Things I Like - Odds & Ends

My art post this week included photographs of women stylized to look like mannequins. The photos were likely retouched or photoshopped to further blur the line between living person and man-made object. Of course, this was the artist's intent, to make the viewer wonder if the image was of a live woman or of a mannequin.

What happens when the purpose of electronic modification is to enhance an image such that it appears more appealing, more attractive, more perfect than it is? Does anyone remember the TV Guide cover with Oprah Winfrey's head attached to Ann Margaret's body? How much is too much?

What about images that are completely computer generated? Does it matter to you if an image you thought was real was actually created by a software tool? Are you sure that you can even tell the difference?

The 10 pictures below are a combination of images of real objects and computer generated images created using the software tool Autodesk. Can you tell the real objects from the CG objects? Click here to test your powers of observation.