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Ok... so, I'm turning thirty at the end of the month and I am having a party for it. Here is what I'm hoping for.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8iSiVlJx_dw/SdvEt4e08nI/AAAAAAAAAqs/tiDIwzorheE/s400/bull%2Bby%2Bthe%2Bhorns.jpg)

With my face photochopped on to it. It really goes well with my enormous ego and I'll probably take it to Kinkos and have it blown up. I havent been able to find a higher rez version of it, though. If anyone has some skills, and wouldn't mind helping me out, I'd be very grateful! Lemme know and I'll get some pics to work with.

"This is me. Taking the bull by its horns. "

(http://bbs.cn.yimg.com/user_img/200607/07/g_rjun_1152277728404820.jpg)

Thanks schild, that's a huge help. maybe my google-fu is worse than I thought :)

30!!!  I thought you were a grown man!  You are just a boy!  You only get a birthday muffin.   (http://www.mommiescamelot.com/forum/images/smilies/bdmuffin.gif) 

Man i turned 29 last month and it made me feel old.

Your avatar makes you look older.

I stole Ed from lum.

Does mine make me look like I rock?!?!?!?!?

Way to get old, oldie.

Congratulations on being able to run for the Senate!

Does mine.....never mind.

I could give it a shot it you want.  Doesn't look like it would be that difficult to do, unless the lighting on the pics of you are way off.

I turned 30 and it was very meh.

I'm now 33 and it's still pretty much the same. I quit feeling old ages ago when I made a Def Leppard reference and this kid at work said, "Who is Def Leppard?"

It's tough to feel old when a typical day off involves swings, slides and sand castles. But I guess that's part of being a parent too. 

Happy birthday, Slay!

You are the same age Jesus was when he died, CmdrSlack.  I don't mean anything by that.  Just sayin'.   (http://www.democraticwarrior.com/forum/images/smilies/jesus.gif)

I got that goin' for me. Which is nice.

I believe Jesus started his public ministry at 30 and died when he was 33.  So, all you have to do is start a worldwide religion to keep up. 

I'd be willing to give this a shot as well, I've done a fair bit of this sort of joke.  If you have a pic where the shadows and tilt of the head (tilt of the head is more important) are in the ball park then this wouldn't be too hard.  Higher res the better.

Or STFU and live.

Thanks guys, I'll start diggin' for one!

And thanks everyone for the birthday wishes....It's August 30th and I turn thirty...how sweet am I ?!?!? :)

just realized that pic is a Boris, nice ;)

Happy Birthday you sadistic weirdo.

You're posting the end result, yeah?

the original (http://vallejo.ural.net/1987/show.php?015) seems to have a fair bit more color.  Anyone know what book the scan schild posted is from.

Had a hard time finding good angle shots like that, or shots where I'm not smiling. I'm at work so here are some if you guys wanna give it a go.

And yeah Nix, this is an f13 production! Of course I'll share. I'm not afraid to embarrass myself for this cause :) Hell, I'll probably want opinions on whats best. I might try to do my own, as I just downloaded CS3 to my computer. Too bad I suck at it.

1st one works for me, need higher res.

This is going to be  :drill:

Gave it a shot with the 1st one but it ends up way too blurry, need to do the same thing at like 6x res and then shrink the result.  Huge skin tone shift and the shadows need to be flipped and exagerated, tilt of the head is near perfect though.

Hah, you rock man. I'll see if the ex has the original somewhere.....Doesn't have to be perfect, but it's awesome that you are going to try to pimp it out :)

Yeah definately need higher res!

lmao!

Skin tone isn't quite right but still came out pretty good i think:

(http://devotia.com/img/happybday.jpg)

1.)   :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill:

2.)  Jesus Christ I suck at Photoshop.  Really need to learn how to use it to its full abilities.

Goddamn, those skin tones are fucked up.  The shadows still aren't quite right on the left side of the face, but going even darker makes it look even worse.

(http://coeurdefeu.com/hosted/f13_salamok.jpg)

Edit (this was directed at Salamok)
Damn, that's awesome. Only thing that sticks out is that the eyes seem overly dark, but still; I couldn't do anything remotely close to as good, so kudos!

Rhyssa's attempt is also really amazing; this was a fantastic idea and I love what you guys have done with it.

This one is a bit more recognizable as you (also a bit more comical):
(http://devotia.com/img/happybday1.jpg)

1st try was trying to mimic the shadows on the original face (can't see his eyes at all).

omg they are all fuckin' great. You guys still need those high rez shots?

I'm totally impressed right now.

Thanks again.

