Elephant Paint-Jobs picturesAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 25 image entries
Contest Directions:  [ Sunday marked the end of the last-week's anti-poverty "Barely Legal" art exhibit in LA, which included a live elaphant with a floral paint job. Even though the paint was composed of non-toxic bio-ingredients similar to the ones used in movie makeup, animal activists called it an 'animal abuse' and demanded that the elephant is cleaned immediately and sent back to the owner. They kept pressuring the exhibit organizers, interfered with the exhibit, and called the LA police until the exhibit organizers finally agreed to wash off the paint from the elephant. ]
Emotions aside, the female elephant was in many many movies, and is used to lots of makeup. And I'm not talking about Kirstie Alley here folks - animal activists protected her already. Exhibit organizers merely followed the old saying:
Give an elephant a good paint job - and get lots of friends.
Cross an elephant with a skunk - and get very few friends.
And I'm sure many guests prase them for doing the first part but not the second.
Last but not least, if someone should be happy about this elephant paint job, it's gotta be the Republicans. Because, by golly, in response Democrats will exhibit a painted ass (think Jimmy Carter).
I this contest you are asked to photoshop paint jobs on elephants. Paint jobs can be commercially oriented, or just any art paint jobs you like.
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Jackpot: 1st place: $20, 2nd place: $12 , 3rd place: $8
Started: 9/18/2006 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 9/20/2006 6:00:00 AM
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| | Animal rights activists are deeply upset about an elephant that has been spray painted as part of an art exhibit. The art exhibit has been created to protest world poverty. The painted elephant is named Tai. The paint that was used actually is made from flowers and was completely nontoxic. It was part of an exhibit by British artist Banksy as part of the Barely Legal exhibit. The exhibit is set at a warehouse in London. This exhibit is slated to run through Sunday, with the elephant present for the entire affair. There were famous faces at the opening of the event, including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Tai, the elephant, is owned by Kari Johnson and her husband. She maintains that there was nothing wrong about painting the elephant and that Tai was not harmed in any manner whatsoever. The Johnsons own an operation called Have Trunk, Will Travel which provides elephants for events such as the art exhibit against world poverty. Bill Dyer, the regional director for In Defense of Animals, visited Tai the elephant and the exhibit and concluded that while Tai was not under stress or mistreated per se, the painting on the elephant represented what he called an unnecessary exploitation of an animal. |
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