The Prophecy
Jan 25, 2008
The Prophecy is a Michelangelo-esque collaboration between BeautifulMag and digital artist Aymeric Giraudel which you can download at high resolution here and here. (If you want a single picture you’ll have to stitch them together yourself.) Among the models for this are Les Farfadais whose work was mentioned here last June.
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#1 posted by Nathalie
Jan 25th, 2008
Very interesting piece. Will you show us the other parts when they come out?
#2 posted by John
Jan 25th, 2008
Yes, I see they’ve added a new panel today. It’s a pretty good piece of photo-collage but the horse is a bit clumsy. That’s often the way when digital art tries to imitate paintings which are inherently romantic. Even top photographers like Annie Leibovitz struggle on that account, she did a rather poor set of photos for Disney last year.
My solution when I was doing the Cradle of Filth artwork was to push the collage far more into being a digital painting. But that approach needs a lot more work and also proper illustration skills to be successful.
#3 posted by Thombeau
Jan 28th, 2008
I love Beautiful, and this project is pretty cool. Thanks for posting it!
(One thing that drives me crazy, though, is when websites put their name on images that aren’t even theirs to begin with. It’s shady!)
#4 posted by John
Jan 28th, 2008
I know, they do that with everything. I think they get permission but they’re only posting free pics, it’s not like they’ve paid for anything.
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