October 2013 ~ LA PENSINE MUTINE (EN)

Creep

Ey@el10/27/2013Song Lyrics No comments

When you were here before,
Couldn't look you in the eye.
You're just like an angel,
Your skin makes me cry.
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world.
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special!

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.

I don't care if it hurts,
I wanna have control.
I want a perfect body,
I want a perfect soul.
I want you to notice
When I'm not around.
You're so fucking special!
I wish I was special.

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.

She's running out the door.
She's running out,
She run run run run...

Whatever makes you happy,
Whatever you want.
You're so fucking special!
I wish I was special.

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't belong here.

Thom Yorke, 1992

A Spicer Crêpe

Below is my "Creep" spoof (originally written in French). Inspiration came from a video of the Q Awards ceremony featuring Thom Thumb and Ed A'Fleck. Wicked, I know, but since I'm not any taller than Thom, I guess the joke could also be on me. The title is actually a pun as in French "relevé" may translate both as "spicy" and "raised up".

Whenever you stand before me
I cannot look you in the eyes
You're just like a god
Your abs make me cry
You're towering like the Everest
Right above my head
I wish I were hunky
You're so fucking hunky

But I'm a crêpe, I'm an toad
What kind of hell am I living in
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have a leg extension
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect face
Whether or not you're around
I want to be noticed
You're so fucking hunky
I wish I were hunky

But I'm a crêpe, I'm an toad
What kind of hell am I living in
I don't belong here

He's running out smiling
And back again with a stool
So cool cool cool cooooooool

Whatever makes me happy
Whatever I want
You're so fucking hunky
I wish I were hunky

But I'm a crêpe, I'm an toad
What kind of hell am I living in
I don't belong here
I don't belong here

Meow

Ey@el10/17/2013Artwork No comments

A digital scrap page with a cut-out picture I took of my “neighbour” furry friend Meow, a lovely mischievous tomcat who often visits me when he's in the mood for playing tag^†. Nothing better to raise your vibration.

In a Big Country

Ey@el10/15/2013Song Lyrics No comments

I've never seen you look like this without a reason,
Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you.
I never took the smile away from anybody's face,
And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child.

In a big country, dreams stay with you,
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
Stay alive

I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime

In a big country, dreams stay with you,
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
Stay alive

So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you.
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted

I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime

In a big country, dreams stay with you,
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
Stay alive

Original text by STUART ADAMSON
© La Pensine Mutine. All rights reserved. Reproduction prohibited.

Voldemort

Ey@el10/11/2013Artwork, Movies No comments

To follow in the same vein and illustrate the theme of the day (sorry my article on Voldemort is only available in French for now), here's Voldemort and his Death-Eaters. I thought it would be nice to substitute blood red hues to the original cool pallid hues so as to expose (explode) the “true colours” of these blood-thirsty Satanists to the glow of hellfires.

Homecoming

Ey@el10/09/2013Artwork No comments

This graphic was created with five different colour pictures (photos and paintings) plus one in black and white. I mainly used layer blend modes, eraser tool, smudge brush, paying special attention to details such as light and shadows and the overall blending of colours.

Karma Police

Ey@el10/07/2013Song Lyrics No comments

Karma police
arrest this man,
he talks in maths,
he buzzes like a fridge,
he’s like a detuned radio.

Karma police
arrest this girl,
her Hitler hairdo
is making me feel ill
and we have crashed her party.

This is what you get,
this is what you get,
this is what you get,
when you mess with us.

Karma police
I’ve given all I can,
it’s not enough,
I’ve given all I can
but we’re still on the payroll.

This is what you get,
this is what you get,
this is what you get,
when you mess with us.

For a minute there
I lost myself, I lost myself.
Phew, for a minute there,
I lost myself, I lost myself.

For a minute there
I lost myself, I lost myself.
Phew, for a minute there,
I lost myself, I lost myself.

Thom Yorke, 1997

About this song

“It was a band catchphrase for a while on tour – whenever someone was behaving in a particularly shitty way, we’d say, ‘The karma police will catch up with him sooner or later,’” says Jonny. “It’s not a revenge thing, just about being happy with your own behaviour.” Thom laughs, “This is a song against bosses, fuck middle management!” “Karma Police” was debuted back in 1996 during the Alanis Morissette tour. Thom sang the line “This is what you’ll get” an octave higher than he does on the album, with brilliant results. Ed was the one who originally suggested they do a song based on the catch-phrase.

How to Apply Texture Effects on Photos

Ey@el10/01/2013Photo Editing No comments

This is an old tutorial from Nanson's Place for Paint Shop Pro but it can easily be adapted to any image editing software such as Photoshop, PhotoFiltre, GIMP, etc.

Materials

a colour picture preferably with great details and midtones

Instructions

1. Open a copy of the image you wish to manipulate.

2. Duplicate existing layer and run the One Step Photo Fix script. If you use a different program, you may adjust luminosity, contrast, saturation and sharpness to enhance the quality of your picture.

3. Duplicate this new layer and apply Topography effect :

Width = 2
Density = 2
Angle = 45
Color = white

Set layer blend mode to Lighten.

4. Apply Edge Preserving Smooth correction (Smoothing 2) then merge down your layer.

5. Colorise the resulting layer (Hue and saturation 35). Set blend mode to Burn and lower opacity to 70%.

NOTE: According to the picture used, you may need to adjust Topography density to a value comprised between 2 and 6. Same as for lowering opacity at the final step.

For the above portrait variation, I skipped step 5 (colorise) and lowered opacity to 53%. I also used the Smudge Brush on the top layer to reduce dark and over-texturised brown areas on the little girl's face and arms.