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10 Jun
40 Examples of Incredible Photo Manipulation
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Photo manipulation is an ever evolving collaboration between photography and graphic design.
Combining certain elements to create a unique image, that can convince even the most experienced set of eyes, requires a very creative set of skills.
Because the manipulation of a photo gives a realistic view of an unreal picture, you should have an open mind when gathering ideas on how to get creative with your images.
Photo manipulations are a great source for inspiration, generally because designers are able to express their creativity through various aspects of design.
Several of the following images contain illustrative elements, while others display a more realistic approach.
So here are 40 of the most incredible examples of photo manipulation.

Which ones are your favorites? Please feel free to post links to other examples in the comments’ area below…

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- http://blog.insicdesigns.com insic
  ahaha foot face is amazing and the head for sale.
- http://www.thisiswilson.com Michael Wilson
  Most are pretty great – but some are sub par at best, most of the first few – it gets better down the way though. Big fan of the Perrier one, fantastic work.
- http://ashishlohorung.com.np Ashish Lohorung Rai
  I liked the road being pulled……great collection…
- http://www.vmalni.com Buzzlair Voufincci
  awesome! i like the girl with the umbrellas.
- http://www.pubdomains.com Pubdomains
  I would like to rate them in the following order –
  #1 Panther – Big cat has come up really well in this picture manipulation
  #2 Cig with ashed city also is an excellent snap and a very well conceived idea.
  #3 Lost in the maze of roads !!! Just Amazing…
  Regds,
  Veena
- http://www.orphicpixel.com orphicpixel
  jeez! i want to have my own collection of these one, how many days will i do for a 5 images? i love this collections
- Atef AlShehri
  I like it ..
  This is in Saudi Arabia ..
  http://jjasso.deviantart.com/art/CIGAR-CITY-45079575
- http://blog.fazai38.com Fazai38
  Beautiful.. fantasy yet so real.
- http://www.embed-design.com/ Oliver
  Wow these looks just great. Awesome selection
- http://www.crearedesign.co.uk Adam
  I used to do a bit of photo-manipulation before getting a full time job, it’s amazing what effects you can achieve. I gotta say though none of mine were as good as those above, outstanding quality. That twisted road one is phenominal.
- http://www.crystalvisions.nl Marc
  I’d be curious to see the original pictures to see what they started out with. Very impressive indeed.
- http://www.csswebsites.nl/ CSS Websites
  Most of them are really great!
- http://www.empfehlenswert-wien.at erk
  very good work
- http://renespics.funpic.de RenesPics
  WoW! Just WoW..Amzing Photo Manipulations. Great Collection I like i =)
- http://mesotheliomacancernewsinformation.blogspot.com/ Elena
  Nice creativity. Really superb. I am very much excited
- http://www.sicanstudios.com Alex C.
  Some great manipulations there! Awesome work!
  Thanks for sharing!
  Regards!
- matt
  the pics didnt work for me??
- http://www.davidhellmann.com David Hellmann
  really great stuff!
- http://blog.karolzielinski.com Karol Zielinski
  Incredible photos! I’m really impressed!
- http://www.imajalah.com appleKrowak
  soooooo amaziiiiiinnnnnggg… i loooovvveeeee themmmm
- Marta
  I`ve got three favourites: the woman in club (Perrier), the pulled road and the lost roads but I think, most are really great!
- http://www.colormysky.com ColorMySky
  Images are erroring for me on IE7.
- http://freelancercrowd.com/tutorials/clients-to-be-aware-of.html Crowd
  Great works
- http://www.binnewies-partner.com Christian
  I love the one with the streets, realy amazing…
- http://www.distrasdesigns.com Mike Distras
  Not many things genuinly make me impressed, but some of these are absolutly amazing.
  Agree with one of the other coments though, some are below par, but still good!
- http://lenss.nl Lana
  tutorial of flaming lady is hier
  http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/how-to-create-a-flaming-photo-manipulation/959
- http://lenss.nl Lana
  water people tutorial is here
  http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/create-amazing-photomontages/426
- http://www.asponesgroup.com Nelson Campos
  Perfeitos!
