Ways to reproduce the "Avengers I don't feel so good" meme effect.

[rustyraptor]

Hi, im new to the forum.

Some of you may or may not have noticed a recent meme that's been popping around. It comes from the new Avengers: Infinity War movie.  I won't spoil it I will just say there is a scene where a particular person is "fading away"; bits of them slowing breaking away and disapearing from reality. Here are some examples of the meme.

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There are already photoshop tutorials out there. I sort of figured out a way to do it but it's not entirely ideal. I'm sure there is a better way or additional steps we can take to improve it. I only tested it on a piece of text on a white background. Here is my process.

-Use Iwarp to stretch the object in a desireable shape.
-select a region close or a part of the region that hasn't been warped yet
-Filters>Distorts>Mosaic, and set it to a desired shape. (I used triangles) and set everything else as desired.
-repeat above on all the regions till it looks the way you want it.
-can help to first make big triangles then warp again and make smaller ones.

I am interested in seeing what anyone else can come up with.

[Blighty]

On this page there are 2 tutorials that may interest you:

http://www.littlewebhut.com/gimp/

Near the top: Flying puzzle pieces
Near the bottom: Fly apart image

[Ofnuts]

Off the cuff, I would try some kind of mosaic used as a displace map. The X and Y mosaics should have identical tiles, even if their color are different. There is also likely some constraint on these colors, they should be produced from a gradient. Will try something tonight...