Evolution of a Fake Pulp Fiction Cover

I originally came up with this image as part of a fake website to show what Weebly can do. Although I am very disappointed in Weebly's fee hike, the free site they offer is still not bad, for anyone not looking to go crazy with "extras" like videos or favicons.

First I found the image by James Alfred Meese. Problem was, it's got a dark-haired girl. (Hey, look! It's Dan & Di.) So then I needed to find a pulp-fiction-ey blond girl, and that came from the very hysterical book cover above. Finally, I chose the Front Page Detective cover simply because of the red, to match Trixie's jacket. After that, it was a matter of pulling everything into Photoshop and making the cover. I did decide to get rid of Trixie's playing cards and Dan's cigarette. Heh. This really isn't terribly hard to do. I'm by no means a professional and because I'm working on a little netbook, using the built-in touchpad mouse, I'm essentially finger-painting all my graphics. And as I've mentioned in other places, nothing I did here in my 2002 program can't be done with the free GIMP software, so I encourage you to download it and play around.

Oh, but check this out. *snort* In my search for pulp fiction covers that I could use with a credit, I came across this. There's even a redheaded man in the background! LOL.