{"id":301,"date":"2019-05-28T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigbeanbag.net\/andythings\/?p=301"},"modified":"2019-05-28T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T21:49:00","slug":"birthday-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigbeanbag.net\/andythings\/2019\/05\/28\/birthday-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When the boys were little I used to draw a superhero on a piece of bristol-board wishing them a happy birthday. Batman one year, Spiderman the next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then one year we were at a super hero exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre and they had one of those photo booths where they take your picture on a green screen and then put it on a magazine or comic book cover. A fun thing for the kids, I thought, but it was like $25 for a crappy little printout. So i took a picture of the TV of some other<\/span> kid on a Spiderman cover, and then did some photoshopping for Graham’s upcoming birthday. Since Connor’s birthday is a week and a half later, I found a Doctor Octopus photo on the internet and did the same thing to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus started a annual habit where a day or two before each of their birthdays I ask them to pose for a random headshot and then stay up late frantically photoshopping the heck out of it. Some years are better than others. Here are a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2019 – Mario Kart is popular again (thanks to custom modding) as well as Fortnite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2017 – these were a lot of work. There is no photo or album I could find that had any more of the car past John Belushi, so I had to build it myself. The Clone Cats was also time consuming as it has many many layers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2015 – Harry Potter and The Flash were big this year. I like the secondary characters’ comments on these – i should remember that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2012 – these were based on books that the boys were big into. Connor tore through the Percy Jackson and the New Olympians series, so based on his top ranking in a math competition he joined the ‘new mathmeticians’ (hard to see the math contest in the waves). Graham on a Missile Mouse cover turned out real well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2010 – Connor loved riding his scooter on the street, so why not jump a cake ? How to Train Your Dragon came out this year as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2007 – the first photoshopped cards, including the above-mentioned Spiderman photobooth inspiration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2006 – hard to find photos of these (you can see Batman in the back). They might show up someday LOL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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