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- noun A very
realistic style inart in which apainting ordrawing is virtually indistinguishable from aphotograph .
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Over his career, Ron English has taken a love of pop art and transformed the aesthetic into his own vision of appropriating icons and subverting corporate cartoons with photo-realism.
John Wellington Ennis: Ron English Discusses His Pop Surrealism (VIDEO, PHOTOS) John Wellington Ennis 2011
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A local homeboy rendered in photo-realism, a detail from one of the graffiti murals on the Estadio Azteca (Aztec Stadium) in Mexico City.
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As studios become increasingly proficient with technology, you become disenchanted with the few good bits of gameplay lost among the cutscene fetishism and photo-realism.
Exposing Lara's... Equanimity? SVGL 2009
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This has been on the list since Dave Sim has been “teaching” us about Drake & the photo-realism school.
Stan Drake’s The Heart of Juliet Jones » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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Over his career, Ron English has taken a love of pop art and transformed the aesthetic into his own vision of appropriating icons and subverting corporate cartoons with photo-realism.
John Wellington Ennis: Ron English Discusses His Pop Surrealism (VIDEO, PHOTOS) John Wellington Ennis 2011
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Restrictions of realism in detail worked wonders for Monster House, but unless this footage isn't fully rendered, it comes off much more robotic and clunky than any of the past ImageMovers films. super_aj yeah, It's been a while since i've seen Polar Express, but it doesn't look like any progress in the race for photo-realism has been made with this.
Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol International Movie Trailer | /Film 2009
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OMGrant photo-realism and believability are two different things, apparently some people can't connect the dots. michaeldance
Avatar Sets New Apple Trailer Record, Toys and Video Game Trailer Revealed | /Film 2009
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Part of that, I feel is the slavish devotion to photo-realism, and part of it is due to the vagaries of composition necessary to put together a spread four times wider than the focus of most comic art.
Ultimates 2 #13 (of 12) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Fast-forward 12 years and two land-mark films in photo-realism special FX later, he's back with Avatar.
Sound Off: James Cameron's Avatar - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2009
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My point is that the depth in Avatar's animation, which arguably borders photo-realism in many sections of this presentation, is far beyond the capabilities of a mere Saturday morning cartoon.
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