Why should manipulation be limited exclusively to photography? Any sort of portraiture work is a manipulation, casting the person in a more interesting light and focusing on more recognizable features is how they create an image people can relate to. They need to fib about the lighting and color to make something more interesting to look at, and even the simple things like style and media reflect on the image, manipulating it and changing its meaning from being a simple representation of a specific person. I could go on and on about this but wont- I will probably do my own work for this project along these lines, afterall all illustrative work is some sort of fabrication right from the bat.