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 The artists photoshop techniques are amazing and her images are so fluent that you can't tell what has been included and what was in the original image.  The big idea seems to be natural landscape and this could be a stretch but finding an escape.

The way the artist makes things that are so far fetched seem normal is inspiring to me.  I am curious as to why the artist uses these ladders in to get to somewhere else in the image.

The artists work just shows me how fluid photoshop images can be made with different tools.  Specifically the lighting of the images flow very well.


 Link to Jeannette Woitzik

The artists work has a lot to do with my actual big idea.  And it appeals to me because the rain has a very mystical appeal. 

I find it inspiring that this artist shows the innocence of children through rain.  The children dancing around in it take rain which usually equates with gloominess and depression and turns it into almost a relieveing experience. 

Toti Cerda Link

The artist's work really appeals to me in a mystic way.  Zhang's work all deals with family and turning photography into paintings with their own spin on the photo.

I find it inspiring of how this artist paints a photograph and removes all emotion from the subjects, yet still draws so much curiosity to the image, through simple manipulations.  The emotionless subjects make me wonder why they are blankly staring and gives them almost a ghost like vibe.

The uses of imperfections to draw attention is used heavily by this artist with the use of the, birthmarks on the faces of the subjects.  Also the use of color changes to draw a focal points where they are necessary is used wonderfully. 

Link to Zhang Xiaogang