Recent photos of Adam Lambert

[pensnest]

Hmmm.





There's no denying the image is pretty. But in all the squee I've been seeing on the Glambert comms, nobody seems to have commented that the boy has been Photoshopped so hard he doesn't actually look much like Adam Lambert any more. He's turned into an adorable little waif (look at that slender chest! Where does he get the breath to sing the way he does?) with flawless skin and no substance.

Do we really need our idols to be artificial? Really?

Comments

[copracat]

I'm not in the fandom, but I've seen plenty of pix. That doesn't look like him.

[pensnest]

Yeah - when I first saw the picture, my thought was "Oh, pretty boy. Wonder who - wait, that's Adam?"

[sperrywink]

I thought the same thing. I sometimes save pictures of Adam, but I gave these a miss. Too photoshopped and too unreal.

They don't look like him and they don't do anything for me.

[pensnest]

I think it was PHotoshopped by someone who doesn't like the way Adam Lambert looks. Kinda ridiculous, really.

[stripped]

If you hadn't said it was Adam, I wouldn't have recognized him. It really looks like awkward photoshopping, too, like his head is too large for his body. And I swear they took two photos from two different perspectives and then smushed them together for that effect, so hid body could seem smaller, and that's a shame. Adam's not a small teensy boy, and that's one of the wonderful things about him. He's got a very real look, under all the glam.

[pensnest]

Yeah - Photoshopped with a trowel. I don't know why anyone thinks this is necessary - you're right, he doesn't look like this, he looks *better*. It makes me quite sad to see so many fans excited about it, all things considered.

[rikes]

Yeah, the entire photoshoot was just ruined. I did enjoy the behind the scenes video, as his head to body ratio is still normal. :D

http://vimeo.com/channels/faultmagazine/39009900

[pensnest]

I wonder if it is photographers feeling the need to show off how clever they are, or something? I'm sure there are better ways to do it—like, actually being clever with the pictures they take.

Link didn't work, btw.

[rikes]

Hmm. How about this? http://vimeo.com/channels/faultmagazine/#39009900

[pensnest]

That's better - thanks.

[marylex]

Wooooowwwwwww. I cannot believe the way they've pared down his jawline and slimmed his face. It actually makes the top of his head look too big for the bottom portion of his face. I wonder if there's a GIANT BRAIN in there.

That is some ridiculous shit, right there.

[pensnest]

I think his entire head looks way too big for his skinny little body. Pfffft.

I like making icons - I'd rather have a not-Photoshopped-to-hell-and-back image to start with!

[jerakeen]

But he's so pretty as he is! Why are they doing this to him! *sadface*

[pensnest]

Rendering him generic does not seem to be a good choice. :-(

[vae]

...I hadn't seen this photo and would NOT have identified it as Adam. That is 'shopped to hell. Where's his jaw? His LIFE? His balance and power and... HIM?

[pensnest]

Exactly so! It's just so weird. And, on the comm where I saw it, everybody else seems to think it's just pretty! Oh well.

[vae]

It might be pretty, but it sure as hell ain't Adam.

[chalcopyrite]

...They do not appear to have interfered overmuch with the shape of his ears?

Ahaha, I love ("love") how his chest is still putting tension on his shirt buttons, even though there is now NO CHEST.

[pensnest]

Yes indeed, size XXS, which somehow can't be right!

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

His skin on his face kind of freaks me out, actually. MORE IS NOT BETTER WITH PHOTOSHOP.

[pensnest]

Photoshop with a bleedin' TROWEL. Not good.

[pensnest]

Yeah - the 'flaws' on a person are what make that person interesting. This represents him as a 19-year-old waif, and that is not a description that fits Adam Lambert! It's not good.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

I can't believe they actually CHANGED THE SHAPE OF HIS FACE. Do they think we don't know what he looks like?

[pensnest]

I assume it was photoshopped by someone who doesn't actually like what Adam looks like, because there's no other excuse!

[zillahseye.livejournal.com]

FIND THE POD

[pensnest]

The more I look at this picture, the worse it gets.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

nobody seems to have commented that the boy has been Photoshopped so hard he doesn't actually look much like Adam Lambert any more.

OMG Thank you! That was the first thing I thought.... Photoshop much?

[pensnest]

Yeah. I mean - what? It's so ridiculous.