{"id":3383,"date":"2012-12-09T15:48:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2021-03-18T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T09:33:20","slug":"only-fools-n-rip-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/only-fools-n-rip-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Fools and Rip-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Another classic only fools t-shirt this time &#8211; you can imagine Damien wearing this one&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/del_n-550x496.jpg\" alt=\"Only Fools and Rip-offs\" class=\"wp-image-8237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/del_n-550x496.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/del_n-530x478.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/del_n-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/del_n.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided to catchup with Tim Burdett who provided us with some great Rip-offs a few years back &#8211; We asked Tim to tell us more about himself and what inspired these great ripoffs including this new one released today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/What-a-Wall-E.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/What-a-Wall-E.jpg\" alt=\"What a Wall E\" class=\"wp-image-3398\" title=\"What-a-Wall-E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/What-a-Wall-E.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/What-a-Wall-E-530x376.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/What-a-Wall-E-550x390.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Tim Burdett and I\u2019m a Graphic Designer from Woking, Surrey. I started my own business 6 years ago, I work from home and I love my job, I feel very lucky for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 5 years ago I was looking on OFAH.net, as I have always been a big fan of Only Fools &amp; Horses (who isn\u2019t?!) and I noticed that the site had a section called Rip Offs and there was a message requesting that people send in their own Rip Offs. As I have been creating these sort of designs for many years, for friends and family, I thought I\u2019d knock a few up and send them off. I had such a great response from Zane at OFAH.net that I decided to create a few more and then some more after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months later I was in my car with my fianc\u00e9e Louise. She was reading a Sunday Newspaper, either the Sunday Mail or the Sunday Times, can\u2019t quite remember. She was thumbing through one of the supplements and as I glanced across and saw one of the Rip Offs I had produced. It was \u2018Rodnaldo\u2019 which I had produced as a set of three (the others being Del Boy Piero and Uncle Albertini). The article was about viral emails and they featured a few that they obviously felt were good, one of which was \u2018Rodnaldo\u2019. I was used to seeing my work in the newspapers as I was a designer for an advertising agency for many years but to see they had used \u2018Rodnaldo\u2019 from all of the billions of virals that are out there was just wonderful.<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I recently contacted Zane again about the Rip Offs that I had produced and he asked if would be happy to create some more and maybe write a bit about where my ideas come from, so here goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I create this sort of thing the main aim is to make them look as real as possible and as funny as possible. I see lots of other people designs on websites and viral emails etc. and think they would have been so much better if more time had been spent on blending the images together more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as where the actual concept for each design comes from it\u2019s hard for me to say, I just try to think of things that link something to do with Only Fools &amp; Horses and other famous people\/movies etc. When a good idea pops into my head I search the internet for as good a quality image as possible and then start retouching them together to see how well it works. 99% of the time I can find what I want and all goes well. Every now and again I think this isn\u2019t working and ditch it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to choose images that work together, heads and faces looking in the right direction, adjusting colours, brightness and contrast so they match the original image nicely. Apart from that it\u2019s all about artistic ability to make the final thing blend well and look as good as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mainly use Adobe Photoshop to create these designs and sometimes I use Adobe Illustrator for text and illustrations that then get imported into Photoshop. There\u2019s a massive amount of tutorials and tips on the internet for anyone that wants to have a go creating something using the Apps. 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