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Other than the fact that this looks like some weird cross between Janet Jackson and Beyonce? It doesn't even look like Donna Summer anymore - unless they traveled back in time and took this shot.
Either that or the different colors are there because the album is named Crayons and the hair is purposefully scribbled.
I don't see why this is a disaster. If this were the cover for "This Time I Know It's for Real", then I would agree with you. If anything, this is the very reason for Photoshop.
Attention Trolls: It's a Photoshop disaster because the goal when touching up a photo is to make it look like a better looking version of the subject, not to make it look like a different person entirely. If you show that photo to a random person and ask them who it is, they'll never say "Donna Summer."
I know, there's no content here at all, never has been. And if you just take a look at the extensive charts and graphs I've made up, you'll see why this photo isn't even photoshopped at ALL, and it's the most masterful and wonderful example of photography in the entire history of advertising.
I can't believe we are wasting our time here at the most serious and boring site on the internet when we could be having fun fighting with 4chan or something.
Good lord.
For real, though, I actually would have said Donna Summer because it does make her look like she did circa 1980 when I listened to her a lot. I actually didn't recognize the inset picture as being her, and wouldn't have. However, if I had only known the older DS I could see not recognizing her from the shopped picture, because either way she looks completely different in the two.
I think they photoshopped her quite well. You might as well just post of every single album cover and label them as "disasters" then- regardless if they're good or not.
Just because it was photoshopped, doesn't automatically mean it's a disaster. Shouldn't you know that?
If it's a current album cover then why should they make it look like she's 18? Just my personal opinion, but I think she looks a lot more human in the second picture than the rubber doll on the album cover.
Despite whether it's a Photoshop "disaster" or not, I still find the picture quite silly-looking in the least. It just looks like she doesn't care if colorful birds are starting to make nests in her hair. =P
"Mmm hmm" is not a very apt description. This "disaster" is no big deal in my book. They've taken a picture of Donna Summer from her prime, and from a time when her fans would identify with her, and photoshopped the photo. So what? I've seen much worse.
This is not a disaster, it's a catastrophy of global dimensions. To even consider making her look like a deranged 17-year old version of Mariah Carey/Janet Jackson/Barbie must surely be a crime!
But isn't this one reason what Photoshop is for, to make something into something else. IMO there's no super horrible thing here besides making her look like not her. So we're criticizing Photoshop in general?
Definitely a disaster. The album cover looks nothing like the woman featured in the music video. They've not only removed weight and years, but have even straightened her nose on the album cover!
Do you not think the artist herself was consulted on this? Could it not be a modicum of irony as this is her first new album in 20 years (or so the blurb says) so perhaps, rather than using a current photo, or one from her past, they decided to do it digitally but obviously overdone?
As with the Givenchy images, this is only a disaster in the eye of the beholder.
The disaster here is how overly photoshopped her face is. Look at where the collar of her shirt meets the skin, such a sharp unforgiving thing, isn't it? It looks like it will decapitate her if she tilts her head in it's general direction. Not even the smallest hint of a shadow, not a wiff of fabric fuzziness?
It does not look realistic, sorry. And isn't that the aim when you are airbrushing people? To make it look REALISTIC, while evening out skin tone etc. etc.? Not to make the person look like a plastic, uber perfect cyborg?
I think the 'colourful' Crayon scribbles aren't the Disaster, but her Face.... we all know she hasn't been looking like that in Real for a very long Time! D:
i saw a similar thing the other day but it was an ad for chaka khan.. i dont actually know what chaka khan looks like at the moment but it was very obvious this was photoshopped.
you guys on the website might look into describing what is wrong with each pic..the "humor" you attempt that doesn't state what it is we are looking at is what causes all these idiotic responses...I can see whats wrong, but a few times, unless I read through the comments, we dont know what it is you are talking about.
I think the folks who keep claiming this isn't a disaster have been desensitized to PhotoShop. Not only does this photo not resemble Donna Summer at any time in her life, 16 or 60, it doesn't resemble a real person. Unless RealDolls are considered people now.
This is brutal. I was stopped in my tracks by the childlike hair scribbling, and only slowly did my eyes then pass over the horror that is her face. When will people realize that IT'S OK for an artist to look their age??? It's not offensive! No one thinks Donna Summer is 25! They don't need to! Not only does she look about 40 years younger than she really is, she also looks "too perfect," as if she's made of plastic or wax. That's just not necessary. I get what they were going for with the hair scribbles, but whoever did this needs to be fired and go back to school.
What utter bullshit all this is. Nobody would bat an eyelid if this was an impressionist painting so why should it be any different if it started off as a photo?
