In my view the aspiring artist is the one from whom to hang paintings on your wall . There is some real talent out there and a person can often buy some quality original works for a couple hundred dollars. One artist I very much like is Lindsay Breidenthal out of Wenatchee, WA. She possesses a greatly imaginative artistic mind and the ability to integrate several concepts into one work that can bring subtleties or moods evoked by the subject potrayed by showing it in other lights; often with a bit of the surreal.
Blouise, Many budding artists want the same brushes, paints, etc. as the painting guru,not realizing that the real gems are the eye and the hand of the artist. The hand knows exactly which brush to use, which color and how much to use to create exactly what only the artist can see.
When my brain switches to right brain strongly dominate I see colors and details that I don’t see before the switch. I’m still working on moving from eye to hand.
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pete,
I used to watch him too! I think his name was Bob.
He had this really calm delivery style, a soft voice, and I would sit in front of the T V with a sketching pad and try to follow his instructions and get so dam frustrated … his soothing manner helped but in the end my art work was … pitiful.
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From hacker factor (plain text):
Is that Morgan Freeman again?
Over at Reddit was a recent discussion on yet-another Morgan Freeman picture. This time the artist, Kyle Lambert, claimed that the picture was hand-drawn on an iPad using software called Procreate. The Reddit community immediately responded, claiming that it was fake. In response to these claims, the CEO of Procreate released an official statement repeating the claim that it is real. Sebastian’s Drawings responded with a detailed analysis that conclusively proves that the picture was not created using Procreate and was actually photoshopped from a photo of Morgan Freeman.
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
One of the document ancestor IDs is identical to the original document ID found in a picture of Morgan Freeman by Scott Gries/PictureGroup. Gries took the picture with a Canon camera. The FotoForensics metadata of the Gries photo says it was created in 2009.
These document ancestor IDs are UUIDs — universally unique identifiers. In this case, the odds of Lambert’s software generating the exact same UUID found in Gries’ photo is zero. Not “close to zero”, not “infinitesimally small”, but actually, literally ZERO. This is conclusive proof that Lambert’s picture does not just look like Gries’ photo, but is actually based on Gries’ photo. (Serious kudos to Sebastian’s Drawings and mrkite77 for identifying this match.)
The folks at Sebastian’s Drawings did not just catch Kyle Lambert in a lie about how the picture was created, they also proved that Procreate’s CEO, James Cuda, is wrong in his official statement about the fake drawing.
An important lesson
Sebastian’s Drawings concludes by explaining why it is important to call out photo fraud. As he puts it, “it cheapens real artists”. A real drawing by a real artist may not look as good as a photo, but more realistic identifies the level of skill. In this case, someone took a photo by another artist (a photographer), modified it a little, and claimed to have drawn it. This takes virtually no skill.
However, I do not view that as the only important reason to make an example out of Lambert and Procreate. This is nothing shy of a scam. The “drawing” was not made using Procreate. For the CEO of Procreate to claim that it came from his software gives a false representation about the software’s capabilities. People will buy Procreate, thinking that they can create photo-realistic pictures. The reality is that it took a Canon camera and Photoshop to create Lambert’s picture. This is a bait-and-switch. This is an intentional misrepresentation. This is fraud.
This is also plagiarism and theft of intellectual property since Lambert used a photo by Scott Gries — without attribution — and represented it as his own. For CEO James Cuda to continue to promote this picture makes him an accessory to this copyright infringement. I hope that the lawyers at PictureGroup go after both of them.
False statements can quickly propagate through the mass media. Gizmodo, ABC News, and the UK’s Daily Mail have all reported on this “painting”. I’m looking forward to reading their retractions. (The video allegedly showing how it was created has also been successfully debunked.)
To Sebastian’s Drawings: You nailed this one. Congratulations.
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
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From hackerfactor:
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
One of the document ancestor IDs is identical to the original document ID found in a picture of Morgan Freeman by Scott Gries/PictureGroup. Gries took the picture with a Canon camera. The FotoForensics metadata of the Gries photo says it was created in 2009.
These document ancestor IDs are UUIDs — universally unique identifiers. In this case, the odds of Lambert’s software generating the exact same UUID found in Gries’ photo is zero. Not “close to zero”, not “infinitesimally small”, but actually, literally ZERO. This is conclusive proof that Lambert’s picture does not just look like Gries’ photo, but is actually based on Gries’ photo. (Serious kudos to Sebastian’s Drawings and mrkite77 for identifying this match.)
The folks at Sebastian’s Drawings did not just catch Kyle Lambert in a lie about how the picture was created, they also proved that Procreate’s CEO, James Cuda, is wrong in his official statement about the fake drawing.
In my view the aspiring artist is the one from whom to hang paintings on your wall . There is some real talent out there and a person can often buy some quality original works for a couple hundred dollars. One artist I very much like is Lindsay Breidenthal out of Wenatchee, WA. She possesses a greatly imaginative artistic mind and the ability to integrate several concepts into one work that can bring subtleties or moods evoked by the subject potrayed by showing it in other lights; often with a bit of the surreal.
some of her works
http://www.artbylindsay.com/art.html
There are several YouTube channels devoted to Bob Ross and his TV programs.