- http://AskKristi.com Kristi Sayles
  I liked the headless guy-now, how could he see to choose? lol
- http://route66today.blogspot.com Russ
  Very impressive photos. I’d like to learn more about the techniques and software used. A tutorial would be nice, as would some comments on the techniques/inspirations for various photos.
- gilles
  page does not load on my ms ie 7.0.5730.11 FR on xp sp1
  (none of the 40 images are shown)
  load ok on firefox
  load ok on opera
- http://www.koda-creative.co.uk Jaso
  Panther head is amazing. I wonder how people think of the ideas for some of those in the first place. Surreal.
- http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter
  @gilles, @ColorMySky, @Matt: all problems with the images should be corrected by now. Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience.
- http://pasaro.110mb.com/granada/granada.html Paul
  Heads for sale is the best one.
- Jason Miller
  I love the one with the mashed up road and also the one with the sheet road being pulled but all these images are really amazing and makes me want to attempt my own photo manipluations.
- http://www.searchantigua.com Ken Shipley
  the 5th photo is amazing i might use that on my site if anyone is interested in following me @searchantigua
- Nina
  awesome! the supermarket/head one isn’t that diffucult though… but the road mash one is fantastic!
- http://www.terryreeves.com Terry Reeves
  Some people are talented beyond belief.
- http://www.brushthis.com Liora
  That leopard is especially interesting. I see it was made with a photo, paintshop pro and plugin filters. It has very intricate 3D effects, a very powerful image.
- Marika
  Nice ones too!
  http://fotoshoot.nl/portret.php
- Andra
  My fav is the one showing the African child, with the dehydrated skin. For me, it is very suggestive in showing the drought and its effects in Africa.
  Congrats to the artists!
- http://www.psprint.com/stickers-labels Ashely Adams : Sticker Printing
  It’s a very enjoyable list. Warped imagination, inspired madness, pure genius – no matter how you try to describe these creations, one thing is certain. They are fantastic! Just makes us aware how much we love conformity. Anything out of the ordinary strikes us with a magnitude that’s really surprising.
- http://www.b3ckstage.com B3ckstage
  Awesome blog !
- http://www.psdvault.com James Qu
  Absolutely amazing works!!! Great collection, thank you Walter! Now I have some new inspiration for my next project!
- http://www.aledesign.it aledesign.it
  Incredible! Amazing! I don’t have words… Fantastic, fabulous!!!!!!!
- http://www.madeiraholidays.net madeira
  hard to see how some use photography at all – seems GFX only – but they still look stunning
- http://www.deerawan.com deerawan
  awesome and beautiful…the road is my favourite…gr8
- http://javacikiz.blogspot.com/ javacikiz
  Perfect!!
- http://www.e11world.com e11world
  I wonder what types of plugins/filters they used to get these effects. I don’t think it’s just standard photoshop/corel or whatever they used. Really nice work!
- Billiam
  Here is one that should be there.
  http://mayhem-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/070519/21/464f9edd5e8c9.jpg
- http://review-center.net/ bodyweightloss
  what a wonderful collection of plugins………
- http://metalonic.com Silas
  Wow stunning
- http://www.myspace.com/khanyisilemayekiso KHANYI
  damn amazing stuffs…the man on the stick and the road lost nice stuufffsssss…what SPECIAL PLUGINS ARE THESE????
- http://www.coolershaker.com Cool pictures
  Wow, these blew me away…awesome collection. Thanks for sharing
- http://www.bombchell.com Bombchell in Atlanta
  so much great work.
- Carlos MV
  just wow
- MacDX1
  It’s just Perfect!!!~~~
- Donnellbastard
  Too bad digital manipulation isn’t real photography and shouldn’t even be called as such. Real talent comes from shooting real scenarios, real people, real objects. These people have a great imagination, and a great talent, but it just shouldn’t be called photography. Ansel Adams is a real photographer, not these artists…
- http://www.jmorcoinc.com/projects.html Jdanceproject
  Wow! freaky cool!!