So if the defenders are desensitised that obviously makes the critics (and I say that in the very loosest end of the term) overly sensitive purely because Photoshop has been used; as with 99.99% of the imagery out there.
This site isn't about the humour, it's a public flogging where only a handful of people really have any idea what they're talking about.
One of the things I love about this site is that it makes you think about the fantasy universe designed by advertisers and created by photoshop, which many of us seem to accept as reality (see comments above). This is most startling in the news photos, but it's also apparent in pictures like this one.
I love both the technical disasters and the photos that show rampant abuse of reality and common sense.
I saw here once at a concert and she was singing a different song than the one that was playing. Playback ofcourse, it sucked totally. But on the picture: haha
this is simulacrum. we now live in a hyper-reality which is more real than reality itself. as we have all probably never met ms. summers and here we see her reality is being constructed, image, voice and scribbled hair. this is our dystopia people. suck it up.
If you look at the electronic press kit on Donna Summer's myspace page, you will see that the pic is actually very close to what was actually photographed. I agree this pic was photoshopped, but not as much as we all originally thought.
Besides, Donna Summer is and always has been a very beautiful woman!!
What an incredibly cruel, immature and incipid string.
The before photo being used was taken several years ago. Donna's dropped a lot of weight since...especially in the face. And Frank is correct. Watch the EPK on her Myspace page and you'll see that it's not that over photo shopped.
I still need someone to explain to me why people who hate this blog keep coming here. There are, what? -- 800 million blogs now? Surely you can find one you like and put your troll back under the bridge.
well first of all i saw the video of the photo shoot ood lighting and make-up was the key a little photoshop was used but also the smaller pic is bad lighting and camerea angle
link to video with photo shoot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6M7Q8ooUo
professional photos are air brushed in the whole world. I agree I prefer her natural look but we live in a youth type world if you really think Madonna and the others look like thier album and videos boy are you in for a big surprise lol
for those who are so convinced this isn't a disaster and is instead, carefully directed retouching for a particular effect, note the textural differences between airbrushed skin versus hair and clothing. if the surface of the entire image resembled the smooth texture of the skin, this could be argued as artistic choice... but i believe it was intended to look photographic. it doesn't. it looks manipulated and creepy. it's a bona fide disaster.
Nothing at all wrong with aging - Gloria Gaynor still sings, and though she's much older, she looks great to me. So does Donna Summer. So why not let them look their age, at least a little bit, and try to use better makeup and lighting to achieve the best effect? People should still look like real humans and not plastic.
Oh, about her singing - her voice is certainly still beautiful and strong; however she unfortunately can not carry on those long long notes like she used to, which was one of her selling points. That doesn't mean I don't want to listen to her; I do - it just means that her abilities have diminished to some degree.
Makeup that makes your hair look like pencil tool scribbles too lol. That's some magic makeup all right.
Anyway I think the blogger posts some non-photoshop pictures (er - this isn't one of them) just to watch the trolls' heads explode and see them writhe in agony all over the floor. I know I would.
Meh, she's talented and I love her old songs (the duet with Streisand is classic) but like I say she can't carry the long notes anymore. She can certainly sing, but not like before. That doesn't imply any disrespect towards this talented artist, but it is what it is.
And, scratch your eyes out, then have Donna's photoshop artist put you back together again.
I think the point of the cover is that it is suppose to be painterly, the title is Crayons. Also, that photo used to compare the cover is not a good current photo. She looks damn good. Check out her EPK, they use footage from the actual photoshoot. She didn't need photoshop.
When i first saw the cd cover photo of Donna I thought definitely photoshop, but then i watched her promo video for the new cd....it is not far off from what was actually shot. Of course there was good makeup and lighting but she essentially looks like the photo on the cd cover. I love Donna and hope this will not be her last cd.
"Anonymous said... I would say it's Donna Summer. It has her fucking name on it." ---------------------------- Oooh.. rly? So if it had the name 'Madonna' on it.. you would believe it was her? :P
Don't care that they made her look like a plastic Donna Summer wax museum piece. It might be her last chance to be the old Donna Summer. Saw her in concert last year and thought the balcony was going to collapse from the foot stomping ovation she got after ripping out "MacArthur Park." BRILLIANT. She's like 60 or older and still tearing it up. Writes most of her own stuff, too. God love here. I know we do.
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wow, i didnt know you can photoshop hair color!
:P
boner.
What the hell is wrong with this picture?
Sorry but I can't figure it out.
