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Topic	Anybody else think Hyperrealism and Photorealism are boring and pretentious?
Vol2tex 06/07/19 5:48:00 PM #11:	PepperoniMaster posted... I mean, yes, it's quite impressive you managed to create a portrait reminiscent of a real life photograph, but at what cost? All that labour just to create something that could've been achieved in less than second with a camera? Seems like a wasted effort and not necessarily a skill that's in high demand nowadays. You would've made decent dough 200+ years ago with that skill. What do you think of these? That's different. It's more a study of anatomy with use of shading and value than replicating a photograph. It's more about figure drawing which I've done in the past. Agreed. But he and other similar hyperrealist artists seem to be sucessful doing this. And yeah, those types of realist figure drawings I enjoy much more than the hyperrealist ones. Here's another realist one I like: --- https://imgtc.com/i/7cQjt43.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/UISXfjE.jpg <cite>Vol2tex posted [p:922935300] in Anybody el... [t:77769447]...</cite> <quote><cite>PepperoniMaster posted...</cite> <quote>I mean, yes, it's quite impressive you managed to create a portrait reminiscent of a real life photograph, but at what cost? All that labour just to create something that could've been achieved in less than second with a camera? Seems like a wasted effort and not necessarily a skill that's in high demand nowadays. You would've made decent dough 200+ years ago with that skill. <quote>What do you think of these?</quote> That's different. It's more a study of anatomy with use of shading and value than replicating a photograph. It's more about figure drawing which I've done in the past.</quote> Agreed. But he and other similar hyperrealist artists seem to be sucessful doing this. And yeah, those types of realist figure drawings I enjoy much more than the hyperrealist ones. Here's another realist one I like: --- https://imgtc.com/i/7cQjt43.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/UISXfjE.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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