Petiar.sk: Photoshop Disasters

Lars Nilsson loved his new cabin cruiser, bought for a song from the mysterious stranger with the hideous scar tissue on his forehead.  The cloaking device was just icing on the cake.


Layer off, layer on!  Heh-heh… this looks funny!  Layer off, layer on!  Ha-ha-ha!  Layer off—what?  Ten minutes ago?  Hold on… There.  Saved, exported, and e-mailed to the publisher.  Happy?

Thanks Kitty!  This picture came from a bank with an offer to enter a competition in which you could win tickets for the Stockholm international (stealth?!) boat show.

Dudley learned everything he knows about graphic artistry through years of experience writing ransom notes.
Is this one of those automatically generated models that we've come to expect from H&M?

Thanks Nicole. You can see the original on the J.Crew website.

The staff at the Mildendo Grand Hyatt in Lilliput was friendly and cheerful by nature.  It was only during Spring Break when the ancestors of Gulliver descended upon them in droves that both patience and plumbing were pushed to the limit.


Sweet!  These are the sorts of PSD’s we all live for! I feel like a kid set loose in a candy store.  What cries out for cynical mocking more: The ‘splash’ effects that defy all known laws of physics, or perhaps the amateurish cut-n-paste jobs absent any shadows whatsoever?  And what is that red glob where the woman’s hand meets pool water, a reaction to urine?

Thanks Margi. You can see the original on the Las Faluas site.

Aside from her obvious challenge of finding clothes to hide her freakishly long hips, Siobhan was scouring the Internet in search of a chiropractor who did not charge on a per-vertebra basis.

Maybe it’s just some sort of optical illusion, but to my eyes, that right leg of hers appears to be about eight inches lower than it ought to be.  Photoshop has great tools to fix flaws such as these, and I continue to hold that failing to employ said tools can make for just as much of a ‘disaster’ as does abusing them. 

Thanks Roxane. You can see the original on the Modatoi site.

Stealing the spotlight at this year’s Home and Garden Expo was the newest innovation in flooring.  Tiny sensors and microprocessors within the black, glossy tile instantly compare footwear with the latest fashion trends and filter out anything unacceptable from the reflection, as it has correctly done here with these very retro and out-of-date flip-flops.


Had the camera line with this photo been close to or at floor level, I might have said no PSD. Toes that are slightly set back from the edge of a sandal would reflect enough light to be visible from a low enough angle, but no way from this height.  The GA needs to bone up a bit in that area.  It still, however, does not explain why the thong portions of the sandals were left out of the effect.

Thanks Caroline. You can see the original on the Abercombie & Fitch homepage.

Over the last two weeks we’ve received the image below from a lot our readers and we’ve been debating here in the office as to whether it’s actually a disaster or not. I'd like for you to pay attention to the positioning of the models legs and to cast your vote as to whether this is a PSD or not.

-No reading the comments before you vote or looking at the votes already submitted.  


I think they should have

Newly divorced and alone, Susan was talked into joining the company bowling team.  Her very first strike came when she imagined the woman he’d left her for as the head pin.


Obviously, this is a quick-and-dirty print promo for some ‘happy hour’ event across the pond, so I’m not going to condescend a whole lot about the amateur quality.  I do, however, feel insulted that they expect us to believe that women of this caliber on the hotness scale hang out at bowling alleys which lack the budget required for either quality marketing staff or occasional painting of the pins.

Thanks Michael. The original can be found in a number of bowling alleys in Augsburg, Germany

Introducing AfterPet®! The realistic, lifelike image of your family’s furriest member.  AfterPet® helps you keep your children in the dark about your pet’s personal 'green mile' until they’re safely into their self-involved teen years.  Simply place the custom AfterPet® image of your eternally happy pet on a stranger’s sofa, in a strange car, or laying in a meadow on that ‘wide-open ranch’ where you told them she went to live, snap a quick photo, and upload it via your mobile device with a note: “Ginger misses you!”


I’m assuming the product in this ad is the protective blanket upon which the non-existent mutt is laying.  I’m also assuming that nobody connected to this print shoot owned a dog any cuter than a Rottweiler, hence the decision to assign the snot-nosed intern to cut and paste in a Golden Retriever with a bootleg copy of Photoshop rather than hire a professional with the skills to make it look, uh… professional.

Thanks Jesse. You can see the original on the Kmart site.

It seems Wonder Woman’s bracelets are more than just indestructible.  Apparently, they also have the power to increase the length of her arms to inhuman proportions.  No doubt this comes in handy when feeling around for invisible airplanes.


Eeyugh!  This graphic is simply too much everything – too long here, too straight there, two too-big boobs, and just way too smooth everywhere!  The only thing left to wonder about is how anyone with too little skill lands such a sweet graphics job.

You can see the original on the Grazia Facebook page.

Though embarrassed by his mutation as a child, Paolo Ivanovich Petrovsky grew up to appreciate the advantages of being the living embodiment of the term ‘Roman hands and Russian fingers.’


I’m thinking the GA couldn’t decide which hand placement looked better, left both layers visible, saved as a draft, and got fired before completion.  Then the bean-counter supervisor gave it a quick glance and mistakenly determined it was ready.  Either that or it was the product of a brief dabbling in graphic arts by Silvio Berlusconi.

Thanks Filippo!

Whaddaya think you’re lookin’ at, human!  I still get twice as much action as you!


We weren't really sure where to start with this cat as it almost doesn't seem real or maybe it was just assembled wrong.  We believe they've done a little stretching on the cat's tongue or maybe it's some sort of strange cat food.

The original was found by Israpil. The PSD was produced by Attica a German cat food. You can check out our red image gallery to see the marked up version if you can't see the PSD.

