Showing posts with label hybrid animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hybrid animals. Show all posts

Photoshop Machine Animals Tell a Love Story of Nature and Technology

Photoshop artists can create hybrid creatures out of anything. The following images show how digital artists have combined man-made technological creations with animals created by mother nature. The results are mechanical animals.

Photoshop VW Buggy: An Insect Car
Volkswagen's popular family car, the VW Beetle, has been spoofed in this Photoshopped machine animal hybrid. The artist has combined the original shape of the VW Beetle with the colors and accessories of an actual, living insect, creating a visual pun.

Above: Instead of legs, the lady bug now has wheels. The carapace above the beetle's head forms the windshield of the insect car. This Photoshop artist has created a visual pun on the name of both the VW Beetle and the Lady Beetle.

The Photoshop Toad Engine Croaks when Cranked
In this machine animal hybrid, the Photoshop artist has shown the "hood" of the toad vehicle (it's skull) as being open, revealing the frog's brain engine within. This robot creature combines organic elements, such as its skin, with machine components, such as having headlights for eyes.

Above: The Photoshop techno toad and it's cyborg butterfly mechanic. [source]


The Robo Lobster's a Crustacean with Cogs
To eat this robot lobster, you'd need to suffer from Pica, a mental illness that compels people to eat inedible objects. Though it is prone to rusting, the Photoshop machine lobster lives in harmony with its watery surroundings, dining on the metal hulls of sunken ships.

Above: The robo lobster's vice-like claws deliver quite a pinch. [source]

Gone Fishing in Photoshop
This Photoshop artist has combined an aquatic animal; a simple fish, with a submarine to create an organic underwater vessel. Unlike regular submarines, the Photoshop fish sub uses fins to propel itself.

Above: The colorful Photoshop fish sub, complete with a glass engine room for tiny mariners to see out of. [source]

Photoshop Chicken Machine Clucks and Clanks
The Photoshop robot chicken ain't no turkey, and is hoping to be featured in the next Transformers movie . While this rooster alarm clock may be able to play your favorite songs, it's not going to produce any eggs for breakfast.

Above: The Photoshop chicken gives new meaning to the term "battery hen". [source]

Fly me to the Moon on a Hornet Motorbike
Tired of people driving close to your back bumper? You'll never need to worry about that if you're riding the Photoshop hornet bike. With its mean-looking features and nasty stinger, this buzzing motorbike will give you plenty of room on the roads, and if traffic is bad - it can fly you to work.

Above: Even as a Photoshop concept, the wasp motorbike is awesome. [source]



Funny Photoshop Head Swaps

Digital artists can use Photoshop to give people a makeover, or in extreme cases, to replace the entire head. Here's what happens when digital artists have fun swapping heads around.

Photoshop Head Swaps Bridge the Generation Gap
According to knowyourmeme.com, head swaps were were first thought up by Something Awful's user Ryan Adams when he started a thread called "Swap Grandparents and Babies Heads!" The thread spawned dozens of Photoshop head swapped images, most notably of fathers and their babies. These later became known as "manbabies".

Above: This image gives a new meaning the the slang term "baby daddy". Photoshop artists need to get the lighting just right to give the finished art work a convincing feel. [source]

Above: The Rowan Atkinson baby, born in Photoshop. You can call him Toby. [source]

Above: Photoshop artists need to be careful when swapping heads - outlines from cutting tools are a dead give away. [source]

Above: Photoshop can age a child in a matter of hours. That's one hairy manbaby! [source]

Above: Another funny Photoshop manbaby image. [source]

Walk a Mile in My Shoes with a Photoshop Head Swap
Photoshop head swaps aren't reserved only for babies and their parents - any two people or animals can undergo the digital surgery. Head swaps can also be used create man animal hybrids, or to create hybrid animals in which two species are combined. 

