r/photoshopbattles • u/PhotoShopBattles • Oct 02 '14

Operation | Closed Operation: Not Mild Mannered

The Operation

Find a person or group of people as your subject, and reveal their true superhero identity

Your subject can be someone famous, or just your average Joe.
Your superhero can be an existing one, or one of your own imagination.

Here is an example:

original: U.S. President Barack Obama

entry: Frozone in the Oval Office

Good luck everyone.

Previous Agent

Congratulations to /u/lumm0x, who was the winner of the previous Operation: Panavision with the entry "I just punked you, kid! lol". Congratulations!

Prizes

The winner of this week’s Operation will:

Receive one month of Reddit Gold! Hell yeah!
Get a number added to their contributor flair.

If you this is your first win, your standard flair will be replaced by this winners' flair. On your second win, you'll get this winners' flair, etc.
Get to keep the trophy for a week, after which it's handed on to the next winner.

(more information on flair here)

The Rules

Submit your entry as a comment to this thread.
You can post as many as you want.
All entries must be an original image (or GIF when appropriate) created by the submitter. Images unaltered by the submitter or not created by the submitter will be kindly inserted into a giant vat of acid.
Please be sure to tag NSFW entries appropriately.
- If you see anything inappropriate or entries not properly tagged, either report the comment or send a message to the moderators.
To vote for an entry, just upvote the users comment.

You can vote for as many different entries as you want, but please do not downvote. Downvotes will not be counted when deciding winners.

Upvotes should be based on quality of entry, creativity, and accurately reflecting the assignment. Of course, we cannot control how you choose to vote yet, as our mind control device is still early in its beta phase.
Every entrant gets a contributor flair.

These will be handed out by a bot, but due to our comment hiding system, sometimes it misses people. If you entered but didn't get one, just send the mods a message, and we'll fix you up.

The Schedule

All entries will be hidden for the next 60 hours. (until Saturday, October 4^th) Around 18:00 UTC, voting will open and all entries will be visible.

Contest mode will be enabled for another 24 hours. This will sort comments randomly, obscure vote counts, and automatically minimize child comments.
Contest mode will be disabled on Tuesday.

From there on out, each comment's vote total will be visible, and entries can be sorted by karma (just like any other reddit thread).
This mission will end on Wednesday, October 8^th.

Next week's Operation will be posted the same day.

If you have any suggestions for future Special Operations, please send a message to the moderators. All suggestions will be given consideration. When your idea is used, credit will be given.

Enjoy, yo.

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u/MrFlopkins Oct 02 '14 edited Oct 08 '14

Even with super speed, he's still in the way!

I'm pretty sure this goes without saying, but here is the source.

Edit: Thank you, Golden internet stranger.

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u/FullNoodleFrontity Oct 06 '14

You know, the two types of submissions I despise the most are meta submissions and overused memes. To me they demonstrate, at best, a lack of originality and, at worst, a lack of effort.

Despite my personal bias, I really like this and wish I could upvote multiple times. This is the most original take on something that would otherwise be trite that I've seen in quite a while.

If I were wearing a hat, I would tip it to you.

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u/thetebe Oct 06 '14

This is quite well said indeed.

This really turned this into something new for me.

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u/MrFlopkins Oct 07 '14

Thanks, and I totally agree. This is definitely my last "in the way" submission for sure... I just couldn't help myself.

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u/icekilled Oct 09 '14

Two negatives make a positive?

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u/spideyson Oct 05 '14

Absolutely perfect, I laughed out loud

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u/MrFlopkins Oct 05 '14

Haha, thanks!

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u/totalitarian_jesus Oct 05 '14

I love this one.

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u/MrFlopkins Oct 05 '14

Aw, and I love you.

u/Shappie Oct 03 '14 edited Oct 03 '14

Identity crisis

u/sonofagundersen Oct 04 '14

Robin Williams is The Comedian

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u/lumm0x Oct 04 '14

Nice fit! Both the concept and the photo!

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u/sonofagundersen Oct 04 '14

thanks. wasn't sure if it was too soon, but I thought it spoke volumes. still can't believe he's gone :(

u/PenitentBias Oct 02 '14

The Manhattan Project

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u/DFrostedWangsAccount Oct 08 '14

Nice, very nice.

u/lumm0x Oct 04 '14 edited Oct 05 '14

Source: Colonel Sanders ^{He was a real guy.}

Entry: The Colonel vs. The Captain (YouTube)

^Sources ^| ^{Alternative, smaller Gfycat version}

Edit: Added sources

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u/admancb Oct 07 '14

NO! Fuck off, this is incredible and should be against the rules. I've watched it 3 times in a row because I couldn't believe someone made this for a goddamn photoshop battle. I'm standing up for this, like literally pushed my chair away from my desk, stood up, and saluted my screen. If I can give you any feedback for this work of art... Add some midi music and sound effects, it'll lift up your work to a whole other level. Seriously WELL DONE!

