Comments on: This is Not An Amazing Photograph http://www.chewingpixels.com/this-is-not-an-amazing-photograph/ A website dissecting media, especially videogames, written by a British journalist: includes published videogame reviews and features as well as thinking about morality in and around pixel media. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: danjw http://www.chewingpixels.com/this-is-not-an-amazing-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-31553 danjw Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:49:18 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?p=1515#comment-31553 Almost certainly done with photoreference though. There are well-established techniques for making precise copies of photographs by hand, for instance by painting. They are pretty easy, just very time consuming. In the end most artists don't bother, because if it looks just like a photo, why not just take a photo? Also it leaves little room for the artist's own visual language. Almost certainly done with photoreference though. There are well-established techniques for making precise copies of photographs by hand, for instance by painting. They are pretty easy, just very time consuming.

In the end most artists don’t bother, because if it looks just like a photo, why not just take a photo? Also it leaves little room for the artist’s own visual language.

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