- http://fiddler.over-blog.de Daniel
  I totally love the first one! Very nice collection again – there’s nothing like a cool WDD-list at the end of a hard day
- http://www.agemcja-mojito.pl mojitopl
  a great place to get inspirations and understand how much I suck!
- http://designstudentdiary.wordpress.com Ioanis
  The first one is fantastic. All round great list!
- sokutchi
  very cool i enjoy it >>
- http://www.dell.com ChrisBatDell
  Absolutely beautiful work… truly inspiring =)
  Chris Byrd
  Dell Digital Life Evangelist
  Follow me on Twitter @ChrisBatDell
- Marcus
  Wow!
- http://www.consumedconsumer.org Consumed Consumer
  two are with cigarettes, and more than two with “mineral” water.. you can tell where the big marketing budgets are
- GW
  I especially like one of the fellow pulling the road behind him. I don’t know that I’d call these photo manipulations; some look like they were painted using an illustration program.
- craig
  I was wondering if you could purchase a print of one of these. I would definitely pay some money to get a poster version of 2 or 3 if it cost $20-$30 per copy.
- http://www.svruhestestvenoto.com val mykov
  Don Quixote; walking “tree-man”; foot face… especially – The Choice of a Head (creativetempest/3210475627/) – are amazing…
  And many, many others also…
- http://www.happybruno.com Bruno
  Wow. Every one of these manipulated pictures look fantastic. Very inspirational.
- http://www.eburhan.com eburhan
  amazing !!!
- wesh
  Here’s the original of the exploding girl (Hayden Panettiere)
  http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/gotmilk/29461/images/29461-hi-Hayden.jpg
- Glyn
  All fantastic shots. Love the tangled road.
- ami
  i really like the one with the guy dragging the road! very cool
- FRANK ACOSTA
  EXCELLENT….EXCELLENT…..
- Marty
  Love the one of the man and the dead tree!
- gaby
  I like the disco ball melting!!
- http://album.eddiemak.com eddie
  you are just brilliant!!!
- http://jatmikajati.blogspot.com/ jatmika
  nice job
- Aykut
  Great!
- david
  GEESHHH… Im so sick of going to comments and see people screaming about the pics being photoshopped… like you guys know. These are real pics and all you posers screaming about pixels… get a life… I have seen some of these in real life.
  heheheheheee… sorry. I just had to.
- http://whoseowncountry.blogspot.com/ scorpiogenius
  Some of them are freaky…eerie..loved the umbrellas and the girl…
- http://www.tazman.ro/ TazMan
  cool
- etaichil
  Cool….. its so amazing!
- http://usefuldocs.atponweb.com/2009/03/effective-gooooogling.html Jagadish
  Pictures are awesome…. I couldn’t stop showering praises on the one who designed these.
- http://sacredspace.atponweb.com/2009/06/gayatri-mantra.html Priya
  Simply Superb …
- Alter Ego
  So great!
- http://internet-creatives.com Andrea
  Absolutely incredible work. Who has that type of imagination to even conceive of some of those ideas?
  The picture of the girls in a nightclub, melting, is amazing. Really conjures up the concept of a really ‘hot’ night!
- Sandesh Shinde
  ohh….wowwwwwwwwwww….. awesome work really unbelivable…… excellent keep it up
- Efe
  Amazing stuff. …..aaaaaaaaargh…when am I gonna get this good?
- http://modernvacuum.com Scott
  Awesome pictures. It takes some real time and dedication to come up with these amazing manipulations!
- http://animatrick.com Animatrick
  some of them are really breathtaking .
- http://www.businessabcpages.com Online Directory
  Wow! amazing stuff. Very inspirational.
- Ashutosh (India)
  well well well mind blowing work! What an Idea sir G !
- http://robinferianto.com robb
  rainbow smoke is gotta be the best.
  great pics all of them.
- Nahia
  OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG VERY NICEE, I love it!
- Sheila
  Wow! all are amazing! I like the one searching for the head.
- Rakesh
  Hi!
  All works are awesome. I really like those effects and m also keen to create effects like that. So, pls help me to create thease type of effects or guide me how can i able to create that kind of effects.
  once again. Great work.
  Waiting for your quick reply.
