The Midnight Surgeon

So here's a somewhat darker caption I've been working on, sort of a throwback to my earlier captions back when this blog started last Summer. I've been morphing this particular image for ages, trying out different ideas, until a decent caption-idea came to me.

I often make multiple morphs of an image before settling on something I like and the rest gets lost in my huge picture folders. So this time I've decided to include a few of the other morphs I made, to give a sort of behind-the-scenes look at the process that goes into a completed caption and show you what gets left on the cutting room floor. Some of these aren't totally polished, but still look pretty good, in my humble opinion. :-)

The caption and the morphs are after the break, as always. Please let me know what you think of this approach. I personally have always enjoyed seeing the process elaborated on by other captioneers in the past, so hopefully some of you will also enjoy this. And as for the caption itself, I like the idea of a mad surgeon altering random women against their will, so I'll probably make a few more caps like this in the future. It's a good setting to explore some my darker surgical alteration ideas.

- B-Rex

The Finished Caption Itself

Firstly, the finished caption. My first attempt was a single column on the right side, as per usual, but I think splitting the caption into two columns was the right decision. Plus it cut about 100 pixels from the width.

The Full-size Finished Morph

The Original Image

I added the nose ring, puffed up the lips a bit, and tried to make the lower lip look only partially enlarged, and I added in the syringe. The original image is included, for comparison.That ring-shadow was tricky! But it is those little things that can really make or break a morph.

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Below are a few variations I made, before settling on the above morph. Ultimately, the final morph was the 14th variation. These are just a few of the more interesting ones.

A Few Piercings

I added a few piercings and darkened them a bit to fit the lighting better.

A Lot of Piercings

Then I tried adding a whole mess of piercings. I like the basic idea but never polished the morph, so the piercings are all the same and too bright to match the face.

A Little Tattoo For Fun

A More Gothic Tattooing

And of course, I always like forced tattooing. First I tried a simple embarrassing tattoo. Then I tried a bit more. I like how the tattooed eyeliner makes the eyes pop out, though the lips didn't work as well. I do like the idea of a forced Goth-ish transformation. Kind of an anti-Bimbo transformation, dark colors instead of garish pinks and reds.

Maybe a future victim will experience that in a caption. The Midnight Surgeon might even go so far as to capping her canine teeth, to help her fit in with the wannabe-vampire crowd. That could be lots of fun. :-)