What makes good gag manipulations?

[wc2bmalin]

(Now that' I've signed up with Postimage I hope I can make more contributions than just sightings. Here's my first try.)

I do manipulations all the time, for two reasons:

1) I enjoy doing artwork, but

2) I have no talent for doing original work.

Mostly the manip is as simple as adding a gag or cropping out some ugly guy. Sometimes it's more elaborate, and my favorite undertaking is to make a DID scene out of a non-DID scene. Here's an example, chosen not because it's the best, but just because I was able to retrieve the original for a comparison.

(Hmmm, I can't seem to get image to appear in the preview panel, so I guess I'll have to settle for links.)

Here's the original: http://postimg.org/image/u01iyehp7/

And here's the manip: http://postimg.org/image/91vd0bhuj/

[ArmedDragoon]

Made another manip of Akane Tsunemori from Psycho Pass (since it's in its second season/Akane's mah girl).

[Aquarionoid]

With some blur and smaller outlines that might be perfect for an OTM.

[ArmedDragoon]

With some blur and smaller outlines that might be perfect for an OTM.

I'm glad you think so, OTMs are my favorite type of gag so I've been working on them the most in my manips.

[Hypercat-Z]

[Yami]

Here are a couple I did today.

One with Marge Simpson and a friend from "Marge on a lam" http://i.imgur.com/WxoEbvE.jpg sorry for the small screencap it was the only size I could find.

And Erma the only furry babe from the Tenchi Muyo series. http://i.imgur.com/Rb3Xbzt.jpg

[Hypercat-Z]

Erma the only furry babe from the Tenchi Muyo series.

OBJECTION!

TAKE THAT!

[Yami]

Okay so I made a mistake.

[Aquarionoid]

Damnit and I made popcorn for the debate too! Lets see if there are any anime girl screenshots in a 4chan topic I'm able to use.

>5 minutes later

None I recognize or willing to do. I am amazed at how little ecchi I've seen.

[wc2bmalin]

(A repeat of my previous post - a test to see if I've figured out the proper procedure.)





(Hooray, it appears I have.)

[ArmedDragoon]

Yessss, Hypercat to the rescue.

Please tell me how you get outlines that thin, because GIMP apparently does not like play ball there.

[Hypercat-Z]

Yessss, Hypercat to the rescue.

Please tell me how you get outlines that thin, because GIMP apparently does not like play ball there.

http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I used this site to blurr the lines. I also filled the white space of the gag with the same shade of white of her eyes to make it look more natural.

[Aquarionoid]

Saw a Gundam X thread on /m/ and someone posted a nice screencap of Enil El that was perfect for practice. Reasonable criticism requested.

http://s30.postimg.cc/ncsk83q41/0black.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://s30.postimg.cc/48z8rrd9t/0brown.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://s30.postimg.cc/6azq60b8x/0silver.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://s30.postimg.cc/gc95t2dpt/0white.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Don't be afraid of being a little nitpicky, if I cannot get proper tape gag manipulations of anime girls I like then I'll do them myself and considering the amount of them on my list I don't want to overwork anyone. My current concern regards lip and chin outlines and gag proportions (if that makes any level of sense, trying to keep it wide and cover part/most of the chin while not looking like an otm gag).

[Yami]

I am wondering has anyone did manpis of other peoples artworks?

[Yami]

Did one more this time of Clarabelle Cow from the Three Musketeers I went from this http://i.imgur.com/eeZIrEw.jpg to this http://i.imgur.com/3AF8YXN.jpg