50 Photoshopped Advertising Designs – The Wonders and Blunders!!

Interesting ads brilliantly convey a brand’s message to its targeted audience and potential clients. Moreover, Photoshop techniques are used nowadays to make these ads more appealing and expressive. But, be careful…. Photoshop techniques can make the print ads look creative, funny, intelligent and at times a DISASTER. It does not only add more colors to your product advertisements but if used carelessly it can harm your brand’s strong image.

Using high quality Photoshop techniques, print ads can be turned out into big wonders but have you ever seen Photoshop blunders…check some here.
 
Don’t forget to tell which of these you enjoyed the most….Wonders or the Blunders?
 

Photoshop Blunders in Advertising Designs:

 
1) Dust Jeans – Let’s Hold Hands: The tagline suggests the gesture of holding hands but unfortunately the person, to whom other hand belongs, is missing in the picture.
Dust Jeans - Let's Hold Hands
 
 
2) Tiger Woods in Washington Post: The image shows a clear blunder with Phil Mickelson is standing in front of Tiger Woods and both players looking in opposite direction for the same ball.
Tiger Woods in Washington Post
 
 
3) Garnier: On a closer look of this Garnier Hair Color ad you will notice that the lady is not holding the cherries and the hands are shopped in.
Garnier
 
 
4) Torchwood: The image is a clear blunder as both hands are either right or left.
Torchwood
 
 
5) Pepsi Photoshop cans: The reflection is off. It should be straight-down parallel with the can, but actually leans forward.
Pepsi Photoshop cans
 
 
6) Lexar 8GB: The reflection of the SD card has "4GB" as the memory, not 8GB like in the picture.
Lexar 8GB
 
 
7) Azoogle: You can easily witness that the “Big Amount” check has been shopped in, as the check is missing in the reflection of car and man’s shadow.
Azoogle
 
 
8 ) Braking The Cycle:
The back wheel of the cycle is half gone but a failed attempt has been made to make it appear as a complete cycle.
Braking The Cycle
 
 
9) Unwigged & Unplugged: Two hands on the guy’s shoulders, both belong to the guy on the right somehow.
Unwigged & Unplugged
 
 
10) Paris-Match: You can only see the legs of a man behind Sawkozy who was later chopped out from the picture.
Paris-Match
 
 
11) StarGate: An additional lady face has been shopped on the right end.
StarGate
 
 
12) INFDaily: I don’t think I need to point out an additional hand at Beyonce’s back.
INFDaily
 
13) Studier in Halle:
Studier in Halle
 
14) Formoza:
Formoza
 
15) Nestle Loops:
Nestle Loops
16) Street Hear:
Street Hear
 
17) TuttoSport:
TuttoSport
 

Photoshop Wonders in Advertising Designs:

Talking about advertising designs, you always expect some great ideas and concepts to sparkle your eyes. Here are some vibrant, punchy and conceptually strong print ads, which you will regret if miss them.
 
Architect’07 Fair – Thai house hair
Architect’07 Fair – Thai house hair
 
Johnson & Johnson, Sundown
Johnson & Johnson, Sundown
 
Clinic All Clear – Smoke
Clinic All Clear – Smoke
 
Fifa Under 20 World Cup – Toronto
Fifa Under 20 World Cup – Toronto
 
McCormick – Chicken
McCormick – Chicken
 
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
 
Natural Mineral Water – Watermelon
Natural Mineral Water – Watermelon
 
Onitsuka Tiger – Shoe
Onitsuka Tiger – Shoe
 
PlayStation 2-Death by Ninja
PlayStation 2-Death by Ninja
 
SPI Insulating Windows – Ice
SPI Insulating Windows – Ice
 
WWF- Homeless Polar bear
WWF- Homeless Polar bear
 
Yamaha X-City – Elephant
Yamaha X-City – Elephant
 
Fly Emirates:
Fly Emirates
 
Tiger:
Tiger
 
Green Peace:
Green Peace
 
Coca Cola:
Coca Cola
Dunkin Donuts:
Dunkin Donuts
Ray Ban:
Ray Bax
 
Godiva:
Godiva
 
Nokia:
Nokia
 
M&M’s – Personalized M&M’s:
M&M's - Personalized M&M's
 
7up:
7up
 
Lifebuoy Handwash:
Lifebuoy Handwash
 
Nike:
Nike
 
Ashtanga Yoga Center:
Ashtanga Yoga Center
 
WMF Knives:
WMF Knives
 
Volkswagon:
Volkswagon
 
Event Brand:
Event Brand
 
Neonic Evolution Limited CCTV:
Neonic Evolution Limited CCTV
 
 
 
 
 

  1. Trevor Collins On September 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Well done spotting all the Photoshop design mistakes. It takes and eagle eye!

  1. Mondo Print On September 24th, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Thanks for sharing. A lot of wonders and blunders here. :)

  1. Manz On September 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    You certainly had me asking myself “WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE THEY THINKING!?”

    I can even see the reasoning behind some – like “Unwigged & Unplugged” – I imagine they couldn’t find a group photo they all liked of themselves, so some poor designer was asked to combine 2 photos and didn’t have a clue how to remove the extra hand! Or just over looked it! Shocking!!

    Thanks… you provided me with my morning laugh!

  1. Kevin On September 25th, 2009 at 7:54 am

    I don’t see anything wrong with the Torchwood image honestly, top hand’s pinky is right next to the bottom hand’s thumb which anyone can accomplish by putting your hands on top of one another palms down.