Above: Hulk Hogan gets a Photoshop head swap. Lovely nails, Hulk! [source]

Above: Hollywood's hottest couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt get the Photoshop head swap surgery. [source]

Above: A kid and his pet cat swap heads for an afternoon, creating a terrible toddler duo complete with sharp teeth and claws. [source]

Above: This Photoshop head swap picture is a visual definition of the phrase "pig-headed". [source]

Head swaps are one of the most popular forms of Photoshop humor art works. Although some don't quite hit the funny bone, most are bound to win a couple of giggles.



Funny Photoshop Animals are Almost Human

Photoshop artists often combine human and animal trait to create funny man animal hybrids. These grinning creatures have been given human teeth to create an almost human smile.

Photoshop Smile Enhancement
The process of giving animals human characteristics is called personification. In literature, animals have been given human attributes in stories such as Watership Down and The Wind in the Willows. In visual media, animals are personified by depicting them as walking on their hind legs, or wearing human clothes. Photoshop and other image manipulation programs allow digital artists to create a photo-realistic depiction of man animal hybrids.
One of the more humorous personifications used by digital artists is the act of giving an animal a human smile. Human teeth have a distinctive shape, and while they look "normal" in a human head, they look rather silly when photoshopped into the face of an animal.

Above: As if walking around on their front paws wasn't funny enough, a photoshop artist has decided to give this pug a humorous grin to complete its performance.

Above: The lesser spotted straight-toothed toad.

Above: Is it weird if this cow is saying, "Cheese!" for the camera?

Above: Photoshop pig is happy.

Above: Looks legit. Last one in's a rotten egg!

Above: Nemo's second cousin and half-brother, Stan.


Windows to the Soul
Along with human teeth, Photoshop artists have added human eyes to further personify these animals. The results are funny Photoshop animal pictures that can be just a little bit unsettling at times. Human eyes can be painted in Photoshop or cut out of existing photos of people. The trickiest part of creating a realistic eye in Photoshop is giving the eyeball correct reflections. The better the reflection on the shiny surface of the eye, the more lifelike it becomes.

Above: Almost human, both genetically and, erm, photoshopically.

Above: A funny photoshop female! The rarest of the man animal hybrid breeds.

Above: That awkward moment when you realize you're a hedgehog.



Wicked Photoshopped Animal Hybrids


Amazing and funny artwork from digital artists around the world, depicting what kind of a creature would emerge if two or more animals were hybridized.

Digital art programs such as Adobe Photoshop allow designers and artists to create photo-realistic images from scratch. These programs include the design tools needed to create a hybrid of two images, such as an animal hybrid. Design software packages like these enable designers to create a variety of extraordinary images with the art of photo manipulation.

Crocodile Parrot
Aerial security at it’s best. Imagine a flock of these critters guarding the perimeter of your property.



Caterpillar Rooster
Never worry about whether you will be awake on time with this nifty pet on a pot plant beside your bed.



Rhino Rooster
If you’re one of those people who believes that size counts, the rhino rooster definitely trumps the caterpillar rooster as an alarm clock.


Alpaca Mouse
For the cutest,snuggliest, pocket-sized gift you will ever give…



Penguin Shark
With this little guy on guard, no-one will dare to pee in the pool again!



Dog Monkey
Man’s best friend with opposable thumbs.



Wolf Squirrel
You’ll find these guys on full moon, howling from the tops of trees.



Rabbit Bird
Infamous for breeding at a dizzy rate and trimming the tops of trees.



Kangaroo Dolphin
This bouncing, swimming creature makes an ideal pet for hyperactive kids.



Mouse Spider
Wow your enemies with this cute and furry ball of death.



Cat Duck
Cat Duck never quite overcame its fear of water…



Elephant Seals
Bath buddies with a long memory.



Chihuahua Chicken
Provides breakfast AND looks gorgeous in your handbag.



Parrot Frog
Nature’s answer to a portable, water-proof dictaphone.



Horse Dog
For those who enjoy riding a horse that barks and drinks out of the toilet.



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