Evolution

Matt West

This is as an experiment to see if I could get a painting-like image without resorting to PaintShop's built in brush-stroke tools. The image is quite low resolution because my orangutan photo was so small - but I got so fascinated by his expression (which is so recognizably human) that I had to do something wih him!

OK Not a very original idea, the old head-swap chestnut - but am I bothered?
Anyway...

The orangutan is a baby and lives at Twycross Zoo. The human is me. Multiple contrast tweaks, burn-ins, colours adjustments, blurs and sharpens etc. later I got something decent. I then merged it with a photo of a screwed up / straightened out piece of white paper for the over-all texture.

PSP effects. May 2006.