When I started my research Mani was the first artist to appear. He is known for his breathtaking images. This kind of photoshop work can be extremely intricate as it can become very obvious just how fake it is when the subject isn’t blended correctly, however Mani always manages to pull it off.
As I had previously stated, lighting was one thing I struggled with majorly when creating my experimentations. However it seems that no matter the environment or animal, Mani gets the lighting and perspective perfect.
The main reason I decided to do black and white experimentations was because I couldn’t quite get the colourisation correct, which easily became extremely frustrating as the image just didn’t look right the black and white theme helped with that as it is no longer a hassle.
These two images once again prove Mani’s incredible use of lighting – in the image with the lions he blurred the lion at the back slightly which gave the image that depth and realism that I aim to achieve.
The image with the cat is also yet another brilliant example. I have started to try and improve my images’ lighting and I have also tried to use the blur tool in order to add more detail to my images.
This piece, to me, is absolutely brilliant. I love his art style in general and I love every piece he’s created, however this is piece is similar to something I wished to do – and still do, however didn’t quite know how to achieve it. Therefore I plan to possibly experiment a little bit further in oder to hopefully achieve that level of detail and realism in my pieces.
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