• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      320·
      2 months ago

      Don’t know why you were downvoted. There’s clearly far too much detail, especially in all the individual hairs and the melting snowlflakes, for this to be a real painting.

      Maybe it was digitally painted by tracing over the actual photo, but I doubt it.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        151·
        2 months ago

        Hyperrealist artists paint this kind of thing all the time. It’s quite possible to paint this using actual paints.

        • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
          313·
          2 months ago

          I’m changing this instead to express my astonishment that the artist did capture the depth of field and also motion blur; see below.

          • gazter@aussie.zoneEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            The fact they did do all that is what makes this so amazing. The edges of the eyes is what convinced me it’s not a photo.

            • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
              23·
              2 months ago

              I stand corrected, however OP could have avoided a lot of bickering if they’d have just bothered to post the source to begin with – especially on the current internet where 99% of everything is AI.

              • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                21·
                2 months ago

                You also could have saved YOURSELF a ton of bickering if you used some effort and looked up the source yourself.

                Take some responsibility. Stop expecting everyone else to hold your hand through life.

      • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Because they’re wrong and because it is an oil on canvas painting.

        Source