Real Digital Art vs. Faked Digital Art

There have been several discussions on here about artists "faking" digital art by taking a photograph and then just modifying it to look like they actually produced the image. I just thought it would be interesting if one or more of our esteemed digital artists posted two images, one they actually produced and one they "faked", just to see how close they come, and what faked digital art looks like. Would anyone be interested in doing this? Even just taking a picture you've already completed and then "faking" the reference picture for comparison? I'd really like to see it!

well..i wouldnt even know how to fake an image...lol

Here's my entry. Did in about ten minutes.


By at 2008-04-06

Here's the real photo.


Edit. I refined my technique.

If not for the hair I would definitely believe that was drawn. It even looks like paper texture in the shaded areas. Scary....

Here's one of my real drawings. THe point here shouldn't be if we can make it look like our drawing, but to make it look like a drawing.

Hi here is a picture that i did a while ago and a fake that i just did this minute.
I'm pleased to say its quite hard to make them look similar by faking it ... maybe if i had spent more time on it I would have made it look better but that would rather defeat the point of cheating



Edit: after looking at them together i realize it was a very poor attempt i didn't even crop it
but i did make it look kind of painted in less than 5 mins.

In my opinion...I think it is even more difficult to produce a faked digital artwork than to produce a real one.
Coz' you need to have tons and tons of patience to entertain questions and be convincing enough with your explanation.
People asks questions and you should be ready to answer them.
But only a faker need to worry about it.
Would it be better if we demand a screen-shot or have them post a WIP?

Here's something I've read from another forum.
I think it's a good time to bring this up.
http://www.dueysdrawings.com/phpBB2/vie ... sc&start=0