Artists are Burning Their Work for NFTs
The intersection of art and NFTs keeps getting weirder. Painter Damien Hirst has joined other artists and burned 1,000 of his pieces this week, all in the name of non-fungible tokens.
Digital Artist Shows Why He Believes CGI Now Beats Beverage Photography
Sam Tato, a self-described 3D Generalist, says that computer graphics (CG) and computer-generated imagery (CGI) have reached the point that it has made practical beverage photography a thing of the past -- and he says he can prove it.
Photo Series of Handmade ‘Cells’ Visualizes the Search to Cure Cancer
Photographer and digital artist Rubén Álvarez shot a series of handcrafted cells to represent the process of blood cell formation, taking inspiration from his fight against salivary gland tumors and facial paralysis.
This Landscape Art Uses AR Projection to Show Beams of Light
Photographer Reuben Wu has released the final chapter of his groundbreaking Lux Noctis project, which involves lighting large-scale landscapes with drone-mounted lights. Titled "An Electric Storm," the digital artwork has an incredible physical installation that combines a print with AR light projection.
AP is Auctioning 10 NFTs of ‘Artistic Representations’ of Iconic Photos
Associated Press (AP) will auction 10 non-fungible tokens (NFT) to celebrate its "iconic photojournalism" over the past 175 years. The NFTs are artistic representations of notable, iconic photographs and will be available on the blockchain for the first time.
A Purely Digital Art Collection is Currently Bidding for Over $3 Million
A collection of images by digital artist Beeple called "The First 5000 Days" is currently up for auction. It is the first fully-digital set of art pieces protected with a unique non-fungible token (NFT) that guarantees its authenticity and is currently bidding for $3 million.
Boris FX Optics Brings Cinematic Visual Effects to Photoshop and Lightroom
Academy and Emmy Award-winning software developer Boris FX is dipping its toes in the world of still photography with "Optics": a new standalone application and plugin suite that brings some of the company's feature film visual effects to the world of photo editing.
These Photoshop Brushes Let You Turn Photos Into Paintings Stroke-by-Stroke
Artist and designer Jessica Johnson of Creators Couture has created a unique set of Photoshop brushes that do something we haven't seen before. Stroke by stroke, and controlled by brush size and direction, you can add an impressionist painting effect to all or part of your photos.
Luminar 4.2 Adds ‘AI Augmented Sky’ for Seamless Photo Manipulation
Skylum has released the latest version of the Luminar photo editor, and in addition to the expected performance enhancements and minor updates, Luminar 4.2 boasts a new feature called "AI Augmented Sky" that makes creating surreal photo composites the work of a few seconds.
These Before-and-After Images Reveal What Goes Into My Photo Art
As a digital artist, I create images that are optical illusions, interesting concepts, and fantasy worlds. For this, I have to have tools to achieve my visions and this is where my retouching background comes into play.
Photographer Accuses Digital Artist of Photo Theft, Calls Him ‘Thief’ & ‘Liar’
No fewer than 5 different sources sent us the same article this morning from photographer Jason Weingart, in which the extreme weather photog accuses digital artist Brent Shavnore of willfully stealing his images, calling him a "thief, poser, coward, and a liar." Shavnore tells PetaPixel that the entire issue is a misunderstanding, and accuses Weingart of being "childish."
This Crypto-Art Rose Photo Sold for $1,000,000
Kevin Abosch, the photographer who purportedly sold a photo of a potato for over $1,000,000 in 2016, has now become the photographer behind the world's most expensive crypto-artwork by selling a photo of a rose on the blockchain for $1,000,000.
A Before and After Look at the Magic of a Photoshop Artist
Photographer and visual artist Antti Karppinen has been reimagining photos using Photoshop for over 23 years now. Here's a before-and-after look at how Karppinen is able to take plain portraits (shot in studios, garages, and outdoors) and turn them into dreamlike images.
See How This Surreal Construction Image Was Shot and Processed
In 2016, world-famous photographer and digital artist Erik Johansson was commissioned by Swedish construction company NCC to create something special that showed the areas NCC was working. This is one of the 6 photos he created for them, and below he shows you how it was made.
Huseyin Sahin’s Surreal Digital Photo Creations are Straight Out of a Dream
Huseyin Sahin is one of the most talented digital artists you'll find online. Following in the footsteps of other incredibly skilled artists like Erik Johansson, he's got a stunning talent for creating surreal scenes by blending together digital photographs.
I See You: Avatar Photoshoot Turns Into a Meaningful Experience for Everyone
I’m always searching for interesting personal projects—ideas that are worth the effort and time it takes to make it visible.
These Star Wars Artworks Were Made by Photographing Action Figures
French freelance photographer and graphic designer Sebastien Del Grosso has created a series of beautiful artworks based on the Star Wars universe. It might not look like it, but photography played a big role in the project.
Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Your Model Look Like They’re Dissolving
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to walk through the many different ways to create this pixel dispersion fragmenting effect to make your model or object look like it is bursting into little particles and pieces.
Disorienting Landscape Manipulations by Laurent Rosset
A basic landscape or cityscape photograph is just the beginning for Italian photo manipulation artist and architect Laurent Rosset. It's once he has the pieces in Photoshop that his creations really begin coming to life.
Photographer Creates a Fantasy World for Her One-Handed Daughter to Show Her Anything is Possible
Photographer and mother Holly Spring's photography has always been about her daughter. Born with only one hand and suffering from something known as Hirschprung's disease, little Violet almost died from surgical complications before Holly ever got a chance to take a single picture of her.
Shortly after that, her husband bought her a DSLR, and she has been taking pictures of Violet ever since.