These paintings by Alex Colville were painted in the ‘50s-‘70s, but look like computer graphics from the 2000s
Gallery of his works (Warning: Depictions of nudity)
Gallery of his works (Warning: Depictions of nudity)
He died in 2013 and one of his last works, from 2008, still has that uncanny feeling to it.
This is so cool. Almost has a collage feel to it with the different lighting angle and level of detail of each item
Not just the painting itself but body anatomy and mechanics (albeit frozen in one snapshot) and such also resemble computer games, wow this is some seriously trippy shit.
This is kind of amazing.
I'm assuming this was done with heavy use of masking, possibly airbrush, and maybe other painting media? It "feels" like a collage, where every subject is just its own painting kind of composited into the whole. But that gives us completely subjective lighting to work with, which throws our senses for a loop. Just like how old computer graphics are collages of other discrete artworks, again, with no effort wasted on coherent lighting or shadows.
Besides not simulating polygons (e.g. the perfectly curved railways), absolutely nailed it. Reminds me of The Sims graphics.
Is it the stupidly flat lighting, simple geometry with perspective and pointillism that makes it look like old 3d?
Need: 1 art nerd, 1 early 2000 game dev nerd
Task: what methodologies in the art work are similar or even emulated by these early consoles (ps1, Dreamcast)