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u/lumm0x Oct 07 '14

Thanks for taking the time to write that. Feedback is a big motivator for me.

I couldn't believe someone made this for a goddamn photoshop battle.

Yeah, the whole thing took me about 10 hours I think. That's a lot longer than I usually spend on a battle but sometimes you get an idea and need to see it through. It was 2AM the morning of the deadline when the gravy train idea hit me. I didn't get to bed until 5. It was worth it, at least in terms of personal satisfaction.

Add some midi music and sound effects, it'll lift up your work to a whole other level.

I agree. I don't know a thing about audio, but I'll see what I can do. If it turns out, I'll submit it over at /r/battleshops.

Thanks again for the kind words!

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u/Shappie Oct 07 '14

Haha that gravy train kills me

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u/lumm0x Oct 07 '14

Glad you liked it!

I wondered about putting "gravy train" and "drumsticks" in the entry title just to make the puns obvious, but decided I'd be ruining the fun, even if it meant fewer people would get it.

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u/Shappie Oct 07 '14

It's very impressive. I feel like we need to make a separate battle just for you to win every week. You're killin' it!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Holy shit!! woooow

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u/thetebe Oct 06 '14

.....fuck. Hands down, Mr lumm0x. Hands down.

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u/lumm0x Oct 06 '14

Much appreciated!

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u/Frehley_Fan Oct 08 '14

My morning so far:

1) Clicked on /r/photoshopbattles

2) Clicked on "Operation: Not Mild Mannered"

3) Clicked on your entry.

4) Giggled louder than I wanted to in the office.

5) Bookmarked the Youtube link

6) Watched repeatedly during the weekly sales conference call.

Thanks for making someone else's day a little brighter.

Cheers!

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u/lumm0x Oct 08 '14

Happy to hear it! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

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u/RoyalPrinceSoldier Oct 08 '14

That's really amazing! Great job!

What software(s) did you use to make that piece?

It's amazing how you did that using the stuff from your sources!

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u/lumm0x Oct 08 '14

Photoshop

create / modify the sprites

export sprite animations to image sequences

Apple Motion

move the sprites around

export the animation

In passing, if you're looking to make something similar, I'd recommend After Effects. I just happen to have a copy of Motion on my personal computer, so I used that.

Glad you like it!

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u/RoyalPrinceSoldier Oct 08 '14

Thank you! I really like how you did the camera motions, looks awesome!

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u/warlowtek Oct 07 '14

This is ridiculous. Keep up the good work!

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u/MrFlopkins Oct 08 '14 edited Oct 09 '14

God dammit lumm0x, you done it again.

NO! Fuck off, this is incredible and should be against the rules.

I don't give a shit about most gifs but this is so well done it should be in a category of its own. Like r/gifbattles.

Last time I checked this was a photoshop battle with 99% of submissions being static images. This is just cheating, man. Have another trophy you dirty animal.

EDIT: Internet sarcasm fail. Unless otherwise stated, gif's are fair game. Hats off to lumm0x for the excellent execution.

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u/ThrobinWigwams Feb 14 '15

I'm going through the old operations that I never saw, and I just came across this. THIS is absolutely incredible! THIS is what I've always loved about this place!

10/10, man; the wit and creativity is on a whole different level.

u/zzonked7 Oct 02 '14 edited Oct 02 '14

The hero we deserve

The non-obvious source

The obvious source

u/FueledByCoffee Oct 04 '14 edited Oct 05 '14

The adventures of Munchyman

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u/escott1981 Oct 06 '14

I like this one! It must have taken a lot of time.

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u/FueledByCoffee Oct 07 '14

Thank you. Yes, it did take awhile, and I almost ditched the idea midway through, I'm glad I didn't because it made me laugh. But then again, i have a pretty weird sense of humor.

u/Crappy_Photoshopper Oct 04 '14

Original: Practice changing tire at 70mph

Now with 100% more super soldier serum. China's gotta copy everything. We have Captain America, they have Comrade China!

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u/spideyson Oct 05 '14

Clever, well done, and meta. Trifecta!

u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

Iron Gaben (over-usage of filters to hide low quality source files and loss of motivation to do decent polish)
Original

u/thebeadofjustice Oct 03 '14

Source

Word/The Gardener/ Women's slacks

I hope you guys all get the references.

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u/climber_g33k Oct 05 '14

Because he'll always leave a rose at the scene of the crime.

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u/son-of-fire Oct 06 '14

Really could do with a glass of milk...... oh wait, he's done with his milk.