title: Image distortion algorithm
body: <p>I'm trying to come up with a way to distort an image similar to the example here:
  <a href="http://tinypic.com/r/16gn60o/7" rel="nofollow">http://tinypic.com/r/16gn60o/7</a></p>
  
  <p>The idea is to remove any hard lines in the original image. I would like the original image to be "about the same" not a hard swirl effect you see in some screensavers or anything like that.</p>
  
  <p>Any pointers or idea would be great!</p>