There's a tool in Photoshop called a Clone Stamp, and it's used to duplicate a defined area of pixels and apply them to another area (like, say, to conceal a blemish or to extend an area of sky, etc.). In the hands of a graphic artist who knows what they're doing, its use can be virtually indetectable, but it's very easy to use very sloppily, as in the case of this album cover. See the cement and blades of grass to Morrissey's right (our left)? They've simply been duplicated and shoved over. It looks terrible and cheap, and unfortunately it's the first thing I see when I look at the cover. I don't understand how this kind of thing happens at that level, but it does—all the time. Maddening.
