Curated Video
Square-by-Square Drawing
This video demonstrates how to transfer information square by square from a reference image to a new surface using the grid transfer process.
Curated Video
Square-by-Square Illustration
This video shows the addition of color in the style of photorealist Chuck Close using oil pastels to an enlarged portrait created by the grid transfer method.
Curated Video
Creating Grids
This video demonstrates how to create a one-inch square grid over a new surface using a ruler and pencil.
Curated Video
Photorealism: The Art of Reproducing Reality
This video explores the art style of photorealism, where artists aim to recreate images and subjects in a way that appears incredibly realistic. It discusses the origins of photorealism and explains the techniques used by artists to...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Realism
What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? We look at the history of artists recreating the world as we see it and ponder why it's still happening.
Getty Images
CGI - Photorealistic Earth 360 degree rotation 1080p looping sequence
Photorealistic spinning earth, loopable with city lights on the night side of the planet. Original NASA public domain texture maps from Visible Earth http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2430 and film quality shader used.