• 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