September 10, 2012

Photoshop Babble-On

I've been a fan of Kevin Smith's work since I first saw "Mallrats" on VHS that was rented from a "Mom and Pop" video store.  As almost all those things went with the dinosaurs, you can see I've been a fan for a long time.  Anywho, since I am a fan, I of course listen to the Smodcast Network.  And my favorite show on that network is Hollywood Babble-On.

For those not in the know, Hollywood Babble-On is a weekly show where Kevin Smith and Raplh Garman discuss the coming and goings in Hollyweird and some popular arts.  Ralph Garman is known as the man of a million voices.  Where as Kevin Smith only has ONE.  He does a pretty good impression of Bane from "Dark Knight Rises".  Another segment on the show is called "Kev-IN", where Kevin Smith is Photoshop'd into movies or places.  So I thought I'd Photoshop Kevin into "Dark Knight Rises", possibly as Bane.  But I had a very hard time finding a decent pic from Dark Knight Rises, that would mesh with pics I could find of Kevin Smith.

But I still wanted to slap the Bane mask on Kevin Smith's face.  The poster for Hollywood Babble-On features a James Bond'esque look with Ralph Garman as 007, and Kevin Smith as Jaws from "The Spy Who Loved Me".  But that picture made for a pretty good Bane facial expression.  So I found a picture of Bane, cut out the mask, slapped it on Kevin Smith, and tweaked some things here and there, and got the above picture.  Took me less than an hour, but I really kind dug then end result.  So here it is.

UPDATE: Was listening to the February 24, 2013 (5 months after I posted this and e-mailed them a copy of the above image.) episode of Hollywood Babble-On and they mentioned they had a KevIN from Dark Knight Rises... and instead of being my piece that you see above...  they had this...
What the fuck is this?  It's a pretty bad Photoshop job.  I mean, the glasses alone ruin the whole thing...  Whatevs...  It was quickly glossed over, and Kevin had no desire to do a Bane-imitation to it.  I still think mine's better.  Am I being childish about this?  Yes.  Yes, I am.