Sugar Editorial Picks
Jun 01, 2009 -
“My feeling is that for years now it has taken a much too big part in how women are being visually defined today. Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.”
— Fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh on the overuse of retouching in fashion photography, such that cover models begin to look like "objects from Mars." To see the amazing Dove Real Beauty ad that shows just how much Photoshop can transform someone, read more
- 12 Comments
Jun 19, 2008 -
The Internet has nothing better to do than punk with people's pics these days. No photo is off limits, nobody is sacred, and there are absolutely no boundaries. Decapitate a baby?
- 2 Comments
Jun 12, 2008 -
Many of us compare ourselves to the models and celebs we see in advertisements. Big mistake! Photoshop is alive and well in the world and — with a little added color or toning or erasing — it makes everyone look new and improved.
- 2 Comments
Jun 04, 2008 -
Chews us up and spits us out — that's all the Internet does these days. While sites such as ManBabies and Cat Ladies make a big show of decapitating and switching people's heads for fun, Om Nom Nom Nom hunts down and shows the hungry, abstract monster in every photo. Start looking and you'll notice that he's always lurking.
- 5 Comments
May 15, 2008 -
By now, we all know that the celeb we see on the front cover of a magazine may look a little less polished in reality. Those mags correct every flaw and enhance every curve to create a picture perfect image of an otherwise ordinary person. Celebs get the same kind of touch-up treatment in music vids and movies too.
- 6 Comments
May 08, 2008 -
Who wants a photo album filled with boring, undoctored photos? The Internet has birthed a new breed of family photos, called ManBabies, that are actually worth looking at — for a good laugh. The ManBabies website asks readers to sacrifice their fave family snapshots to the web, allow the pics to undergo a few unnecessary adjustments, and let the Internet community laugh at the twisted results once the photos post.
- 7 Comments
Apr 25, 2008 -
With the help of Photoshop, a number of celebs got unnecessary face flips. Is this an exaggerated critique of the horrific results achieved by plastic surgery gone wild in this day and age? Or was it all done in good fun?
- 5 Comments
Mar 18, 2008 -
Let's beat a dead horse, shall we? The Eliot Spitzer sex scandal took the nation by storm last week and although the dude is officially outta office, the internets are still gonna have their way with him. A number of Photoshop pros put their skillz to work and pimped out the former governor of New York — free of charge.
- 0 Comments
Mar 12, 2008 -
Planet Hiltron sure knows how to take the p*ss out of celeb pretensions of glamour. Here's what the anointed ones would look like without the stylists, the trainers, and the flattering lighting and angles. In other words — like you and me on a bad day.
- 5 Comments
Mar 10, 2008 -
Free iPods! Easy women! Thousands and thousands of smileys!
- 2 Comments