Matthew, you have a point about people not realizing that's what's meant by the medium. I try not to underestimate people's ignorance.
There is always that when it comes to realism. An artist using soft core stuff as photo references could achieve some highly plausible realism. Heck, I could if I used that for my photo references, if I wanted that look to it.
I've also found there is a natural stage of skill in realism where you have to work very close to the reference to get good results, but get good results when you do. This is the point it's a lot better to use your own photos, naturally, for copyright reasons.
Odd that his larger works look real and his smaller ones don't.
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