Trump Distortions

The phrase “Trump distortion” sounds redundant, except this isn’t about what Trump says. It’s what he looks like — and doesn’t look like. I’ve been distorting his images with a remarkably simple photo illustration technique that I’ve been dabbling with for years. If you’re not sure what a “photo illustration” is, here’s an example: Here’s another: These are photo illustrations too: The first began as this photograph: The second as this: I made the first two in August. The other two are older. One is from Trump’s mugshot, but I’ve lost track of the other’s source. The changes are so extreme, I believe I easily clear the legal bar for meaningful transformation (though SCOTUS has left that annoyingly ambiguous). Here’s another, slightly less extreme example using a photo of Trump’s now former press secretary: According to Webopedia, a “photo illustration” is a “type of computer art that begins with a digitized photograph. Using special image enhancement software, the artist can then…