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31 Jan 2013, 5:36 pm

I can use my computer to post images. But I have a dedicated web server sitting a few feet away so I usually just use that to post pictures that I have here.

The reason I normally don't do that is that copying images to your own computer, changing them, and then reposting them could be seen as a copyright violation. I prefer to just link the pictures from where they are and let the copyright owner have control over whether or not they wish to permit that.



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31 Jan 2013, 5:37 pm

Tequila wrote:
As I said, it's easier to resize and upload to Imgur.
Yep, that's my preference - although it is still possible to get the forum software to display them correctly.

Also, I think these incredible drawings deserve to be moved from News and Current Events, and seen in Art, Writing and Music.
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31 Jan 2013, 9:22 pm

These are amazing! Although I don't understand how people "couldn't believe" that they were drawings as it's pretty clear to me and should be doubly obvious for anyone familiar with art at all. They're very impressive works of realism, though!

There are even more here (link), and the official term is "hyperrealism" (link) for those curious!

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31 Jan 2013, 10:20 pm

I saw this on the BBC website this week. It takes him 100 hours for each drawing. The guy is a genius



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31 Jan 2013, 11:42 pm

ruckus wrote:
These are amazing! Although I don't understand how people "couldn't believe" that they were drawings as it's pretty clear to me and should be doubly obvious for anyone familiar with art at all. They're very impressive works of realism, though!



Yes, I agree. I love realist pencils and watercolors. I do graphites, but noting to compare to these, obviously... :oops:

Alex Ross is one of my favorite realists...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsk4ctF6yc[/youtube]


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01 Feb 2013, 2:14 am

Those look to realistic to be made by pencils, I didn't even know it was possible to make that much detail with a pencil. I really have no proof that they are in fact pencil drawings.


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01 Feb 2013, 2:22 am

If this stuff is real, then it's genius! What an age to live in, 2012, where people can have these extraordinary talents and abilities!

Makes me wonder what media will be like even ten years from now.... 8O


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01 Feb 2013, 9:13 am

^ Similar skills existed much earlier - the 1434 Arnolfini Portrait by Van Eyck, for example.
Different style, obviously - but it's basically the same photorealism. (click on the image and zoom in)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait

Or Caravaggio with the 1601 Supper at Emmaus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper_at_ ... 29,_London


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07 Feb 2013, 1:57 am

redrobin62 wrote:
It wouldn't surprise if Kelvin Okafor was on the spectrum somewhere especially since I read he draws from memory.


This is a useful reference to compare with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3IMP0fwlCM