Sunday, April 11, 2010

Why Tilt Shift Sucks?

The title of this blog came to me as a way of summing up my feelings about the current state of digital art. The tilt shift effect currently used in photo shop was kind of neat the first fifty times, but now is getting kind of tired. As somebody with a foot in both camps of photographers and modelers I feel the effect does a disservice to everyone. One of the great things about model photos is the double take when you realize that the photo is of a model scene and not real life. This gives you something to strive for as a modeler. As a photographer and artist seeing a digital image that is amazing is enough without being able to list all the photo shop plug-ins that were used to create it.

Creativity is not about following the crowd. Adding techniques as part of a range of knowledge is good. Expanding the current range of techniques available is even better. Hopefully I will be able to document some of my projects here and share some techniques and ideas.

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