@99reasons4truth This is going to sound *so* cynical, but do you ever look at these astonishing works of art, particularly the very large scale ones and feel like they look a bit "digital"?
Like they were created by someone very talented but don't actually exist in their apparrent locations?
Some of them seem *too* perfect sometimes, especially when I think about the scaffold they'd need to paint the entire side of a 40 floor apartment block!
@99reasons4truth Oh indeed. And it is still art, whether actually painted on a wall or created on a computer. Digital art is 100% valid art.
@99reasons4truth Michaelangelo did it lying on his back on rickety wooden scaffolding for things like the Cistine Chapel ceiling. So anything's possible 😁
@stueytheround @99reasons4truth typical layabout artist. Spends all day in bed 🤪🤣
@stueytheround A lot of them *are* digital (I won't say all, there's some amazing street art out there), but I remember seeing in particular that was posted here several years ago by a user who's no longer around that showed a building that comes up in Google image searches with something like a dozen different full-size designs on it 🤔 🎨
@BillyBones and if the artist/s is/are honest about it I have no problem with that.
I don't have a problem with it. I never thought about it before.
But how do they do it?
@99reasons4truth Work directly onto the photograph with digital art programs OR work in digital art programs then photoshop into place.
But paint on buildings?
@99reasons4truth Yep. It's quite easy. You can adjust the transparency so that details like brickwork show through. @BillyBones
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Look carefully at this picture.
Notice that everything is black and white except the guitar and my wedding ring.
That's called colour popping and it's done by overlaying a B&W copy of the pic over the colour version, then "scratching through" to the colours below.
Oh and that wall? It was never there. The photo was a selfie taken in my living room.
This was all done in 20 minutes with an ancient version of photoshop. Up to date art packages are even better.
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One method "digital street art using adobe"
I like this read in 2023'ish more 3D
The rise of digital street art: Discover the artists bringing 3D to the streets
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/digital-street-art-lenovo-the-rise-of-digital-street-art-250423
@stueytheround
tbh no. That's art tho, everyone has their own interpretation of it :)
I am always dumbfounded by how the hell they make such a huge painting. Incredible