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Old August 30th, 2012 #43
Mr A.Anderson
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Originally Posted by keifer View Post
This is not by hand.

Let's just say that I'm a subject matter expert in the field, and you are incorrect. This is by hand.

Using a tool such as a brush, airbrush, eraser, knife, or pencil does not mean that that something is not done by hand. Otherwise, only finger painting would be considered "by hand".

Tracing using an image transfer technique, projector, stencil, saral paper, pounce pattern, etc, does not mean it's not done by hand. It just means that it's not 100% free-hand.

We can argue the merits and definitions, get all semantic about it, till the end of time.

In the business, by hand means there is no computer modification (or water-slide/micro-vinyl used in the picture itself) to the picture's final product. 100% free hand means there was no tracing or image transfer involved.

As far as the merits of photorealism, there's not much of a market for it in the real world. The amount of time involved in such a painting puts it well beyond all but the most wealthy.......and they aren't really into that market. A good illusion (where you trick the eye into believing what it sees even though it actually doesn't look like the real thing) is where the market is at.