hasn’t seen Kenny since high school art class when he was trying to master Tempera paint. This was before Photoshop was invented.
I’m happy to choose an image, if asked to. And if I may suggest; when the final images are displayed, let’s not say who has created what and let the audience trully decide who is worthy of the first annual “Blaqenedwild” Photoshop Award. 🙂
In all fairness, let’s give at least one week for both parties to complete their masterpiece. They’re both fathers and working men, and i’m sure they’ll both appreciate the extra time.
Regards,
DigiGirl
December 5th, 2005 on 11:30 am
As I am moving this week and on a business trip in Florida the following week, I suggest we postpone this slaught…er… contest until after I return on the 18th.
December 9th, 2005 on 9:33 pm
Let’s Take it up a notch, Kenny. Your mom and me- three pictures and Microsoft Picture-It to be judged by non-relatives. (No help from sons.) Or, let’s see which of us can patch a shirt with no seam lines! Bring it on, brother!!!