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21. Wow! You keep busy.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #20)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 01:47 PM

Oct 7

I earned a BFA years ago with all the requirements you mentioned, found out that I liked studying art history.

Surprised me. Rembrandt, De Kooning, Picasso, Caravaggio and Frans Hals are my all-time favorites. Traveled to Amsterdam years age, saw Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'. It's huge. Since I was in Holland I also traveled to Haarlem to see Hal's work at Haarlem’s museum of fine arts. The 'Laughing Cavalier' is one of his I really like. Some say his work doesn't reflect and delve into the character of the subject, it's to genre, whatever that means, but his brush work and technique are superb.

Good luck on your BFA work. It's worth it.

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Very interesting article in New Republic about the "enhanced" Vance photo. [View all] LAS14 Oct 6 OP

Oh, they trimmed down his chubby cheeks and belly. It's easily done with Photoshop's... brush Oct 6 #1

I could use a Filter and do it, as long as it wasn't big changes, and I'm not even that proficient in PS. mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #5

Yeah, they might have plans for presidential portarit after evoking the 25th on trump. brush Oct 7 #8

That's not how this was done at all Prairie Gates Oct 7 #7

How do you think it was done? I've done it like that for years... brush Oct 7 #9

Oh, ffs. Now they even lie about their own faces. Luz Oct 6 #2

At my old high school senior pictures were routinely "cleaned up". Igel Oct 6 #3

Same thing happened to me. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #4

There's a sampling tool in Photoshop that's used... brush Oct 7 #10

Mine was back before the day of photoshop. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #11

My career overlapped the airbrushing actual hard copy photos and the arival or... brush Oct 7 #12

Yup. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #13

Thanks for this. A question, did it come a time that you... brush Oct 7 #14

I was largely out of the photography business during that time frame. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #17

Sounds like you're in deep but know how and when to spend your money. brush Oct 7 #19

In deep - with gaps. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #20

Wow! You keep busy. brush Oct 7 #21

I've actually declared a minor in art history. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #22

When I worked as a new Engineer in a Land Developer office.... WarGamer Oct 7 #16

And in a few decades, Ms. Toad Oct 7 #18

They used filters to soften the images back in my day. A little smudge and everyone looked smoother. ;) mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #6

there are a million phone apps that do this... you think all the Insta pics are real?? WarGamer Oct 7 #15