Other than the fact that this looks like some weird cross between Janet Jackson and Beyonce? It doesn't even look like Donna Summer anymore - unless they traveled back in time and took this shot.
They could have changed her into scarlett.
Thatd be better.
There's yellow "scribbles" in her hair on the right and near the top. Looks like someone thought the pencil tool was the way to draw hair.
Anonymous 3:07pm: there are some really bad pink ones on the left, too. But, well, it is called 'Crayons'.
I'm not even going to get started on the face. *shudder*
Either that or the different colors are there because the album is named Crayons and the hair is purposefully scribbled.
I don't see why this is a disaster. If this were the cover for "This Time I Know It's for Real", then I would agree with you. If anything, this is the very reason for Photoshop.
It's a disaster because they turned her 50-year old face into a 16-year old doll
Hey, this isn't a disaster, it's a Photoshop miracle.
Hey, I think you're all wrong. The hair is SUPPOSED to be that way, just look at the title!
The disaster is the earring. :) And that's why the other picture is there, not just because she looks 20 years older.
..Or maybe not, the earrings are not as much alike as I first thought. ^^
It's for an Album? I thought it was for crayon style hair weaves.
Come on people, making a real human being look like they're made out of airbrushed plastic counts as a photoshop disaster.
it seems this site is struggling for content!!!
The smaller picture is the one she keeps in her attic.
Attention Trolls: It's a Photoshop disaster because the goal when touching up a photo is to make it look like a better looking version of the subject, not to make it look like a different person entirely. If you show that photo to a random person and ask them who it is, they'll never say "Donna Summer."
I would say it's Donna Summer. It has her fucking name on it.
You're either a smartass or you're sincerely stupid enough to miss the point.
"it seems this site is struggling for content!!!"
I know, there's no content here at all, never has been. And if you just take a look at the extensive charts and graphs I've made up, you'll see why this photo isn't even photoshopped at ALL, and it's the most masterful and wonderful example of photography in the entire history of advertising.
I can't believe we are wasting our time here at the most serious and boring site on the internet when we could be having fun fighting with 4chan or something.
Good lord.
For real, though, I actually would have said Donna Summer because it does make her look like she did circa 1980 when I listened to her a lot. I actually didn't recognize the inset picture as being her, and wouldn't have. However, if I had only known the older DS I could see not recognizing her from the shopped picture, because either way she looks completely different in the two.
I love this picture...shows creativity and the art side of a child...LMAO!
So what's the disaster?
I think they photoshopped her quite well. You might as well just post of every single album cover and label them as "disasters" then- regardless if they're good or not.
Just because it was photoshopped, doesn't automatically mean it's a disaster. Shouldn't you know that?
HOLY PS WEIGHT LOSS BATMAN!
If it's a current album cover then why should they make it look like she's 18? Just my personal opinion, but I think she looks a lot more human in the second picture than the rubber doll on the album cover.
Despite whether it's a Photoshop "disaster" or not, I still find the picture quite silly-looking in the least. It just looks like she doesn't care if colorful birds are starting to make nests in her hair. =P
Someone order some higher-quality trolls in here please?
(Not referring to you there 8:47.)
I especially dig her mouthguard.
"Mmm hmm" is not a very apt description. This "disaster" is no big deal in my book. They've taken a picture of Donna Summer from her prime, and from a time when her fans would identify with her, and photoshopped the photo. So what? I've seen much worse.
This is not a disaster, it's a catastrophy of global dimensions. To even consider making her look like a deranged 17-year old version of Mariah Carey/Janet Jackson/Barbie must surely be a crime!
Over-photoshopping can most certainly be a disaster. This is so airbrushed it is someone else... verging on alien.
Also regarding the crayons and intent. Even if that was meant to look like crayon scribbles, it doesn't.
Great site, keep up the good work regardless of habitual trolls.
i pity the lovers/husbands/wives/whatevers of the people who defend this image. it must suck to know that your lover prefers images to reality.
well, all of us still *happen to* grow old and die, but i'm sure that's news to some of the plastic people here...
just as i'm sure i'll get a "oh christ, take it easy" comment.
i am taking it easy -- laughing at those who desperately want to replace life with "virtuality"
Emma W...atson? I'm madly in love with you Emma.
But isn't this one reason what Photoshop is for, to make something into something else. IMO there's no super horrible thing here besides making her look like not her. So we're criticizing Photoshop in general?
i think it's quite nice, a ps miracle, but not too badly done. i agree, the crayon lines in hair are deliberate
Definitely a disaster. The album cover looks nothing like the woman featured in the music video. They've not only removed weight and years, but have even straightened her nose on the album cover!
