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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it really make a sound? If i post a blog and nobody reads it was there really any point? You have entered the random thinking space of Morgan Bell . . . These are my musings . . . things about my life written off the top of my head . . . written in an informal disjointed style almost completely devoid of punctuation, this is where i flesh out writing ideas, discuss my life, and generally be self indulgent . . . it is also the bargain bin for articles which do not fit in with the film or arts themes of my other blogs . . . so have a wander around my mind, have a laugh, have a think, be nice, and humour me!

what is going on with this pic?

May 13th 2008 09:46
Does this image look right to you?

Jessica Biel


I was browsing around Orble and i found this great blog by Raoul Duke called Style Of Eye (occular aesthetics), and this post "Jessica Alba vs Jessica Biel" (CLICKHERE for more . . . ) caught my attention.

What is going on with Jessica Biel's body in that image? haha

Even her face looks weird, i couldnt tell if it was Biel or Alba without reading the caption . . . it looks like a sci-fi morphing of the two women with a severe smoothing-over of the silhouette.

I think someone (not Raoul but some over-eager magazine photoshop artist) has gone completely insane cutting slices off poor Ms Biels body . . . she is an athletic little skinny mini naturally but that pic has distorted her shape so it looks like shes missing a few ribs, someone has literally erased in a straight line off her flank . . . why?

Here is a magazine cover where she looks a bit more like herself:

Jessica Biel




And here is some paparazzi pics of Biel natural playing sport on the beach on two different occassions:

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel




I dont know why anyone would doctor an image of Jessica Biel beyond recognition, she is so beautiful to being with!

Anyway, go check out Raoul's blog, the post i was talking about had 32 images of the Jessicas, all glamour shots which were flattering and tasteful, i just picked the odd one out . . . other posts have photo essays on male celebrities, sunsets, eyes, fish, cars . . . and the occassional post on porn or fetishwear haha

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Comment by Jason King

May 13th 2008 09:49
You gotta love photoshop!!
I do prefer the natural shots of her - at least she looks human as opposed to some freaked out manga image.
Weird!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 09:58
haha hi Jason,
how did you comment within 2 seconds of me posting this? haha
you are so on the ball! lol
yeah i just thought that image was crazy, it makes her look like a weird robot, her boobs are twice as wide as her waist! haha
she looks fantastic natural, you can tell shes a sporty athletic type.

Comment by Jason King

May 13th 2008 10:04
Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I am stalking you!! LOL
Cooking dinner and saw the email notification come through.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 10:38
ooo i do love a stalker!
come by and stalk me any time!

Comment by Tracy

May 13th 2008 10:51
Very strange pic...

Comment by Cheryl J

May 13th 2008 10:52
And here is your other stalker

Airbrushing gone mad. Why would they want to mess with someone who is already beautiful and turn them into a freak? I just don't get it. They have gone so overboard with the face retouching.

This must have been the same shoot. Her eyes and face have been retouched (nobody has the whites of their eyes this glaringly white) but at least she looks more human.


Comment by Tracy

May 13th 2008 10:54
Good detective work, Cheryl J

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 10:54
hi Tracy,
yes very strange indeed!

Comment by The wonderful Peter Yang

May 13th 2008 11:05

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 11:05
hi Cheryl,
oh another stalker! yay
that was fantastic detective work!
that photo you posted is alot nicer, and yes it does appear to be from the same shoot . . . at least the outline of her hips and waist and ribs havent been so ridiculously "smoothed"
i cant believe how quick you can up with this pic!
its almost as though you and Jason are reading my mind! haha

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 11:06
hi Peter Yang,
im glad im keeping you interested!

Comment by Jason King

May 13th 2008 11:07
You are now thinking - I feel like chocolate!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 11:13
whoa Jason . . . freaky! haha
im sitting in the lounge with my parents again so im also thinking "why are old people so noisy?" haha
(see i can plug myself just as easily as i can plug you!)

Comment by Jason King

May 13th 2008 11:20
My mum chews like an elephant. If she reads this she will kill me. But I swear I can hear her chew from a kilometer away! It's scary. I hear u and feel the pain.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 11:32
dont worry Jason i promise not to tell her you said that next time we are hanging out! haha

Comment by Cheryl J

May 13th 2008 11:40
I'm a private eye in my spare time.

Jason, you have amazing powers, I feel like chocolate too!

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 12:16
oh Cheryl due to all this attention youre giving me i decided to give your design skills a plug in "its a banner bonanza!" . . . and yes i shamelessly plugged all my own blogs at the same time . . . two birds one stone haha

Comment by RubySoho

May 13th 2008 13:21
A picture of a semi-naked girl and a reference to old noisy people in the comments of the same post. Morgan you are pushing it aren't you?


Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 15:03
oh Ruby . . . you know me . . . always pushing that envelope!

but come on, i HAD to post the pic to talk about the pic hahahaha ahhhh im gunna get in so much trouble arent i?

but seriously, how weird and distorted is the pic???

Comment by RubySoho

May 13th 2008 15:08
You'll be squashed like a bug, no doubt.

Yeah, I noticed the weird pic on Raoul's post too. Actually it''s funny you said that it looked like a morphing of the two of them, because I couldn't work out which Jessica she was at first either.

I think photoshop artists are taking the "artist" tag a little too seriously these days. They seem to have forgotten that if people notice it, then you haven't done the job right.

And women are made to feel inadequate of course. But screw them, I'm proud of all my ribs!


Comment by Morgan Bell

May 13th 2008 15:17
haha Ruby, im glad someone else noticed it . . . the head seems dispropotionately bigger than the body and i swear they just got a ruler out down her sides and carved out some bizarre geometric shapes

its like looking at a CGI character out of that film Beowulf lol

and youre right, if you can notice the alterations whats the point?

thanks for your opinions, i can always count on my regulars to be brutally honest!

Comment by Raoul Duke

May 14th 2008 01:19
Morgan,
firstly, thanks for the blog props! muchos gracias y besos!
secondly, yeah, that was the one pic I almost didn't use because of precisely that reason, it looked a little too tampered with, but I just liked the combination of gaze, threads, colour scheme, and pose. Cheryl's pic is definitely a better one from the same shoot, odd that I didn't see that one in any of the cyber-avenues I was perusing ...
Of course, most pics of models (or actors modelling) are photoshopped to some degree, just some pics more than others. I try to avoid - if I can spot it - posting images that appear too tampered with, unless it's done for a very specific overall aesthetic ie unusual background. I guess I should've been a little more judicious in my selection ... You highlighted a flaw in my Style of Eye

Comment by Cibbuano

May 14th 2008 02:02
cheryl, the picture you posted is much more appealing.

I'm not sure what these Photoshoppers are trying to accomplish? Do they think the pictures look better like that?

The pictures of Biel being herself on the beach are far more attractive, I find...

Comment by Kdthestrange

May 14th 2008 02:26
Woah- I did not pic that was Beil. That does not look human. That looks like a new Tomb Raider style character.

Has anyone noticed how all celebrities are starting to look the same though? I can't tell the difference between a pic of Ashlee Simpson, Avril Lavigne and Lindsay Lohan these days. What happened to individuality?

Comment by Damo

May 14th 2008 02:59
Actually I like it.
Unrealistic and strange.

It captures the eye because it is familiar but something is wrong with it.

Just my humble opinion.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 14th 2008 03:46
hi Raoul,
it looked like an interesting shoot, i think the photoshop dude was just a little heavy handed . . . i agree the pose, costume and colours are appealing, i just want to clue the softness of definition back to her sides!
ive been really enjoying your blog - a feast for the senses!

hi Cibbuano,
yeah she is a real natural beauty and looks fabulous just being herself . . . Raoul had a great collection of other posed "glamour" shoots where she looked really good too . . . its all about the subtlety!

hi KD The Strange
haha Biel is looking a bit cartoonish there!
i totally agree with you about celebrities all looking the same . . . i guess they all undergo the same airbrushing and get the same hair extensions and spray tan! lol

hi Damo,
it is definately a dynamic eye-catching work . . . im just not sure if the artist intended it the be in the abstract arts, surrealism maybe? heavily stylised? haha
your humble opion is always welcome here, it is good to have another point of view

Comment by Raoul Duke

May 15th 2008 01:24
Morgan,
Good to see you you've beenfeasting on my blog, feel free to comment on some of the other posts!

Comment by Damo

May 15th 2008 02:53
I think the head was added later and that is why it looks odd.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 15th 2008 04:36
Raoul,
oh dont worry, ill be back!
im always mooching around orble somewhere and i think the images you collate are often quite beautiful!

Damo,
haha sounds funny but i think you may be right!

Comment by Raoul Duke

May 16th 2008 03:10
Morgan,
thanks indeed, without wanting to blow my own horn, well alrighty then - hoooooot! - I think I have, for the most part, a good eye for images pleasing to the eye

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 16th 2008 03:33
Raoul,
oh most definately!
and all this winking makes me think there is some hidden irony in all you say!

Comment by Obsession Fitness

May 23rd 2008 01:13
I never know what's real anymore online...

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 23rd 2008 11:22
hi Obsession Fitness,
its really hard to tell nowadays, even in magazines and film clips etc
airbrushing celebrities beyond recognition gets a little crazy sometimes!
thanks for stopping in and sharing an opinion!

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