Re:“I believe CGI is getting worse even as the tech advances.”
by jaimebuelta on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:05AM
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The interesting thing about old paintings is that they are not “photorealistic”. They don’t replicate photos, as they weren’t invented yet. They paint reality, as seen by the naked eye.
When seeing some of the portraits of the great masters in a museum, at real scale, with your own eyes, the effect is profound, as you perceive that it works in a very different way than a photography.
"Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you." - Salvador Dali
What Dali was likely referring to was the difficult photo-realistic techniques of the great masters, combining perspective, detail and understanding of shadow, light, color, texture, refraction, and everything else.
The computer-graphics-in-movies industry proved itself by mastering photo-realism, and so now nobody questions whatever it does.