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21. Wow! You keep busy.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #20)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 01:47 PM

Oct 2024

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 2024 OP

Oh, they trimmed down his chubby cheeks and belly. It's easily done with Photoshop's... brush Oct 2024 #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 2024 #5

Yeah, they might have plans for presidential portarit after evoking the 25th on trump. brush Oct 2024 #8

That's not how this was done at all Prairie Gates Oct 2024 #7

How do you think it was done? I've done it like that for years... brush Oct 2024 #9

Oh, ffs. Now they even lie about their own faces. Luz Oct 2024 #2

At my old high school senior pictures were routinely "cleaned up". Igel Oct 2024 #3

Same thing happened to me. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #4

There's a sampling tool in Photoshop that's used... brush Oct 2024 #10

Mine was back before the day of photoshop. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #11

My career overlapped the airbrushing actual hard copy photos and the arival or... brush Oct 2024 #12

Yup. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #13

Thanks for this. A question, did it come a time that you... brush Oct 2024 #14

I was largely out of the photography business during that time frame. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #17

Sounds like you're in deep but know how and when to spend your money. brush Oct 2024 #19

In deep - with gaps. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #20

Wow! You keep busy. brush Oct 2024 #21

I've actually declared a minor in art history. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #22

When I worked as a new Engineer in a Land Developer office.... WarGamer Oct 2024 #16

And in a few decades, Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #18

They used filters to soften the images back in my day. A little smudge and everyone looked smoother. ;) mucholderthandirt Oct 2024 #6

there are a million phone apps that do this... you think all the Insta pics are real?? WarGamer Oct 2024 #15