The Forrest Gump Project

The Forrest Gump Project

by @aislingberri

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February 4, 2022

“Good ole’ Forrest Gump. He always manages to find himself at the center of history, and using photo editing software, so can you. Find a historic photograph and place yourself into the scene, just like Forrest Gump.” Recognize this photo?...
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GUMP

by @PabloMccrimmon

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September 17, 2021

For my final visual assignment, I Forrest Gumped myself into a historical scene. The comedian Norm MacDonald died recently, and one of his most famous comedic legacies was endlessly mocking OJ Simpson and his infamous murder trial while on SNL. As a result, the first historical scene that popped into my mind was OJ Simpson’s […]
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Apollo 13

by @maymaygodek

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September 17, 2021

Here you can see me at the famous Apollo 13 launch which did not work out in about five days’ time yet all of the astronauts did survive. I used paint.net to cut myself in there then threw some noise edits on it to match the picture age then made myself grainy to almost look …
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Marty McFly, Guitar Hero

by @sincerelysterls

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February 7, 2020

Hello, and welcome back to my blog! This assignment is called “The Forest Gump Project” by Bill Genereux. It is worth 3.5 stars and contains the description: “Good ole’ Forrest Gump. He always manages to find himself at the center of history, and using photo editing software, so can you. Find a historic photograph and … Continue reading "Marty McFly, Guitar Hero"
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Me and the boys raising the flag at Iwo Jima

by @abiles11

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February 6, 2020

Me and the boys raising the flag at Iwo Jima.
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The Forest Gump Photo

by @samprice_ds106

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February 4, 2020

I love using photoshop, and especially when it involves photoshopping myself into photos so I was excited for this assignment. When I was looking for a picuture to photoshop myslef I found two I really liked so I decided to use both. The first one was a picture of President Kennedy with his wife. I chose this one because it was an older photo and I wanted to challenge myself to be able to edit my picture to match the old photo. To achieve this I put a black and white filter on the photo and then increased the “grain” […]
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Bird Magic

by @michaeldgs106

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September 5, 2019

For the Forrest Gump project, I superimposed my face over a Philadelphia . The 1983 finals ended in a 4 game blowout where the Los Angeles Lakers had no chance. The significance of this series isn’t too important to the game of basketball, the events that followed altered the course of NBA history. For the … Continue reading "Bird Magic"
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Me & MLK Jr

by @KaraDS106

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September 20, 2018

I decided to do the Forrest Gump Project because my son says “Barley” (the dog’s name) like “Bar-lay” and it always makes me think of Forrest Gump saying “Jenny.” It kills me every time. This project was a bit tricky for me because I couldn’t get the software to cooperate for a while. It kept making …
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I was there.

by @Darth_Pipe

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May 25, 2018

You ever see those old — like Renaissance old — paintings set side by side with famous people of today and the person in the painting looks exactly like the celebrity? Yeah, that’s because it is the celebrity. Okay here’s my admission. There’s a small group of immortals roaming the Earth. We tend to become famous because …
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