As an example:

I made this by pasting one face onto another. Is it technically excellent? Not really. Took me 2 minutes.
However, because people recognised the two people I've pasted together, I got an FP, a mention on the Guardian site, on several viral lists and t-shirt requests. If I'd put on the face of my next door neighbour, Steve, no one would have cared.
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Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again,
Wed 13 Aug 2008, 10:44,
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Depends...
Does Steve look like Diego Maradona? :P
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wattsy1980 What's Umberto Eco?,
Wed 13 Aug 2008, 10:50,
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only problem is
even in this case, not everyone recognizes the two sources. The face, yes, but the body, I have no clue. I'm guessing from the reply that it's Diego Maradona, whom I barely have passing familiarity with.
Still, well done work all the same.
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Shiksa,
Wed 13 Aug 2008, 12:04,
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