I am getting a lot of comments on using the same picture on both sides, so please let me explain why I did so...
The left side represents us as we currently are. The right side represents us as we could be if SOPA is passed and "the man" uses it to censor us to death. We will not change, but SOPA will change who we are. Thus, using the same image represents the change that will be made for us and the ensuing results of that change.
p.s. I am going head to head with sempermarine in this one.
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Very excited to get a 7 and love all the wonderful comments. Thank you all.
Would've liked it better as a solo image of the right portrait rather than a diptych, but the stitched lips are effective, as is the rest of the processing on that half.
This is a great depiction of a consequence of SOPA.
Without the freedom of speech we might as well be dead. I just wish your before picture was of a different expression from the draganized one.