mind blowing hand drawn photorealistic portraits

Moses7

just amazing!


AMAZING! Italy-based artist Diego Fazio creates photorealistic portraits using a pencil

Quazzie

Moses7 wrote: »

just amazing!


AMAZING! Italy-based artist Diego Fazio creates photorealistic portraits using a pencil

There's an Irish guy called Jazz Finnegan thats making a name for himse;f doing the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnL_TUO5_RE

DaireQuinlan

Isn't there an arts and crafts forum somewhere ??

These are technically brilliant but oh so pointless. There doesn't seem to be an rationale behind them either other than just trying to duplicate photographs so they're artistically bankrupt as well. They remind me of those guys you used to see in droves up and down grafton street using spraypaint and plates to make those landscape/space-scape paintings.

Quazzie

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Isn't there an arts and crafts forum somewhere ??

These are technically brilliant but oh so pointless. There doesn't seem to be an rationale behind them either other than just trying to duplicate photographs so they're artistically bankrupt as well. They remind me of those guys you used to see in droves up and down grafton street using spraypaint and plates to make those landscape/space-scape paintings.

Aye, there is no skill or artistic ability involved at all. It takes a lot more to press a button on a camera. :rolleyes:

tororosso

Grabs popcorn...



Drawing or photo of said bag of popcorn...not sure :pac:

magicbastarder

Quazzie wrote: »

Aye, there is no skill or artistic ability involved at all. It takes a lot more to press a button on a camera. :rolleyes:

he didn't say it didn't take ability. but duplication is not creation.

don't get me started on some of the buskers on grafton street.

Quazzie

magicbastarder wrote: »

he didn't say it didn't take ability. but duplication is not creation.

don't get me started on some of the buskers on grafton street.

Is photography by its very definition, not just duplication?

alb

Quazzie wrote: »

Is photography by its very definition, not just duplication?

are you confusing photography with photocopying or scanning?

pixbyjohn

alb wrote: »

are you confusing photography with photocopying or scanning?

Maybe he is just using a Canon then.....

kassie

My god, that is just mind bending stuff!!! Must be the most talented man on the planet!

magicbastarder

is it hypocritical to be left cold by the above, but to really like this?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/10/new-photorealistic-portraits-hand-embroidered-by-cayce-zavaglia/

Chorcai

Better not mention Gerhard Richter, he paints from photos and makes his paintings look like photos.

tororosso

magicbastarder wrote: »

is it hypocritical to be left cold by the above, but to really like this?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/10/new-photorealistic-portraits-hand-embroidered-by-cayce-zavaglia/

I don't know really, they're a bit underexposed and lack any real warmth in the colours :pac:

Effects

Bit of a cop out getting the model to face away from the camera so you can avoid having to paint the face.