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Static-Imagination — Life on the Wrong Channel
Published: 2005-07-17 11:53:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 539; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 108
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This is a manip I made after staring into static on my T.V.It was weirding me out. What if life was really as random and confused as static on the television.
We are all but shadows walking through the digital noise of the world.
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Comments: 53
Freaky... Very cool! Nothing wrong with this one!
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TV noise..
My tv has much bigger noise size. But I guess the important thing is the idea here : )
I like the idea of those ghostly people walking in a world built with tv noise. very interesting : )
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This is weird! I really looks like tv screen may be when the connection is bad. The black and white points disturb me, but I quess that's the point. 
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I am fascinated by this picture, I hope you dont mind if I use it as a wallpaper
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That's a very interesting effect.. I like how the people are blurred out a bit, like they're only halfway there.
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wow i love this effect and it's actually kind of spooky.
really cool
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Awesome photo. and I completely agree with your line "We are all but shadows walking through the digital noise of the world. "
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tasty image dude, well done with this.. the blurring gives a feeling of movement and the grainy black and whiteness gives it this retro noir type vibe on it.
it gives an impression of a faded memory.
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Wow, I really like this one. It's kinda creepy though. I love the positioning of the people and well it's a cool idea.
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i think the border is too much for this image.. maybe you should choose just a black border
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An amazing photo manipulation (: i'm totally in love with this picture. the blur effectively gives a distinct touch.
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I don't get it. What do you mean what if? Life is very random. Maybe not so much confused, but the fact that you have almost constant interactions with other people over whom you have no control is such a strong source of randomness.
anyway, you really did a good job with the manipulation and capturing the feeling that it seems you wanted to get.
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very awesome composition here, when I first saw it I remembered a movie I watched about highway ghosts...
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It has a very scary, mystical feel 
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I love the concept.
The image is creepy and surreal. But it was also well done. It doesn't look like a photo manipulation - though that's what it is. Seamless and intriguing.
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A very powerful image, I like how you've had the guts to try something new and not just copy old ideas. this works so well
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this reminds me of the movie The Ring, where the people's faces come out all distorted on photos... very creepy, and a interesting idea with the whole TV static thing... most people probably wouldn't be caught dead actually staring at static on the TV, so congrats
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Two days ago, I was on your side and was taking a look on this picture.
Didn't commented it cause you got allready the best comments on it.
Just can say that you have found the perfect title for this picture.
It is just a great idea and a good work in b&w.
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The description completed this masterpiece. This theory or hypothesis is interestingly thoughtout. Now you are making me wondering.
The border could use some work but this is just amazing.
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This kinda makes me imagine a sort of ghost group.. Maybe best friends who lasted even past death. Neat.
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This is creepy. It kind of reminds me of those distorted photos in the ring. Great concept and brilliantly pulled off.
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you guys look like ghosts on the full view, transparent yet not at all. haha wrapped in sleeping bags? must of been kinda cold eh? i especially like the shadows of the people and the border. very good title too
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I like the effects alot ^^ Really looks like they vanishing while walking away... Uing black and white really points out feelings and gives a very sad atmosphere to this manip ! Maybe you should refine the borders cause it doesn't look like the rest of the pic, or maybe make it less outstanding... In fact, something bothers me with the borders
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A picture with that much chaos in the pixels needs a bounding border I find.
Of coarse the border will never equal up the the actual photo but I find it works for this manip.
I dont like big borders much either, just enough to define the picture
Thanx for your input
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no pb ! ^^ I didn't meant to put a bigger border, but i thought it would be good to try to integrate it more into the picture... 
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cool photomanip, the surroundings of the photo sort of reminds me of the Green Day song, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". The blurry people gives the photo a sort of freaky feel to it too. Well done!
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That's cool. It reminds me of a CD cover in a way..
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Very orignal Ida this shot is. It ala most look's like a haunted seen in the full veiw. Kinda creepy but Very well done.
Keep up the fresh Idea's. We need to see them..
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I like where you went with this. THe only thing that I really notice about this is that the people have this halo around them, asnd everything in the halo doesn't seem to have as much static as everything else.
Other than that, I really like this. Keep it up.
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like this one alot... I am usally REALLY put off by ANY photo manip... but this is awsome and it fits your style.. Great job and GREAT idea!
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Neat! It is certainly a very thought provoking piece. Well done!
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Neat! It is certainly a very thought provoking piece. Well done!
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I think this is very cool. I think you achieved the effecct you wanted so I don't think there is much that can improve it. Something that might be a cool experiment though would be to take a long exposure really stopped down (f22) on a high iso. And then take a normal photo of the same thing and layer the two. The noise on the long exposure might be kinda neat against the regular photo and the blending between em. Just a thought
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Cool Idea, I will have to try that or something similar on my next photo shoot.
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AH I LOVE THIS, HAVE MY BABIES. Or you know, keep up the art.
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Have you ever seen the movie "White Noise"? It's based on exactly what you're talking about. Watch it.
Anyway, great idea and execution -- up close it really does look like the white static on the television. This is very original, so there is not much suggestion that I can give. My only thought was that the people in the forground stand out from the picture quite a bit. The scenery around them is very grainy and garbled, but the figures are more clear. From the haze you included, I figured that this was deliberate, that they were supposed to be seperated. It struck me though that maybe they should be a little bit more staticy in order to blend with the rest of the image.
It's nice to see such a creative idea when a good deal of deviantartwork these days is all the same. Nice work.
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Thanks much for the kind words. And I think I will check out that movie.
I have heard mixed things about it so I have kind of avioded it.
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Yeah, it's not a particularly good movie, not one of my favorites, but it is based completely on this principal, so it might interest you. I thought the movie was interesting.
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wow i adore this. i love the fact that i can't quite tell if this is a set of layers or one manipulated photo. like others, i'd be interested in the process you used to achieve these great effects. straight to my faves...the composition is unique and clever
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Wow, it's really freaky, I really like it...thanks for the comment on my pic too
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This is an awesome picture, I love the grain. Your description of the piece made me appreciate it even more.
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Intresting idea i ike how youved used something so simple as static on a tv and imported it itno your work well done
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Nice concept, I really like the lack of colours here and the grain.However I think you could darken a bit all those people.. it could help to focus on the meaning.
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cool manip...very interesting concept. feels...ghastly. definitely an awesome effect
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Really nice effect but the strongest part of this is the feeling. it has this ghostly isolated feel to it. the motion blur on the figures looks awsome
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The blury figurs and static nois effect reminds me of the movie "the Ring" (cool movie, BTW)
It's a wide picture, like a movie screen, not like a TV screen. (and that's about the worst I can say about this picture)
That's quite a gloomy vision you present here.
Though it's still alot clearer than the picture on my TV 
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