• kamenlady
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    104
    ·
    2 years ago

    He died in 2013 and one of his last works, from 2008, still has that uncanny feeling to it.

    • amniotic druidBanned from community
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      35
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      This is so cool. Almost has a collage feel to it with the different lighting angle and level of detail of each item

  • gibmiser
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    92
    ·
    2 years ago

    Wtf. Dude time travels and that’s what he decides to do?

  • Avicenna
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    2 years ago

    Not just the painting itself but body anatomy and mechanics (albeit frozen in one snapshot) and such also resemble computer games, wow this is some seriously trippy shit.

    • RaoulDook
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      2 years ago

      he must have painted Xavier Renegade Angel

  • dejected_warp_core
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    44
    ·
    2 years ago

    This is kind of amazing.

    I’m assuming this was done with heavy use of masking, possibly airbrush, and maybe other painting media? It “feels” like a collage, where every subject is just its own painting kind of composited into the whole. But that gives us completely subjective lighting to work with, which throws our senses for a loop. Just like how old computer graphics are collages of other discrete artworks, again, with no effort wasted on coherent lighting or shadows.

  • Hubi
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    45
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    What the hell, you were not exaggerating. This is actually uncanny.

  • Toto
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    ·
    2 years ago

    Painted by small paint dots replicating the pixel that would come later.

  • novalex
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    2 years ago

    Besides not simulating polygons (e.g. the perfectly curved railways), absolutely nailed it. Reminds me of The Sims graphics.

  • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeBanned
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    2 years ago

    Is it the stupidly flat lighting, simple geometry with perspective and pointillism that makes it look like old 3d?

    • Zeshade
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      2 years ago

      And gradients/Gouraud style shading everywhere.

  • bigpEE
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    ·
    2 years ago

    He also painted Pacific

    , which inspired a shot in Heat

  • stevedidWHAT
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    2 years ago

    Need: 1 art nerd, 1 early 2000 game dev nerd

    Task: what methodologies in the art work are similar or even emulated by these early consoles (ps1, Dreamcast)