awisha. Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 These are amazing and the artists are insanely talented. http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/works-of-art-you-wont-believe-arent-photographs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Amazing! Check out this artist, too: http://www.elainebowersart.com/large-multi-view/Trees%20/1520491-1-124621/Trees%20.html#.UiAEihukrfY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 WOW! I may have hurt my brain while looking at those. I kept telling myself they're not photos but my mind wouldn't accept it :laugh: Very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 I found this one too... http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/35-breathtaking-aerial-photographs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Cats with mustaches :lol: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/mustache-cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Um, wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 These kinds of things always leave me conflicted. They're extremely cool, but at the same time, knowing that for most of these, the artist projected a photograph onto the canvas/paper and basically traced and copied... I don't know. It takes something away from it. But I'll spare you all my ramblings on the definition of art. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 These kinds of things always leave me conflicted. They're extremely cool, but at the same time, knowing that for most of these, the artist projected a photograph onto the canvas/paper and basically traced and copied... I don't know. It takes something away from it. But I'll spare you all my ramblings on the definition of art. ;)It takes even more away when it's just a photographer passing a button, yes? No. Because art is about seeing something important or beautiful and using certain skills to communicate that to others. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to recreate something in a photo-realistic fashion. I don't know if you draw but I find people are predisposed to draw symbols, not what is actually in front of them. It's a huge challenge to recreate something in such a specific manner, even with projectors. As for what they see and communicate, one of my favorite artist is Canadian, Mary Pratt. She has been at photographic realism longer then many of those other young whippersnappers have been alive. She does a lot of domestic scenes: fish in plastic, roasting chicken, jam jars. They are things we look at all the time in our kitchens and think nothing of but she paints and you finally see how beautiful they are. She could have just taken a picture but part of the beauty of her paintings is the time and work invested to recreate the picture. I have no doubts that it's art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Here's and example of Mary Pratt`s work. I desperately want a print of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 This is why I always hated the stuff that I drew in first grade. Those are what I wanted to draw, exactly what something would look like in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Amazing! Check out this artist, too: http://www.elainebowersart.com/large-multi-view/Trees%20/1520491-1-124621/Trees%20.html#.UiAEihukrfY Oops -- I meant to add that this artist is my cousin. And she won the Bronze medal in an international competition run by the American Watercolor Society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 How do you know that they were projected? (Not saying you're wrong - just curious. I used to do a little bit of drawing and I find this stuff fascinating.) It would still takes a huge amount of skill to make the finished product look like that. Number 26 is particularly amazing to me. The sculptures are kind of creepy. I can't say they all are, of course, but I've read several articles about this type of art, and it seems to be the norm. It's why a lot of them have so many random little details you wouldn't generally see in a run-of-the-mill painting or drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Michelle* Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I can't say they all are, of course, but I've read several articles about this type of art, and it seems to be the norm. It's why a lot of them have so many random little details you wouldn't generally see in a run-of-the-mill painting or drawing. I think they're technically impressive, but they leave me cold. It seems to be more about the artist as opposed to the subject and the mood or idea the artist is trying to convey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Even if some of these were traced, I still bow to the artists. If I projected and traced something it definitely wouldn't look anything like that, lol. Pretty impressive to have something you traced/sketched/painted/molded look that *real* Thanks for sharing! Super cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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