Snap Shot: When Josiah Lurked at VFTW

Before each season at Vote for the Worst, names of people who auditions would leak. Some accurate, some not but it gave worsters a chance to do some investigating and one of the names that came up is a kid named Josiah Leming.

I always keep an eye on all the threads (this was around late December) just so I will be ready with ideas if ever an inspiration for a chop comes to mind. Sometimes just randomly chopping somebody on another person can be unexpectedly funny.

At the time, everybody has just survived the wrath of Chris Crocker’s rant on Britney Spears. So I figured Josiah + Crocker = a chop? maybe? Partially I was bored and needed somebody to chop. LOL

After posting the picture (above), people who visited his myspace noticed he used the image to subtly acknowledge he is lurking at VFTW. Remember under contractual obligations he cannot post or talk about anything regarding Idol until after his episode aired – that is, if he didn’t make top 24.

Here are some screencaps – courtesy of Adam.

I must say Josiah is awesome for ‘getting’ what VFTW chops are about.

Snap Shot: Idol Lovechiles Gallery

Once the finale for AI7 was over inspirations for chopping have ended – until the tour starts. The show may be over but my drive to do more chops were there. It’s like my blood was still pumping. So as not to get bored I decided to do some idol ‘lovechiles’ which is I combine features from two idols to create a new person as if this is how their baby would look if they spawn. I got the idea after news of Clay Aiken having a turkey baster baby with Jaymes Foster. Of course, this isn’t exclusive to man-woman only.

Double D finale… Cookchuleta

MJ + Carly = Marly

Pans (Ramiele) and Tomato (Danny) Child

Josiah and Amy Davis

Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado = Syeson Castrado

Mavid!

Brooke and MJ = Babbling DoucheBag

Amanda and Garrett

And of course – the Claby

I know a lot of people use a morphing program to do these but they usually wind up looking like what they are – as overlapping images.

My versions were totally chopped where I had to decide which feature i want to keep. The first trick is to find pictures of the subjects taken in the same angle. Then after resizing and matching some of the features like eyes, nose, mouth and jawline I would carefully erase any feature I don’t want.

Snap Shot: Jason Castro as Bacchus

When Jason Castro became the Vote For The Worst pick during Idol’s Top 4, owner Dave decided to temporarily rename the site Vote For The Stoned in honor of the pick.

So one night he asked me to modify the existing logo into the new name. Not only will the logo be changed but if anybody decided to go to VoteForTheStoned.com they will be redirected to the reworked site.

The response was overwhelming. People posted in the threads and in the front page story. Next thing you know everyone’s making weed jokes and chops.

As usual a classic chop is a must. Caravaggio’s masterpiece ‘Bacchus’ (c.1595) immediately came to my mind. Once I got a decent sized image online everything else just made sense. Bacchus’ leafy headress will be replaced with weed; the glass of wine being offered will be a big joint; etc.

This chop took a lot of planning and searching for images online before I started work on it. It came out amazing, I think.

Snap Shot: Amanda Overmyer at the Whisky-A-Go-Go

Any latest news regarding Idol contestants gets all of our creative juices flowing at Vote For The Worst. So when news of Amanda’s show at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles became official before the American idol Finale, people either made plans to go or added shit to the Chop thread.

I checked out Amanda’s myspace and there is a banner announcing the show but I felt she really needed something to capture what she was about and the music for that night.

FILLMORE posters came to mind. The use of unexpected color combinations and wobbly texts is its signature. Pinks and Greens. Blue and Reds. These artwork though distinctly Sixties were inspired by Art Nouveau paintings like Alphonse Mucha’s.

I created one in Adobe illustrator by getting inspiration from samples online.

I posted it on both VFTW and on Amanda’s MySpace. Little did I know that she would actually use it for the commemorative shirts at the Whisky show! With permissions, of course!

Truly, a VFTW Victory!