The Art of Making Dank Memes
The Process
Do you ever get sick of the same old memes? Maybe you've got some clever ideas for new memes but don't know how to do it. Well, it's your lucky day. Put down that pillow pet. Put away the half eaten box of Crave. It's meme making time.
First, pick the person you want to embed in your meme. For example, I used the beloved president of High Point University, Dr. Nido Qubein. Decide what event or background you want to put your character in. For me, I wanted to make a joke about how many nutcrackers are all over HPU's campus around the holidays. (It's more than 100 in case you were wondering). I put Nido in the foreground of a picture watching the famous festive ballet, The Nutcracker. To top off the image, I added a program in his hand with a big nutcracker on it, similar to the one's on campus. I finished by adding the caption "When you get a false lead to more nutcrackers". I got the idea for this meme from the one that was floating around (haha punny) about Nido and the giant inflatable nutcracker from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Photoshop Tips and Tricks
When editing your pictures, converting each image to be a smart object will make it non-destructive, meaning you can edit care-free without fear of ruining the image. I used the lasso tool on the photograph of Dr. Qubein in order to isolate him from his original background. I then used the eraser tool on a low hardness to touch up the edges. I saved the image and reapplied it to the foreground of the photo of the ballet. Next, I added adjustment layers to blend him better into the lighting of the background picture. Then, I added the program picture into a new layer and used the transform tool to adjust the size and angle of the image to make it appear as if Dr. Qubein was holding the program. I also adjusted the lighting of that layer. Lastly, I created the text caption and made it white to contrast with the darker background.
The Final Meme
Do you ever get sick of the same old memes? Maybe you've got some clever ideas for new memes but don't know how to do it. Well, it's your lucky day. Put down that pillow pet. Put away the half eaten box of Crave. It's meme making time.
First, pick the person you want to embed in your meme. For example, I used the beloved president of High Point University, Dr. Nido Qubein. Decide what event or background you want to put your character in. For me, I wanted to make a joke about how many nutcrackers are all over HPU's campus around the holidays. (It's more than 100 in case you were wondering). I put Nido in the foreground of a picture watching the famous festive ballet, The Nutcracker. To top off the image, I added a program in his hand with a big nutcracker on it, similar to the one's on campus. I finished by adding the caption "When you get a false lead to more nutcrackers". I got the idea for this meme from the one that was floating around (haha punny) about Nido and the giant inflatable nutcracker from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Photoshop Tips and Tricks
When editing your pictures, converting each image to be a smart object will make it non-destructive, meaning you can edit care-free without fear of ruining the image. I used the lasso tool on the photograph of Dr. Qubein in order to isolate him from his original background. I then used the eraser tool on a low hardness to touch up the edges. I saved the image and reapplied it to the foreground of the photo of the ballet. Next, I added adjustment layers to blend him better into the lighting of the background picture. Then, I added the program picture into a new layer and used the transform tool to adjust the size and angle of the image to make it appear as if Dr. Qubein was holding the program. I also adjusted the lighting of that layer. Lastly, I created the text caption and made it white to contrast with the darker background.
The Final Meme
Screenshots
Happy Meme Making!
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