There is very little that has capture the imagination and intrigue of artists than the human form. We can read so much emotion in the way that the human body is composed, but even more than this, there is so much to be interpreted from human facial expressions. Each person is unique and each portrait is unique.
Interestingly, it does not take a digital camera and a fantastic photograph to get a realistic image of both notable and everyday people. With the amazing possibilities offered by digital artists and the rendering tools made available to them, they have the ability to recreate the human face without an original photo being manipulated. Man and woman can be recreated from scratch.
Pixar, Dreamworks, and other design studios have revolutionized the industry with their ultra-realistic three-dimensional animated movies. Amateur artists are now doing the same on a smaller scale with photorealistic digital portraits. Check them out.
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These are simply beautiful