It's not a disaster. I think that showroom dummy is photoshopped almost convincing me that it's human, and also resembling Donna Summer.
Do you not think the artist herself was consulted on this? Could it not be a modicum of irony as this is her first new album in 20 years (or so the blurb says) so perhaps, rather than using a current photo, or one from her past, they decided to do it digitally but obviously overdone?
As with the Givenchy images, this is only a disaster in the eye of the beholder.
The disaster here is how overly photoshopped her face is. Look at where the collar of her shirt meets the skin, such a sharp unforgiving thing, isn't it? It looks like it will decapitate her if she tilts her head in it's general direction. Not even the smallest hint of a shadow, not a wiff of fabric fuzziness?
It does not look realistic, sorry. And isn't that the aim when you are airbrushing people? To make it look REALISTIC, while evening out skin tone etc. etc.? Not to make the person look like a plastic, uber perfect cyborg?
I think the 'colourful' Crayon scribbles aren't the Disaster, but her Face.... we all know she hasn't been looking like that in Real for a very long Time! D:
i saw a similar thing the other day but it was an ad for chaka khan.. i dont actually know what chaka khan looks like at the moment but it was very obvious this was photoshopped.
That photo looks like crap.
Her jawline, those lips... ARE TERRIBLE.
How can people defend this?
I think this site needs a bi-line or tag-line:
It's a Photoshop World, Whether You Know it or Not!
you guys on the website might look into describing what is wrong with each pic..the "humor" you attempt that doesn't state what it is we are looking at is what causes all these idiotic responses...I can see whats wrong, but a few times, unless I read through the comments, we dont know what it is you are talking about.
Do a better website plz k thx
I think the folks who keep claiming this isn't a disaster have been desensitized to PhotoShop. Not only does this photo not resemble Donna Summer at any time in her life, 16 or 60, it doesn't resemble a real person. Unless RealDolls are considered people now.
This is brutal. I was stopped in my tracks by the childlike hair scribbling, and only slowly did my eyes then pass over the horror that is her face. When will people realize that IT'S OK for an artist to look their age??? It's not offensive! No one thinks Donna Summer is 25! They don't need to! Not only does she look about 40 years younger than she really is, she also looks "too perfect," as if she's made of plastic or wax. That's just not necessary.
I get what they were going for with the hair scribbles, but whoever did this needs to be fired and go back to school.
people, look at that neck. then, move your eyes left and look at her earring. it just doesn't make sense.
What utter bullshit all this is. Nobody would bat an eyelid if this was an impressionist painting so why should it be any different if it started off as a photo?
So if the defenders are desensitised that obviously makes the critics (and I say that in the very loosest end of the term) overly sensitive purely because Photoshop has been used; as with 99.99% of the imagery out there.
This site isn't about the humour, it's a public flogging where only a handful of people really have any idea what they're talking about.
One of the things I love about this site is that it makes you think about the fantasy universe designed by advertisers and created by photoshop, which many of us seem to accept as reality (see comments above). This is most startling in the news photos, but it's also apparent in pictures like this one.
I love both the technical disasters and the photos that show rampant abuse of reality and common sense.
I saw here once at a concert and she was singing a different song than the one that was playing. Playback ofcourse, it sucked totally. But on the picture: haha
Photoshop disaster?
I'd say this is a Photoshop masterpiece.
They practically painted a new person.
this is simulacrum. we now live in a hyper-reality which is more real than reality itself. as we have all probably never met ms. summers and here we see her reality is being constructed, image, voice and scribbled hair. this is our dystopia people. suck it up.
http://designerdisasters.blogspot.com
Oh come on, it's tragic, and therefore, a disaster.
dont hate on Donna Summeeeer!!!!
jus DONT!!!
If you look at the electronic press kit on Donna Summer's myspace page, you will see that the pic is actually very close to what was actually photographed. I agree this pic was photoshopped, but not as much as we all originally thought.
Besides, Donna Summer is and always has been a very beautiful woman!!
Unless the press pic was already Photoshopped, which seems pretty likely since that's nothing like Donna Summer looks like now.
What an incredibly cruel, immature and incipid string.
The before photo being used was taken several years ago. Donna's dropped a lot of weight since...especially in the face. And Frank is correct. Watch the EPK on her Myspace page and you'll see that it's not that over photo shopped.
Get a life, people.
Perhaps being sued might kick some sense into this blog. We can but hope.
"Perhaps being sued might kick some sense into this blog. We can but hope."
That's... that's so hilariously stupid. Sued. Awesome.
