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Old August 30th, 2012 #42
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Originally Posted by Angel Ramsey View Post
This is not a photograph. This is airbrush artwork by Dru Blair. Dru is the world's leader in photrealistic painting.

This is not computer generated, photo-shopped, or any of that shit. This is a painting he did by hand.

This is not by hand. By hand would mean she sat while the painter painted. This image is one of technology and the tools thereof. What is commonly done with works like this is that they use projectors to project a photo onto a large canvas and every detail is traced. Traced. Once finished the image is reproduced much smaller which has the affect of unifying the image and making it look more convincing as a photo. This is why it is called photorealism. I see no point in this process, and when it comes down to it, good or bad depends on rather the original photo was appealing to begin with.
The use of photos(tracing) is also where women step into the galleries and say "See, I am as good as men." However, there is a fine line here because Vermeer used Camera Obscura(sp). Although he could paint light like no one else, after all the lighting in Holland has its own character like no where else, Vermeer was not all that well with drawing. You will notice there is a difference between the way he handled geometrics, the straight line, and the way he handles whats in between the lines. For example a cheek bone(Zygomatic) has no linear shape that can be mapped out by a straight edge. His flesh looks like porcelain, his metal looks like metal.
Photography was the first nail in the coffin for painting and the second and all subsequent nails were the result of the Frankfurt School. The hard fact is this: the use of photography is copying at best. Copying is not drawing. Copying a photo is like reading something and then calling it your own intellect. The two most common traits of photo use are the lack of a sense of time and gravity. Think of it like this, if you were to leave the room and come back would the person in the portrait have changed or are they still frozen in their posture and facial expression. To not have a sense of gravity in a portrait is a major flaw. Everything about the human body is shaped by gravity, and the story of the body is it's constant negotiation with gravity from birth to death. The two most significant energies known to man are light and gravity.

As for the relation of artist and model, in real time, John Singer Sargent is among the best.