Manip
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| Synonyms: | photo manipulation, photomanip |
| See also: | fanart |
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A manip is a photo manipulation, often depicting TV and movie characters in situations different from canon. All manips have in common that they alter and manipulate the photo source in such a way that it shows something different than it did before. Manips can be used as fanfiction covers, banners, and illustrations, they are used in vids, icons, and multimedia installations, and of course they can stand on their own as individual artwork.
Sometimes external material is used which gave room to derisive comments like "head replacement pictures" (My hed iz pastede on yay) when this kind of fanart started to appear in the 1990s and some people felt uncomfortable about explicit manips because they appeared to be too close to RPF.[1][2]
The best know manip artists in the mailing list age of online fandom were The Theban Band, with their highly refined homoerotic manips in several fandoms. Since then better tools made it easier to produce high quality manips, and more and more fanartists have turned to this kind of creative expression.
Examples for different styles and fandoms
- Of the Earth by newkidfan, a Merlin manip (half drawing, half collage)
- Master and Commander by beeej, a Master & Commander/Stargate Atlantis crossover manip
- Zelenkamatch.com by LillyJK and newkidfan, a comic strip using screencaps from Stargate Atlantis
- Escape Velocity by dogeared and aesc, another comic using screencaps from Stargate Atlantis, for the artword lj challenge community
References
- ↑ Michelle Christian. RPS, Boybands, and Dead Guy RPS posted 06/21/03 (accessed 3 Jan 2010)
- ↑ Justine. I Don't Believe in Real People posted 03/04/03 (accessed 3 Jan 2010)