Over the last year the US and the UK has moved to ban the use of Photoshop within cosmetic adverts but looking over the disasters we've received in the last year the worst abuses of Photoshop has actually come from state run organizations. 


Some of these disasters we’ve posted before, others we classed as Photoshop fails and decided to post them as a collection.

Three Levitating Chinese Government Officials



County mayor Li Ningyi and vice-mayor Tang Xiaobing are inspecting the newly constructed country road at Lihong Town.

Kremlin activists caught red-handed


Here we have a doctored photograph of Alexei Navalny to suggest he is being illicitly funded by a controversial anti-Kremlin oligarch.  The actually photo that was taken is below. [read more]


North Korean Altered Procession


This photo was taken from the funeral of Kim Jong-il and as you can see the camera men were removed from the photo. [read more]

Philippines officials Photoshop themselves into typhoon cleanup photo


Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways officials were left red-faced after it was discovered they had Photoshopped three officials into a typhoon cleanup photo. [read more]

North Korean Flooding in Pyongyang


AP withdrew this photo after having doubts that it might have been digitally altered. (KCNA) [read more]

Manipulation of traffic on the "peripherique" Paris by Denis Baupin (Ex Minister) 


The goal of the picture is to show the saturation of the traffic on the "peripherique" , the highway belt around Paris.[read more]

Canadian MP: Rathika Sitsabaiesan


I'm glad they moved to a PG version.

Tendering District Council: One Of Us One Of Us

Not a PSD. The guy on the left is just using one of those nifty new Velcro® shotgun belts. They’re all the rage with Tea Party attendees of Presidential campaign speeches. 

I know, I know.  There’s no hand gripping the shotgun.  What I can’t take my eyes off of, though, is what the girl is holding.  Is it just me, or is anyone else imagining Billy Bob Thornton in a lacy skirt?

“I picked up a Kaiser blade that was a-layin’ there by the screen door -- some folks calls it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade… French-fried ‘taters with mustard… mm-hm!”

Thanks Michael. You can see a larger version and the original on Amazon.

This is what happens when you hire graphic artists straight out of solitary confinement on a work-release program.


Big thanks to Meech for taking the photo and sending it into us.

While stud Carl Berger kicks criminal ass with a one-two punch of deadly accurate Mauser rounds and super-sticky sweat glands, partner Markus Maiwald lulls evildoers into complacency by reciting Tolle quotes from Stillness Speaks while blinding them with his patented Buddha Aura®.

*Writer's note: I researched this TV show, and used the actual names of the characters in the series.


How sad.  Even the Germans have been infected with formulaic American TV concepts.  And even worse than the obvious layer issues between rope and hand, as well as the overly bright sun apparently going nova behind Markus, is the way these two have been hooked up in such close proximity to each other.

The image is an advert for a new TV series. The head line of the ad is "Echte Kerle braucht das Land" which means something like "Real man our country needs".

Thanks Stefan for the scanned image and the translation. Check out our red circle image to see the PSD.

After enduring brutal torture by her captors including agonizing hours tied to a medieval ‘rack’ device, Mandy eventually gave up the codes.  “I was trained to endure much worse,” said the beautiful spy, “but when they told me they had my son Brandon, all that training went right out the window.”


With some of these PSD’s, I love to imagine possible scenarios that led up to the final result.  Like with this one, I imagine the GA intending to just tweak her arms with a tiny bit of stretching, and then amusing himself by yanking them out grotesquely, when suddenly he becomes inspired to join the Occupy movement and just saves and submits it ‘as is.’  Either that, or he had a one-night stand with the model in the graphic and just found out she gave him herpes.  It could happen.

Thanks Kat. The original was found in the Toronto Eaton Center. If you can't spot the PSD, you an check out the marked up image in our gallery.

This week Britney was getting a bit of a hammering for the following image. Do you think that Britney went through some radical diet or is this the work of a Photoshop magician?

Try not to look at the comments before you cast your vote.


I think this is the work of

As Beatrice approached the gleaming black limo waiting to carry her to her dream wedding, it suddenly occurred to her that she may have been a tad too liberal with the concealer.


What the hell?!  Being that this is a real estate listing, and adding to that the very desperate, even crazy state the market is in these days, I can only speculate that this disaster is less the fault of the GA, and more due to some screwball broker desperate to make a deadline who was adamant over the rain gutters and red front door being the top features that give the property its curb appeal.

Thanks for the great find Chris. 

Hello, Dr. Montoya?  Yes, it’s Luisa.  Listen, first of all, I want you to know how much I appreciate your working with my limited budget with regard to the hand reconstruction surgery.  Having said that…


The fascinating thing about this disaster is trying to figure out how in the world it came to be in the first place.  Did the GA accidentally delete a layer and have to build an entire hand from scratch?  Was the GA laid up in bed with the flu the day her drawing class focused on hands?  Is he a dyslexic Vulcan?  The mystery continues…

Thanks Jose. You can see the original on the JazzTel site.

Not a PSD.  This is actually a production still from the upcoming Star Trek sequel, working title:  Androids of Bikini Beach.  As you can see, several ‘Oscars’ and ‘Alices’ are visible, and each wears an identifying amulet with name and series number.  Fun cameo appearance by Amanda Seyfried, as well!


The Clone Stamp is one of my favorite tools.  And when combined with Color Erase and some simple alterations to hair, makeup, wardrobe, and posing, it’s not difficult to make five or six models look like a crowd of fifty.  However, let this disaster be a lesson to all about the inherent dangers of drinking and Photoshopping.  More often than not, sloppy use of this tool will slip through the cracks of the review phase and written off to double vision caused by one too many CranBAMS.

Thanks Fabien. The original was found on the DocNews website. You can check out our red image gallery if you can't see the marked up version.