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Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, June 27, 2007



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It is late to begin this...we know it...
SO, THE HELL WITH IT...PLAY A SONG AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY...
NOW, THAT JUST IS NOT THE WAY TO TREAT GUESTS...
GUESTS SMESTS...I WANNA SLEEP
NOW BOTH OF YOU - SETTLE DOWN OR THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TWICE AS LONG!

Anyway...so PIA is going to see Taylor tomorrow
TONIGHT DUMMY
WELL, YES TONIGHT, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN NICER...
LOOK, WE TYPE THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE...EASY MISTAKE
NOT IF YOU HAD BRAINS...

To continue, she is going to the Meet & Greet
and wanted to bring him a picture of some of his fans


So we grabbed a couple of pictures and worked at the MAC
letting Photo Shop do it's thing...

Thought we would share the journey...

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Here are the four photos we began with. We had to change the dpi on the main shot,
but were able to keep focus...
(YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE)


The Group Shot From WorkPlay
Birmingham, AL March 10, 2007
From left:
Bodacious Hootchie (Pia), Hottie Bond, Snarky Hootchie (Maryfly),
Tez, Sexy Hootchie (Anndi), and Randy Hootchie (Turn)

Tez, third from right, though a doll is not part of the little group we have called
"Hootchies & The Hotties"...
when composing the final product, she will be replaced...
Missing were the following three:


Rocker Hootchie (Busy) could not make the trip...


Sugarbaby Hootchie (Dixie) is second from right and was caring for Mom


Hottie Travis was resting and did not make it...

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SO WE BEGAN...


OK, so...first we cropped Busy from her picture.
Then we flopped her to fit where we wanted to place her.

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Then from the main photo we pulled out Tez and Anndi

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We silhouetted Anndi to put her back in.
We needed her to be able to be placed on top of Busy after she was placed.

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So, here is where we are at this point...messy...

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Busy slides in where Tez was; Anndi goes in right on top of her
exactly where she was before...

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We crop Dixie...notice her son Matt's sleeve made this interesting...

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We were going to place Dixie between Mary and I, so Mary gets silhouetted

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Had to silo me at this point

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We also did a silo on Pia, but in the end it was not necessary

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So, now we have Mary and I separated and Dixie "sort of" in place

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Took Travis, silhouetted him and flopped him too

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Well...you have to have a title






Here is the finished product...
Completed start to finish in 4 hours...

Not happy with some parts, like we just noticed Travis is not covering all of Busy,
and we did not extend her body far enough...ARG
but the concert is tonight...soooooooooo

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CREDITS:

"CHANGES"
David Bowie
Composer: David Bowie
"Hunky Dory"

All photos stored at
Photobucket.com

29 Of Your Sparks

  1. Gail Says:
  2. Nice job...I hate working with Photoshop

     
  3. Good heaven's! You share my addiction!

     
  4. Bowie! Sigh...awesome.

    Yikes! Photoshopping is difficult stuff. I'm not creative enough to do that graphically. I've done some manual cropping when I scrapbook, but it's difficult to keep my hand steady doing it digitally. I tried doing a bit of it when I was producing a digital scrapbook back in May, but then I settled with the standard straight cutting.

    Kudos to you, Bond. Pretty good job!

     
  5. Anndi Says:
  6. I'm on Busy?

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

    Looks like you had enough work to do to keep you out of trouble... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

    Can't wait to see my Hoochie Sister Pia in Richmond!

    Yup.. a wolf!

     
  7. Piacere Says:
  8. DAY-UM you're good!!!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!! Taylor's gonna love it!!!! 4 hours???????? Are we really worth that?????

    SMOOCH!!!

     
  9. it was fun hearing you on the mo show bond! you did not sound like i thought you would, isn't that funny how that works?

    i wish i had enough brains to do this photo shop stuff. i have good software but not too good brainware...

    smiles, bee

     
  10. GAIL: Thanks

    SONGBIRD: Changes was the song in my head...I enjoy working in P.S. This was a time crunch, so I had to take some shortcuts...thanks..pretty good job is an accurate description

    ANNDI: Yes, I had no interruptions, so I was able to get it done...Should be a good time in Richmond

    PIA: Have fun tonight

    BEE: Wondering what i was supposed to sound like... heard you too Bee...such a Southern Belle

     
  11. 108: We share an addiction? Wanna meet behind the school and fix together? LOL

     
  12. Unknown Says:
  13. It's a MASTERPIECE!

     
  14. I truly love it. I agree with Rocker Hoochie, it's a MASTERPIECE!

    Ummmmm ~~~ Ann on top of Busy.. ;-)

    Ok, getting my mind out of the gutter now.. ;-)~

     
  15. Schmoop Says:
  16. I never realized that you guys were into beastiality. I'm Outraged!!

     
  17. BUSY: well, it is good..masterpiece is a bit strong but ty...

    DIXIE: Glad you like it darlin'

    MATT-MAN: Like you aren't into it!

     
  18. Julie Says:
  19. Great job and such a patient guy you are! I can't imagine doing ANYTHING for four hours!

    Ummm...well.....maybe.......

     
  20. I downloaded the free trial version of PhotoShop and tried to work with it and got myself worked up into a frenzy of anger....you must have infinite patience.

     
  21. AtriaBooks Says:
  22. Wow. You're a whiz. I'm impressed. I've never been more in love with you in a totally manly, platonic way.

     
  23. JULIE: LOL...ummmm maybe...yeah...I think that is a positive

    AISBY: It takes a while to get used to it, but once you learn it (I am self-taught) it can do so many wonderful things

    DOC: You are making me blush

     
  24. Golly gee, Mr Bond - that's a lotta croppin'!
    But the end result was worth it!
    You're an awesome friend to do that -- and speaking of being an awesome friend, THANK YOU for calling in to The Mo Show last night!

     
  25. Angell Says:
  26. *curls up in the corner of the couch with Trav's woobie and pouts*

    I wanna be a hoochie too!!! Gosh darned hubby - didn't let me go to Bham...darn job didn't pay me enough to go to Bham.....missed my SP ... can't be a hoochie....

    *sticks thumb in mouth and hugs woobie*

     
  27. Liz Hill Says:
  28. You RAWK!!

    Smooch!

     
  29. MORGEN: crop crop crop crop...heheheh..thanks..and my pleasure speaking with you last evening...will stop by again

    ANGELL: Sorry you could not make it...just relax and let it slide off

    TURN: ty ty tyvm SMOOCH

     
  30. Meribah Says:
  31. Wooo! Nice job! Now, the only things missing is a puppy...a Kity...a crazy cow lady...a couple more Canucks...uh, me thinks you would need a bigger picture to squeeze us all in! LOL :P

     
  32. Unknown Says:
  33. HARRUMPH!

     
  34. Julie Says:
  35. I know, I know!

    **wanders off in utter sadness**

     
  36. MERI: I tried for pictures once...didn't work

    DANA: oh now...

    JULIE: why sadness?

     
  37. Travis Cody Says:
  38. That did come out pretty good. Nice job!

     
  39. Holy Shit Bond I am exhausted just reading that. Bout the only person I know that is as crazed on photoshop is my ex! You go!

     
  40. Julie Says:
  41. Well...**sniffles**cuz I'm not in the picture.

     
  42. Sparky Duck Says:
  43. Holy Crap thats alot of work! I think I will just stick to cutting and pasting my famous hotties, thank you.

     
  44. BeckEye Says:
  45. Nice! I wish I had Photoshop.

     

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