I still need someone to explain to me why people who hate this blog keep coming here. There are, what? -- 800 million blogs now? Surely you can find one you like and put your troll back under the bridge.
Don't make igorant comments about the Queen.
Maybe some people don't come here to hate it but end up doing so.
well first of all i saw the video of the photo shoot ood lighting and make-up was the key a little photoshop was used but also the smaller pic is bad lighting and camerea angle
link to video with photo shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6M7Q8ooUo
"Perhaps being sued might kick some sense into this blog. We can but hope."
That's... that's so hilariously stupid. Sued. Awesome."
Rhody - it IS hilariously stupid. But definitely hilarious.
Totally over photoshopped plastic skin.
I am giving them a break and calling the crayola scribbled hair artistic license.
But the plastic face? Give me a break.
Every single actor recording artist
professional photos are air brushed in the whole world. I agree I prefer her natural look but we live in a youth type world if you really think Madonna and the others look like thier album and videos boy are you in for a big surprise lol
I THINK YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE... THE PICTURE IS GREAT... IT'S ART.. I AM SHAME OF MYSELF FOR EVEN READING THIS GARBAGE!!!!
for those who are so convinced this isn't a disaster and is instead, carefully directed retouching for a particular effect, note the textural differences between airbrushed skin versus hair and clothing. if the surface of the entire image resembled the smooth texture of the skin, this could be argued as artistic choice... but i believe it was intended to look photographic. it doesn't. it looks manipulated and creepy. it's a bona fide disaster.
Isn't it okay for disco queens to age? What's the big deal. she still sings great, according to all reports, which is more than Madonna ever could do.
Nothing at all wrong with aging - Gloria Gaynor still sings, and though she's much older, she looks great to me. So does Donna Summer. So why not let them look their age, at least a little bit, and try to use better makeup and lighting to achieve the best effect? People should still look like real humans and not plastic.
Oh, about her singing - her voice is certainly still beautiful and strong; however she unfortunately can not carry on those long long notes like she used to, which was one of her selling points. That doesn't mean I don't want to listen to her; I do - it just means that her abilities have diminished to some degree.
Also not photoshop.
You know, for a worthless prickyou mocks others, you sure as hell don't understand photoshop at all. This is simply makeup magic.
This page makes YOU look stupid, not the people doing the Photoshopping. (Since most are not photoshopped.
If that's makeup, it must be about 4 inches thick and spread on with a palette knife.
Makeup that makes your hair look like pencil tool scribbles too lol. That's some magic makeup all right.
Anyway I think the blogger posts some non-photoshop pictures (er - this isn't one of them) just to watch the trolls' heads explode and see them writhe in agony all over the floor. I know I would.
lol
very nice
She looks like a Sim....
Wow, it seems like this thread has caught the attention of the Donna Summer army. Look out, they'll swing a handbag in your general direction.
Meh, she's talented and I love her old songs (the duet with Streisand is classic) but like I say she can't carry the long notes anymore. She can certainly sing, but not like before. That doesn't imply any disrespect towards this talented artist, but it is what it is.
LOL, They will swing a hand back at you.
And, scratch your eyes out, then have Donna's photoshop artist put you back together again.
I think the point of the cover is that it is suppose to be painterly, the title is Crayons. Also, that photo used to compare the cover is not a good current photo. She looks damn good. Check out her EPK, they use footage from the actual photoshoot. She didn't need photoshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN8_woL6lFA
Howell
Look 3:00 minutes into this video below for the photo shoot of this CD cover;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2cW4mkZqj8&feature=related
When i first saw the cd cover photo of Donna I thought definitely photoshop, but then i watched her promo video for the new cd....it is not far off from what was actually shot. Of course there was good makeup and lighting but she essentially looks like the photo on the cd cover. I love Donna and hope this will not be her last cd.
Good Job! :)
"Anonymous said...
I would say it's Donna Summer. It has her fucking name on it."
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Oooh.. rly? So if it had the name 'Madonna' on it.. you would believe it was her? :P
I wonder if she keeps a copy of this picture next to her mirror so that each morning she knows what she needs to achieve each day with her make up.
Must be a bitch driving near her house, what with having to avoid Donna throwing herself in front your car n'all.
Don't care that they made her look like a plastic Donna Summer wax museum piece. It might be her last chance to be the old Donna Summer.
Saw her in concert last year and thought the balcony was going to collapse from the foot stomping ovation she got after ripping out "MacArthur Park." BRILLIANT.
She's like 60 or older and still tearing it up. Writes most of her own stuff, too.
God love here. I know we do.
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