  Thanks and Regards
  Rakesh
- http://www.bendayan.se Pierre
  Cool post!
  This is my contribution to the list:
  http://www.bendayan.se/2009/08/21/en-riktig-usb-thumbdrive/
  cheers!
- shahenda
  amazing………)
- http://www.ediedson.com Mônica
  Very creative artist!
- Erin
  Great technical mastery, it takes an awful lot of skill to pull most of these images off, and for that I can say bravo. On the other hand I thought a lot of these images were trite and lacked conceptual originality. How many times have I seen flame girl, or water girl? The image world is saturated by these, and I for one would like to see something else. A few were good and showed some interesting and unique ideas like the night club image and the road pulling, but overall they lacked ingenuity.
- http://vijayjoshi.org Vijay Joshi
  simply awesome. I liked the guy pulling the road and man searching for head.
- http://www.acunaphotography.com David Acuna
  The Leopard in color is AMAZING!!!
- Mike Meyers
  Wow you must be cool.
- pesho
  amazing collection thanks
- Jacob Radja
  i thought these were all very well put together the way u combined some of this stuff was completely seamless i loved every one of them in fact if u dont mind id like to use sum as wall papers
- http://blog.roo13.de individualisa
  Wow, amazing pictures… I wish I would be as good in Photoshop as these people are…
- efemeris
  how about this one? http://eligodesign.deviantart.com/art/REQUIEM-115717579
- http://www.alejandroperazzo.com/ Alvaro Hernandorena
  OMG incredible, the road one is great.
- http://www.fotostudio-kowalski.de Martin
  Just GREAT!
- http://www.triond.com/users/missy1549 Melissa
  wow, those were awesome!!! i loved the cat pic the most tho!
  how about this pic~ http://kimixmiyako-chan.deviantart.com/art/Final-Strike-142452259
  my friend made…XD
- http://www.aydesign.net web tasarım
  would like to rate them in the following order –
  #1 Panther – Big cat has come up really well in this picture manipulation
  #2 Cig with ashed city also is an excellent snap and a very well conceived idea.
  #3 Lost in the maze of roads !!! Just Amazing…
- http://azizuanaziz.blogspot.com Azizuan Aziz
  that colorful smoke is totally amazing
- http://www.moinid.com Web Ideas
  Beautifl compilation of photos
- http://www.computerandgadgets.com Gadgets
  Wow these are some impressive artistic interpretations. Some of these are off the charts. I wish my photoshop skills were up to this level.
- duarte andrade
  loved it! i liked particularly of the one where the roads get into a knot (sorry about my english: i`m portuguese). the work shown is quite inspirational and beautiful. i can`t acess the technical merits, but the visual feeling and the ideas portrayed in these pictures make me feel to privileged to see them. Thank you for sharing your work and allowing me to live a moment of beauty!
- http://www.ivyblue.net Ivy Blue
  See Jeffery Scott’s Work.
  Mindbending Manipulations: http://factory1019.com/
- an_unquiet_mind
  gorgeous, what a great collection…
  if you enjoyed them too then you might like these….
  http://www.chrismcfall.com/albumart.html
- http://tayomismo.com Sikat ang Pinoy
  wow.. it’s really amazing. where can i find tutorials for this?
- http://diggtheweb.blogspot.com/2009/12/find-fastest-dnsdomain-name-server-near.html kxhitiz
  Great , love it.
- http://www.lucygrafham.com Lucy Grafham
  Talent! How can you pick a favourite? Each one makes me green with envy. Would have loved to be on the creative team of any of these.
  Stumbled Upon. Added to Favourites. Fabulous x
- Stuart
  How did you go about creating the Panther one? it is amazing!
- http://www.myspace.com/_rachaelpage_ Rachael
  Love the ladie in the woods, very classic fairytale id love a pic like that in my portfolio, also the melting, comic and road
  great work
- Pieter
  All brilliant!!
  Some people have such wonderful imaginations and obviously a lot of skill and patience. Most inspiring. My congratulations to all the artists.
- Danny Boy
  Matt are you serious, this stuff is way cool.
- a person
  holy crap, this is freaking amazing!
- michelle
  Looking for a photo manipulation artist to edit wedding photos.
