Jan. 20th, 2011

peteryoung: (Max Headroom)
It's no big deal, but the question is not actually whether Jared Loughner's mug-shot was doctored to make him appear more sinister, but by how much, by whom and how quickly? Most obviously there's the Joker-slash added to the corner of his mouth (achieved by 'smudging'), the obvious black cut-out around his shirt, and the darkening around his eyes to add more depth to his eye sockets (done by 'burning'). This graphic pulled from [livejournal.com profile] politicartoons gives a good idea of what's been done:

Cut for bigness... )

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