On the other hand...
To balance the equation, I'd like to show you this, which feanna linked in a comment to that other post.
I really love, love fine art spoofs and imitations. (See? I even have "art spoofs" on my lj "interests" list.) A really well-done spoof pays close attention to the original, and anyone who has tried to copier apres les maitres has learned that you can't copy a master without noticing boatloads of details you've never seen before, and acquiring boatloads of respect for the original piece. For a while, I was doing Andy Warhol-style pet portraits for money (made a fair chunk o' change off of those, for a time) and I honestly will never look at a Warhol silkscreen the same way after. Good imitations are hard to find, it's a lot harder to do (at least to do well) than one might think, going in. Anybody doing it right is going to be spending a lot of time trying to get inside and understand the original, and what could possibly be better than that?
The first is a photo, btw. There are more, here:
http://portal.gmx.net/de/themen/unterhaltung/bildergalerien/7360322,image=0.html
The attention they paid to lighting is incredible. I love it!
I really love, love fine art spoofs and imitations. (See? I even have "art spoofs" on my lj "interests" list.) A really well-done spoof pays close attention to the original, and anyone who has tried to copier apres les maitres has learned that you can't copy a master without noticing boatloads of details you've never seen before, and acquiring boatloads of respect for the original piece. For a while, I was doing Andy Warhol-style pet portraits for money (made a fair chunk o' change off of those, for a time) and I honestly will never look at a Warhol silkscreen the same way after. Good imitations are hard to find, it's a lot harder to do (at least to do well) than one might think, going in. Anybody doing it right is going to be spending a lot of time trying to get inside and understand the original, and what could possibly be better than that?
The first is a photo, btw. There are more, here:
http://portal.gmx.net/de/themen/unterhaltung/bildergalerien/7360322,image=0.html
The attention they paid to lighting is incredible. I love it!