Face Swap! Incredible Photoshop Identity Theft

Article by Marc, filed under Drawing & Digital in the Art category.

Photoshop is a geek’s favorite tool, and the internet’s best friend. Face swap sounds like a horrifying identity theft ring, but in reality it’s one of many memes that are bringing the wonders of photo manipulation to the masses.

Nic Cage is Everyone

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“Nic Cage is everyone” is one of the best memes making the internet rounds right now. It’s the anonymous internet’s attempt to make every recognizable celebrity into the most recognizable of them all, through some creative image manipulation.

Man Babies

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Every father wants their child to grow up to be like them. It’s less well known that every father also wants to be like their child. The man baby meme is the epitome of this movement, and it is disturbing.

Celebrity Face Swaps

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They say working together for a long period of time makes two people incredibly close. Famous couples, real life and fictional, are the perfect example of this.

Face Bombing

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Face bombing is when a face swap goes global. When every face in a photo is turned into a clone of the others, the hilarity goes through the roof. The creepy component also reaches its zenith.