- http://www.presetsheaven.com Pierre
  Hi Michelle.
  I’m the founder of presetsheaven.com
  Contact me on my site if you’re still interested.
  Best regards,
  Pierre
- http://justsearchmynameonfacebook John Greg Amores
  Hi i’m John Amores from Australia
  I like the photo were the hammer was turn like into pieces when it hit the glass. lol
- http://www.bloggs74.com/ Cathy
  oh….thats really fantastic
- http://www.hybridlava.com/ Ferguson
  very nice photo manipulation…genius stuff
- apple
  OMg these are amazing
- http://www.litmusonline.com/logo-design.aspx logo design portfolio
  Really, it’s called creativity. If someone wants to know the mean of creativity, show this page. He definitely get the real mean of creativity.
  Thanks for sharing it here.
- http://g33kpr0n2.com chris
  Wow… some clearly more interesting than others, but each one still balls-tastic in it’s own right! =o
- http://webbyarts.com Mohanraj
  This is really good. Adding to this have a look @
  http://www.webbyarts.com/photography/48-ultimate-photo-editing-manipulation-for-graphics-inspiration.html
- http://www.wearingrainbows.com/mens-waistcoats-ties-c-2659.html Billy
  these are fantastic, great work!
- http://ram1990ece@gmail.com Ramavtar
  really awesome pics
  you’ve done very fantastic manipulation
- http://www.kivancakdeniz.com Kıvanç Akdeniz
  tree-man is really awesome!
- http://www.clippingimages.com Shamima Sultana
  excellent work…
  really great to see these work
- Ganiesh Hegde
  Just Outstanding…………….
- http://www.grafikrim.com/katalog_brosur_tasarimi.html katalog tasarim
  I think not break the glass of the most beautiful .. very realistic .. I love .. Thanks ..
- http://www.psyched.be/wordpress Darkened Soul
  All of it, nice work, liked the post alot. better than most of the stuff we see next to the road on them giant billboards… crap everywhere
- http://reflexivethougths.wordpress.com/ katchja
  I love the Dali inspired photo manipulation! when art meets cool designers…
- ega
  realy good ilove picture….May I know how to make???pleaseee
- Dan
  Alex Mercer in the 2 pic?
- anahita
  i love photo manipulation and please help me for work in style
- http://photos.jmleclercq.com jmleclercq
  Amazing collection !
- rohith
  too good.all r excellent.great creativity
- joel
  it is still an art form.this requires talent not in the way you cherish but still talent..dont be so biased..
- http://www.hanzray.com Hanz Ray
  Amazing Inspirations!
- http://www.fightstance.com/ reyven
  Epic manipulations! WoW! Thanks for sharing.
- http://www.claucebrianphotography.com/ fine art photography in Miami
  Maximum time my fillings, it is horrible … impossible …. and so on
- Cher
  I am inspired by the beautiful images you have posted! They’re truly amazing! I would like to add this one if I may! ; ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/intocreating/3777018994/#/photos/intocreating/3777018994/lightbox/
- http://www.asmussenfoto.dk fotograf asmussen
  I really love the one from mariano villalba. The one with the wooden horse. But all of the pictures are FANTASTIC!
- EmeraldJazz
  These are amazing. What softwares are you using? I have been wanting to create my character and scenes from my stories with photo manipulation, but so far, I have not found a good tool, or am too uneducated to use the ones I have found. Wish I was as good as you. Great work, and awesome imagination.
- http://www.burhanbasaran.com burhan
  Great photos
- http://www.better-digital-photo-tips.com/ Bruce
  Fascinating collection. There is a lot of great imagination and talent being displayed here.
  Keep them coming
- http://www.photomalaya.com Neezhom Photomalaya
  Thanks for the inspiration! great colllection
- http://klingpost.com Anila Arshad
  Wow its so beautiful and amazing images of manipulation…….Nice work
- Elvie
  wow! amazing mind… i love to learn how…
- dean
  beautiful and amazing images of manipulation…….Nice work
- Eric
  Pretty funny! You critique the work, yet you can’t even get the brand name of the water correct!
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