He died of cancer at the age of 52 and is buried in Florida.
Blouise, Many budding artists want the same brushes, paints, etc. as the painting guru,not realizing that the real gems are the eye and the hand of the artist. The hand knows exactly which brush to use, which color and how much to use to create exactly what only the artist can see.
When my brain switches to right brain strongly dominate I see colors and details that I don’t see before the switch. I’m still working on moving from eye to hand.
pete,
I used to watch him too! I think his name was Bob.
I googled it and here’s the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross
He had this really calm delivery style, a soft voice, and I would sit in front of the T V with a sketching pad and try to follow his instructions and get so dam frustrated … his soothing manner helped but in the end my art work was … pitiful.
From hacker factor (plain text):
Is that Morgan Freeman again?
Over at Reddit was a recent discussion on yet-another Morgan Freeman picture. This time the artist, Kyle Lambert, claimed that the picture was hand-drawn on an iPad using software called Procreate. The Reddit community immediately responded, claiming that it was fake. In response to these claims, the CEO of Procreate released an official statement repeating the claim that it is real. Sebastian’s Drawings responded with a detailed analysis that conclusively proves that the picture was not created using Procreate and was actually photoshopped from a photo of Morgan Freeman.
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
One of the document ancestor IDs is identical to the original document ID found in a picture of Morgan Freeman by Scott Gries/PictureGroup. Gries took the picture with a Canon camera. The FotoForensics metadata of the Gries photo says it was created in 2009.
These document ancestor IDs are UUIDs — universally unique identifiers. In this case, the odds of Lambert’s software generating the exact same UUID found in Gries’ photo is zero. Not “close to zero”, not “infinitesimally small”, but actually, literally ZERO. This is conclusive proof that Lambert’s picture does not just look like Gries’ photo, but is actually based on Gries’ photo. (Serious kudos to Sebastian’s Drawings and mrkite77 for identifying this match.)
The folks at Sebastian’s Drawings did not just catch Kyle Lambert in a lie about how the picture was created, they also proved that Procreate’s CEO, James Cuda, is wrong in his official statement about the fake drawing.
An important lesson
Sebastian’s Drawings concludes by explaining why it is important to call out photo fraud. As he puts it, “it cheapens real artists”. A real drawing by a real artist may not look as good as a photo, but more realistic identifies the level of skill. In this case, someone took a photo by another artist (a photographer), modified it a little, and claimed to have drawn it. This takes virtually no skill.
However, I do not view that as the only important reason to make an example out of Lambert and Procreate. This is nothing shy of a scam. The “drawing” was not made using Procreate. For the CEO of Procreate to claim that it came from his software gives a false representation about the software’s capabilities. People will buy Procreate, thinking that they can create photo-realistic pictures. The reality is that it took a Canon camera and Photoshop to create Lambert’s picture. This is a bait-and-switch. This is an intentional misrepresentation. This is fraud.
This is also plagiarism and theft of intellectual property since Lambert used a photo by Scott Gries — without attribution — and represented it as his own. For CEO James Cuda to continue to promote this picture makes him an accessory to this copyright infringement. I hope that the lawyers at PictureGroup go after both of them.
False statements can quickly propagate through the mass media. Gizmodo, ABC News, and the UK’s Daily Mail have all reported on this “painting”. I’m looking forward to reading their retractions. (The video allegedly showing how it was created has also been successfully debunked.)
To Sebastian’s Drawings: You nailed this one. Congratulations.
One last attempt:
http://i.imgur.com/hiCoDlR.jpg
Trying again, from hackerfactor:
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
From hackerfactor:
The main points that Sebastian’s Drawings identified:
Using FotoForensics, he evaluated the metadata. The metadata contains an XMP record that identifies two versions of Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh and Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh). Procreate is not listed.
In the XMP record is a long list of Document Ancestors. These occur when another picture is incorporated through a paste-or-place operation. This Morgan Freeman picture actually contains 295 individual paste-or-place records. The metadata also says that the picture was edited in 2011 and 2013.
One of the document ancestor IDs is identical to the original document ID found in a picture of Morgan Freeman by Scott Gries/PictureGroup. Gries took the picture with a Canon camera. The FotoForensics metadata of the Gries photo says it was created in 2009.
These document ancestor IDs are UUIDs — universally unique identifiers. In this case, the odds of Lambert’s software generating the exact same UUID found in Gries’ photo is zero. Not “close to zero”, not “infinitesimally small”, but actually, literally ZERO. This is conclusive proof that Lambert’s picture does not just look like Gries’ photo, but is actually based on Gries’ photo. (Serious kudos to Sebastian’s Drawings and mrkite77 for identifying this match.)
The folks at Sebastian’s Drawings did not just catch Kyle Lambert in a lie about how the picture was created, they also proved that Procreate’s CEO, James Cuda, is wrong in his official statement about the fake drawing.
Amazing….