Well, I was inspired by that to make these:
Well, it's not my best work. Let's leave it at that.
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OK, let's not leave it at that. Here are the things wrong with the graphic:
First, I'm using the following two source images:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_LaZEnuvfnfsqJqB9DLHPmVISYrt5pyzYjKLPm_bKCyDXdBQ5IGnhcBzAbDqcgDtRMzcC2ackYLHPP49qybZTYWhRPnE0IX0cPJVrJFQ-hdFbVwRL9oruHj0pfHBX54FRh_r/s200/cthulhu.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHx1ha2SUcg-2fTedJkWvq4JTI2CHYDGHrb1loPoVUhQYCNinn9SQjh_2cC7-OC2ZeAUXWJQ6qRKiBBisKdGJs6JieovqX_QSlKCITIthK01HDW5im435Mn0npla0ACwtRDn0/s200/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg)
Now, first off, I should have looked harder for a Cthulhu image. This one is ... kind of blurry. Which is not a good starting place. But I had FSM reaching out left and Cthulhu reaching out right (or perhaps dropping a guy?)... too good to pass up.
But then, I combined them into this image:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8xABfATuJaBvl0zjrwIHMCqO0ah6qN6eeXBxQoSGC_WQEhq4IwdvmLb9waLUuMY9wqUHyfSZ3DoAv0daBby7LLSr95x20crrNtp6iroJwgWyHK218VR2iPq9RM89bMHyB95Z/s200/fsm_cthulhu.png)
There are a number of problems with this image. Who can spot one of the major ones?
Here's a hint: Look at Cthulhu's head.
Hint #2: Look at the crack.
The crack stops at his head! What what what? If this is supposed to be a painting, HOW does the crack mysteriously stop right at his head?
Of course the answer is that I pasted Cthulhu over the original image. And I'm lazy. And I didn't notice. So there it is.
*UPDATE*
Well, of course, I couldn't let it stand at that, now could I? ^_^ I found a better Cthulhu image:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2CqHpGalGl4O7BFTMMC7eJYr4-dDxE5NT2F4pr930nkMhlhkNxWV9yejY1D433zApks1VLDv4dM0NgKsjMOl_KVXbgxTPHkOD1nmfPrB6U8lAkL4OipPhSuTgD5sdexVxUel/s200/Cthulhu+alt.jpg)
AND learned about color matching. And learned new tricks for transparent layers. So, the updated version is:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIZZCvpOBjK3rETeT63Bq5a-6ci66HFCztGskbyCts7Qx6Swtye0bFLFcnnI2RIJT3bD-ObcE1iOHoLrFds4RZhd239uyxVIf6X9ipCnkStGo5nftdQYGNHvycV1O2v2bYizn/s320/NEW+FMS-Cthulhu.png)
There are still problems (there always are). Look at the buildings/rocks in the bottom right. Yeah, that's all messed up. But overall, I think it looks much better now. ^_^
Now I just need a campaign slogan....