  1. BIG! On September 25th, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Not that it matters but the picture of Tiger and Phil wasn’t a mistake but an optical illusion. It was discussed in the comments of the picture and had links to the photographer that took it with the other photos he took at the same time.
    The picture of Beyonce is also just a weird angle. When you see the other photos that go with that you can see her backup dancers are wearing the same outfit and cause it to look like an extra hand because of the angle. It was also discussed in the photo comments.
    And finally, the picture from Spinal Tap’s website(Unwigged & Unplugged) is under debate as to if it’s really bad photoshop or just their humor based on their fake band.

  1. STRAIGHTALK On September 25th, 2009 at 9:22 am

    I must say that if You have not highlighted those mistakes I would of never even noticed them..

    How someone said earlier must have an Eagle Eye to spot them..

    I think it takes great ability to make even those with the errors… I suck @ photoshop!

    Norman Flecha
    http://www.151years.com

  1. Svan On September 27th, 2009 at 11:54 am

    Thanks for the share.

  1. cypherbox On September 28th, 2009 at 3:48 am

    These are awesome. I love the post. Thanks for sharing. =)

  1. Margo On September 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    I liked the blunders best – amusing to see the things that were missed.
    Must say, however, that some of the wonders truly impressed me with their creativity.
    Natural Mineral Water – Watermelon,
    GreenPeace and the Ad for Toronto World Cup were among my favorites.

  1. zoe On September 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    I really like the photoshop images, the ones that are bad are really bad and it amazes me that these weren’t picked up on before they were published. But the good photoshop images are really good high quality images.

  1. I.D. Zine On September 30th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    I definitely do believe Photoshop is not an easy tool to master but if these have been modified using the software, the jobs needed a second eye. Loved the wonders section, actually enjoyed each piece because the message in those ads were not only memorable, but some of them also had a simple, clean, and to the point message.

  1. nandoism On October 1st, 2009 at 6:33 am

    Your posts are always so fun to look at. It’s like an explosion of fun,each and everytime.

  1. Need Logo Design On October 1st, 2009 at 9:38 am

    These were great — both the blunders and wonders! The talent (and carelessness) out there is amazing.

  1. BlindAcreMedia On October 1st, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    These are very well done. I can’t believe some of the ‘mishaps’ on the first ads.

  1. Don Elliott On October 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    This is an entire list of good reasons not to rush a designer! Some of those mistakes are AMAZING.

    On the wonders though, the yoga one is a bit disturbing….

    Nice collection.

  1. Realtor On October 4th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    Thank you for another great post.
    I look forward to many more entries with high quality info.
    I’m a marketer myself and your information always seems to get my business brain going!!

  1. elisa On October 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    These are great, I was skimming through them and didn’t notice the second set was great examples of Photoshop and after a few I kept wondering why you had put those on because I found nothing wrong with them. LOL.

  1. Clippingimages On October 6th, 2009 at 6:13 am

    Thanks for sharing … :)

  1. Macdougal On October 7th, 2009 at 2:04 am

    thanks for sharing

    having unique designs like these will surely catch the public’s attention. this is very important and effective in promotional and ad campaigns…

  1. Realtor On October 7th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    Thank you for another great post.
    I look forward to many more entries with high quality info.
    I’m a marketer myself and your information always seems to get my business brain going!!

  1. Geng On October 12th, 2009 at 12:13 am

    Great collections! Thanks for sharing.

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  1. Namubiru Priscilla On October 15th, 2009 at 3:56 am

    great examples. thanks

  1. Kingdom Kid On October 15th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    I found this site today and boy am I glad I did. This segment was great and it gave me some ideas about what I could and can’t do. It was great seeing and perusing. I will keep tuned in and keep up the good work!!

  1. micro sd speicherkarten On October 16th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    This is preety cool post.I came here in this blog and enjoyed alot here.This is great one for Photoshop lovers ! thx !

  1. clippingimages On October 22nd, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Really Great designs. Awesome Advertising art. Thanks for sharing.

  1. Speed dating London On October 23rd, 2009 at 5:02 am

    I really love this post. It was also creative as well as funny. It impress me and also made me laugh. Thanks for posting.

  1. Elizabeth K. Barone On October 29th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    I had to look at the PS3 ad for a minute because at first I thought it was a blunder! It took me a minute to get the point: the ninja was so fast, the guy’s reflection hasn’t caught up yet. Heh.

  1. Ansar On November 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    really awesome..!!!
    Thanks

  1. r4 ds On November 6th, 2009 at 1:46 am

    When talking about advertising designs, I specially like the works of Peter Jaworowski. I’ll look at every ad closer after seeing these blunders. Who has time to find all of these?

  1. webdesignaustralia On November 16th, 2009 at 1:04 am

    thank you for sharing this list of photoshopped advertising designs

  1. SentinelArt On November 16th, 2009 at 9:50 am

    Natural Mineral Water/Watermelon -I love this picture. I also laughed a lot, thanks! Some mistakes are really stupid.

  1. SentinelArt On November 16th, 2009 at 9:52 am

    The “hands” blunders are killing! )))

  1. Laurent JOUVIN On November 18th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    The blunders are so terrible, it is hard to believe no one caught them before going to print. The wonders however… WOW!

  1. santhoZ On December 11th, 2009 at 4:13 am

    suberb and Fun to See

  1. AP On December 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    Some mistakes were obvious, like the hands but some others like the “Street Gear” and “Azule” were so hidden that it took me a while to find without the description of the mistake. Excellent job!

  1. Pikkewyn On June 10th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    I wonder about the carrot scorpion one. Is it really Photoshopped? To me it looks like actual food art.

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