No need for high res i just blew up the pic you provided did my work then shrank it back down.

edit- Okay last attempt here, I can't do much better than this:
(http://devotia.com/img/happybday2.jpg)

I think Rhyssa's is damn nigh perfect. Whitening the eyes a tiny bit should be easy.

Nobody went for the obvious and put Slayer's face on the bull?  I am Jacks listless sense of disappointment.

I have a high rez version of the one you have been working with, if ya want it lemme know and I'll email it to ya. I can't hardly ask for much more than what I've got so far, though. :)

What's going on here?  Is this going to go over top black velvet or something? 

I was hoping it would end up on the cake.  

(http://devotia.com/img/cake.jpg)

That would be truly awesome.

Yes. Yes it would. Hmmmmmm...

(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs156.snc1/5808_1130762784587_1092758502_30406197_7284869_n.jpg)

My first chop! :)

Lame.

(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs156.snc1/5808_1139049351746_1092758502_30430411_2451927_n.jpg)

My second lame chop!

(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9760/lordslay.jpg)

Slayerik, you should make a big banner for your birthday party that says

It's true my ego is enormous. I have never been so confident and cocky. Love me or hate me, it is how I am. The nice part about that is women respond very well to a cocky/funny approach.

I can't wait for tomorrow, I get better lookin' every day.

Someone edit his face on the bull.

For the second time this thread, it was done way early on :)

When do we see the results of your party?

30th is my birthday. 29th is the party. Kinko's pricing is gonna hurt, I'm hoping my cousin that works at a newpaper can pull a favor for me.

Suck it up Ego-boy!

Nothing will be funnier than the day after, when he realizes he's just the same schmuck he's always been and being 30 isn't a big deal anymore.

I loathed turning 30. I've dropped everybody and hang around 20 year olds now.

That won't work forever.  Eventually you'll just look like, you know:   :hello_thar: .  Luckily, for now, you could probably still pass for 20.  Go to your room and stay there until you look your age!  Dammit.

hehe, thanks


it's just.. actually 30 yr olds aren't bad. just the ones i know. seems like everyone just waters their grass, and if there is a party, someone is talking about plumbing.  :uhrr: oh, and kids are sweet. just don't expect me to be excited about diaper parties either.

All my friends are hitting 30, so I can't use that trick anymore.  Oh well, at least when I hit 40 I can hang out with the 30 year olds.

When I was 20 there was always a creepy 30-year old dude hanging around my friends, and he always just seemed kind of desperate. There's nothing wrong with growing up, in fact, it's what you're supposed to do. It'll sink in when the kids you're hanging out with now outgrow the partying, and start acting like the grownups that bore you.

Turning 30 is just an excuse for me to throw a big party. I have two kids, an ex-wife, and a foreclosing house. I can't even get myself to want to game anymore. I've felt thirty for a while now, and while I will be the same schmuck as before that's fine with me, cause I'm pretty much the baddest schmuck you've never met.

Turning 30 for me was just an excuse to eat at Citronelle and get a PS3.   :drill: 

Have fun, Slay. 

I had a big party too, rented a karaoke machine and had a million people over at the house. It was fun. Turning 30 is still a little anticlimactic, though. :\

We do things differently in Texas, honey

(http://msp223.photobucket.com/albums/dd219/carlsoncave/wooderson.jpg)




Seriously though.. growing up. Hmm.. Hmm.. Not my style, I guess. Even my parents partied and were very social into their 50's (monogamously, mind you! They weren't swingers or anything). That would be my ideal "growing up" phase.

Allllllright alright alright!

Big score, cousin hooked it up and is getting it framed as my bday present. Got to see it today, turned out awesome.

Ended up using Rhyssa's one, but thanks again for everyone's effort.

All first chops are lame, give the man time. Im sure he will turn pro.

Don't encourage him!  We'll end up with his face on everything.  Pictures of men, women, babies, inanimate objects.  Where will it end!?

Probably with a replica head-shaped urn

Grats on the positive attitude towards 30 Slayerik.

All this talk of people hanging out with different age groups and such - Am I that unusual in that I still hang out with the same group I hung out with in highschool - now 20 years later?

We should just turn this in to a whipersnapper thread. My manager - who's my age - casually mentioned necking with his wife last week. Half the department (those under thirty) had no idea what he was talking about.

My high school friends are dead, drugged out, or moved away.  Most of my initial college friends are 'here' but over an hour's drive, the rest moved away.  I'm the only one which has remained in the heart of the city.  I still hang out with my second set of college friends, but they were going through the first time when I was on my second so they're all younger than me.

This.

There's a bit of that going on here too.