Discovered in the Christmas Tree, Day 2 in January

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Uff... nearly midnight...

Suffering from artist's block for some time now, I'm really happy that I finally can offer something for this challenge.
It's not what I wanted to do, but...



Well... Something like this happens when I'm 'playing'. ;-)

My first plan had been to do the exact opposite. How would the lads look like in 2012?
But all my own efforts were dilettantish and some programmes were awful...
This is the best I got:

Anyway...


Happy New Year!   :-)

(Thanks to everybody for the fannish enthusiasm during the last months! I'm terribly behind with reading, looking and commenting.
Sorry, sorry, sorry!)

Comments

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the images you chose for the first pic!!!
VERY nice hinting!

The second one - well, first I thought you tried to exchange the faces. They look very unreal! *lol*
Kinda chinese....

Well done!! And hey, don´t feel lonely, we´re here!! And the lads!!!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

You don't have many possibilities to control the result of that 'aging tool'.
(hxxp://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/index.html)
That's why I stopped to work with it.

(Sometimes there is nothing you can do about it...)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Wow! The first one is gorgeous (I've always loved Doyle in that shirt) and the second one really made me smile, they both look (particularly Doyle) as if they've been partying all night and had a few drinks too many. A great idea, thanks!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

*happy dancing* I'm glad that you like it! :-)

Yeah, a rough night! ;-)
But Bodie is better looking in his old age than Doyle...
I wished LC wouldn't have dropped the 'Bodie haircut'!!!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Ohh, that first one is gorgeous. The second is a touch scary! LOL! But thanks for the effort!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yeah, scary is the real word! ;-)

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

The first one is beautiful, I love Bodie at Doyle's shoulder and the pattern going across them, it's very effective:) The second one is ... different*g*

You haven't lost your touch:D

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

"You haven't lost your touch:D "
Hey... That's nice to hear! :-)

You should try the link for yourself!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

I really love the effect in the first pic. Sort of as if their souls are joining - or something.

The other one is very 'different'. It's amazing what can happen when you try different effects.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

I'm not so happy with Bodie's cheek. But there was no way to change it (quickly) without destroying something else. You know how it is...

Thank you! :-)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

That first one is just stunning! I love the 'ghost' effect - it's very different and thought-provoking. The second one is different - and clever - but I'm not sure you've got them looking quite old enough. They're the same agae as me and they don't look quite like my husband's friends... I'm sure at least one of them would have more grey in his hair though I suppose they might be vain and use dye!!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
(I haven't forgotten your lovely card...)

You're right with the hair! But that programme makes quite small results, and therefore it's difficult to change some parts of the hair. Plus I wasn't content with all of it, so it makes no fun to play with... ;-)

Dyeing? I would say 'no'. Good question though! :-)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I would say 'no' too, which is probably why they don't look quite 'right'. It's an interesting question. However, I do wonder whether Doyle might have changed his hairstyle, as MS has done, as he aged. Because again, there are very few guys of that (my) age around with the same hairstyles they had in the 70s. My husband had Doyle-style curls then (much to the annoyance of his father) and, like MS he now has short grey hair - wavy, of course.

Btw - glad you liked the card!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Women change their hairstyle when life is changing. But men...?
I think Doyle would keep his hairstyle, but of course with some light improvements as a concession to modern times.
Bodie's haircut is timeless. :-)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Yes - Bodie's haircut is timeless!

There were a lot of younger men in '70s England with longish wildish curls - not so many in Germany as I remember. They almost all changed their style in the late '80s. It was quite funny. It became quite usual to call the long hair effeminate so of course they all had it cut. Then there was a short period when people pointed out that a lot of gays (at the time) had very short hair so all the others started growing it again! (And they think it's women who follow fashion!)

People who worked in free-lance or self-employed situations were slower to respond to the 'fashion' but people in employment tended to bow to their employers' stated or implied wishes. So I think Doyle might have restrained his curls.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I do like your first pic - it made me think of a Doyle dreaming of his Bodie... or Bodie always watching over him... or... very nice, anyway! *g* (And I think I'm quite glad you stopped playing with that bottom one! *g*)

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah, I think we all agree that the second one isn't worth playing with. :-)

I like that 'Bodie always watching over him...'!

Thanks!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Just what I needed - some incredibly pretty artwork to cheer up my morning - thank you!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

*bows*
I'm happy when you're happy! :-)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

The first one is great! The second one is erm... weird, but it doesn't look faked. Especially Bodie looks very natural, as if it would have been his older cousin.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Uhh... I forgot to write about your current music: Summertime by Janis Joplin. It's *absolutely* great!!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

It is! :-)

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

We are all not as pretty as we once were...
Sigh! Wise words... ;-)

But I'm glad you like the first one!

[roven75.livejournal.com]

Hey, you did come up with something! :D
I like the first one, nice composition and great images!

The second one actually kinda works except for the hair I think.
If they had white/grey hair they'd look very grandpa-ish, expecially Bodie,
he looks like he could be watching his grandkids play or something.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you did come up with something! :D"
And I'm sooo glad about that! :-)

You're right! They really need some greying temples!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

I like your playing with the lads. The first one very inspiring. The secound really a good impresssion of let's say the year 1992 :-)

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

1992? Just ten years after the show?
Noooooooo! :-O

No honestly. They look like in their late 50s, considering their fitness! :-)


Thanks!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

Ok let's make a deal then: 2002.

(Glad to see you still online! :)

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

(I'm waiting every minute for the sacking...)

2006? ;-)

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm late! I hope you'll forgive me.
The first one: I like it so much. With Bodie in the background and the shapes floating around them, it has an ethereal touch!
The second one: How did you do it? They look so real old (opposed to fake old ;-) For some reason Bodie looks older than Doyle. Must be the hair, I think.
Well done!!!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

'ethereal'
Yeah! I avoid death fic like the plague and then I create such a picture... *frowns*
;-)

The tool is here:
hxxp://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/index.html
Maybe there can be quite good results with good pictures? (möglichst gerade in die Kamera gucken!)

Thanks! :-)

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. It's fabulous. :-)

Don't worry about your picture. In fact, it has a definitely positive effect, I think. :-)

[maddalia.livejournal.com]

I'm terribly late commenting but I enjoyed looking at these immensely. :) The first one's lovely and the second one's funny.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

"I'm terribly late commenting..."
Me too! With everything. Sigh...

Thank you!