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    Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop

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    10/27/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop

    The problem we all live with, perhaps Rockwell's most important illustration.
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    If you want to see someone who is doing similarly amazing work in a different medium, please see Alex Ross's work.

    Granted it doesn't come close to Rockwell's genius but it is the best we have today. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    What strikes me is that Rockwell seems to have gone to a great deal of time and trouble to create his own original photographs to turn into paintings. Unlike many of today's artists, he didn't steal the images created and owned by working photographers and illegally use them to create his own "derivative" works. There's a lesson here for all modern Photoshop wannabe's.
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    Photoshopping is an apt metaphor. Sure, lots of artists paint from photos. But Rockwell did so in a distinctive way. It's as if painting was just one step in the creative process, the one where Rockwell "tweaked" the photo to remove certain imperfections and accentuate for dramatic effect.
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    To all those here undoubtedly bashing Rockwell for "copying" I feel pity.

    If you have even an inkling of art in your body you'll immediately see the difference from photo to painting, the choices he made, and realize you couldn't even begin to make such a painting.
    (Unless you can, in which case you should)

    Love the article btw. It's amazing to see how artists work and to see what it is that made them different! #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    The Norman Rockwell Museum worked with Ron Schick to put together an exhibition based on his book. It opens November 7 and stays up through May 31-come out and see us sometime! -Corry Kanzenberg/Curator of Archival Collections/Norman Rockwell Museum

    [www.nrm.org]
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    Thank you, Rothman, for this fabulous article on Rockwell. He is one of my most favorite artists of all time, and I am amazed how much his work is recognized still. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    This looks really good. Thanks for the article. I was never too concerned with art until quite recently, and it's always interesting to see things like this. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    Someone somewhere is using that astronaut pic to "prove" men never landed on the Moon... #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: They didn't dude. Seriously.

    We landed on Mars instead. The Moon landings were just a cover up for that.

    And humans used to live on Mars, but had to migrate to Earth. Unfortunately the technology and history were lost in an enormous crash landing.

    Duh. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    I am a bit offended by the photoshop referencing. Having studies to use for the final finished piece was long before Rockwell. Why is the writer so surprised by Rockwells use of studies and models. Also how can you call him the king of photoshop as far as I know photoshop never was used by the artist. Yes the scenes are a composite of multiple studies and drawings and photographs but the end product is still pure paint to canvas. Do not take the ability to amalgamate various sources as strictly a "photoshop" technique per se. Photoshop came from the idea of what artists were already doing and giving that ability to a new medium. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @Die Fledermaus: "Photoshop came from the idea of what artists were already doing and giving that ability to a new medium." Glad you're so offended that you were able to grasp the point of the article. Anything else I can do for you? #normanrockwell
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    10/27/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Yes be more clear in your writing. Also your assertion that Rockwell is the king of photoshop is like saying Dante is the king of the word processor because he put words to paper. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    ....Are you seriously using photoshop as a verb for painting a painting? #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @Zarian: demoted #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @sktaka22381: I think there's some legitimacy to Zarian's criticism. Rockwell is one of my favorite artists, and to say that he was Photoshop master before there was a Photoshop sounds like putting the cart before the horse.

    Rockwell's process, while not groundbreaking, did lay the ground work for what our modern day Photoshop artists emulate in their own workflow - at least in mine.

    I understand that by saying something like "Rockwell Photoshopped before Photoshop" makes him more relevant to our community and this a damn good article for people to read, but it's also valid to point out that to simply call what he did "Photoshop" may devalue his craft in some eyes. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @Poop Cooper: Thanks for getting it. Stunned that people would take any of this discussion as devaluing the man's craft. As I said, my own appreciation of him shot through the roof. The mention of photoshop (lowercase, mind you, to refer as much to the actual photo-intensive labor Rockwell performed as to the popularly bootlegged computer app) simply serves as a bridge. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @sktaka22381: Yeah, I'm gonna say that I don't think that using "photoshopping" as a way to describe Rockwell's process really fits. More like a blogger making a stretch to make it fit in his column. That aside, I can see why one would want to make the stretch is the first place, what with NASA being involved and whatnot... #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @ibelli: Why don't you people get it? In modern terms, to Photoshop means to cut and paste and composited image from several individual sources, then blend them together seamlessly with your own creativity. Same thing Rockwell did. And so today's still wet-behind-the-ears kids can understand what the article is talking about, he used the modern term. So yeah, he Photoshopped. #normanrockwell
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    10/27/09

    @SpudMills: Dude was a painter. He created scenes and painted them. He wasn't trying to trick anyone into thinking that something was photorealistic....oh, what am I doing--not worth discussing... #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    The painting of a photograph was a common technique. Gil Elvgren, the artist behind many of the classic pin-up girl paintings, would typically photograph the model and then paint from the photo. Alex Ross, whose comic art is in the style of Rockwell and Elvgren, also uses models and photographs.

    That the paintings aren't of actual moments does not detract from the artistry that went into them. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: No not the artistry at all, in fact it in some ways enhances it for me: to envision these combinations and then arrange a photo that would give him a starting point on the canvas, and then to collage in the others give me a newly informed respect for his work. It does however, take the place of my wrongly imagining that all those paintings were taken from real world happenings as opposed to the brilliant imaginings within such a great mind... #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    Any one can photoshop the Lucky Charms leprechaun surfing a turtle with tank treads for legs through a forest of Gundam penises - but Rockwell stuff, well..rocks. XD

    I do not have the photo explained above. Sorry :( #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    Must have that book! Rockwell's work always fascinated me. #normanrockwell
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop
    The Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge, Mass, has a lot of these - the actual paintings with some of the studies and photos next to them. It's cool to see a book that details it for people who can't get to the museum. #normanrockwell
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