15,000 layer photoshop picture

[sealion]

http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/fineart_damen.htm



Amazing :)


edit: updated link

[afireinside]

WOW! Jaw dropping :slobber:

[Slayer2k3]

.......that's amazing......

I'd love to see a wicked high-res printout.

[sealion]

that picture kinda reminds me of the beginning of half life 2. Maybe someday we'll see half life 3 or 4 looking that good

[EnJoY]

Wow, so amazing. It also reminds me of Half-Life 2, which also got me thinking, why isn't this guy working for a game company creating photorealistic textures and scenery?

[Baldrick]

:eek2:

XtremePhotoshop :p:

[comrad]

It would be easier to just 3d model the scene...

[Repoman]

And? It would be that much less impressive

:woot: for that guy, that is amazing :)

[Vandi423]

geez that's a lot of work! :toast:

[the]

Wow, so amazing. It also reminds me of Half-Life 2, which also got me thinking, why isn't this guy working for a game company creating photorealistic textures and scenery?


he said 11 months and almsot 2000 hours to make that. that equates to about 6 horus a day. hes making enuff to sit on a pc and make that picture, hes not worried about a job

i woudlnt be surpised if he was handi capped of soem sort and near bed ridden and this was his work. met too many genius' in that state.

[IYP]

i dont think i could sit and do one thing for (one project) for 11 months and 2000hrs...cept maybe watcch the ninja guy in the's sig

[Kobalt]

amazing...i sent the picture to a friend and he thought it was a real life photo

[Mr. Tinker]

It would be easier to just 3d model the scene...
QFT, even though I can appreciate the work that went into that. Imagine what could come if he/she focussed that energy into a 3d scene.

This person would make a great background matte artist. Even though I'm an animator, I'd love to see bg matte's make a come back.

[Crazy Chuckster]

amazing

[masterofpuppets]

That actually looks like a photo at that size. That guy has way too much time :D

[JaCk0]

amazing !_! the image is super realist.

[IvanAndreevich]

Incredible. A 3D scene would be cooler, since you could a nice flythrough :)

[Serra]

Insanity. Utter, beautiful, insanity.

Serra

[NickS]

Wow. That makes me wonder what freakin computer he used, to handle such extreme photoshopping :slobber:.

That's just crazy, the reflections, the rust, WOW.

Nick

[Entity_Of_One]

That is absolutely amazing, very impressive work. Photo-realism for sure. I can only imagine a future where todays equivalent of Half Life 2 looked like this. I love advancement in the aspect of technological related visuals, it's so intriguing.

[gr8golf]

People always :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: about how the gameplay of newer games is so boring and how there is nothing to motivate them to buy new titles. I keep buying new games for the very reason you just described - I'm amazed at the evolution of the engines, the graphics, the physics.

[Sneaky]

Hot Damn!

[Magnj]

The reason games don't look like this is not a lack of software or lack of talented artists like this...it's the hardware...i'm sure valve could have made HL2 look like this... but you'd need a serious cluster to run it.

[ocmyface]

that is amazing. he sells prints of stuff for $150. if only i had more money than i needed...

[Dumo]

WOW:eek:

I can't imagine if he do the same with Grand Central Sta. NYC:) It will be the most beautiful GCS drawing for sure.

[BlueWonder]

>The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.

Dude.. I-N-S-A-N-E

That's sooo much work that could have just been done with a camera or modeling prog. Fantastic use of medium.

[jakedeez]

Wow man - just wow.

[friedchips]

Xtreme dedication. Thats rediculously high quality work, my girlfriend doesn't believe it was made with photoshop LOL!!

[jrw]

Why not invest the energy in creating an image of something that doesnt exist?

This could have been captured by camera!

This is as IMPRESSIVE as it is IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND.

EDIT: He is for real!

"To me, it is not the destination that is important—it is the journey.
The incredible challenge of recreating reality is my motivation."

[xerogenesis]

most layers ive ever had was something like 300 and i thought that was a lot, haha 15000 , this guy really is dedicated to his work

[ferrari_freak]

Wow omg that is crazy, I am totally speechless :eek2:

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

[mrkram]

i dont know much about photoshop but i give that guy alot of props for his dedication. *cheer*

[npk]

QFT, even though I can appreciate the work that went into that. Imagine what could come if he/she focussed that energy into a 3d scene.

This person would make a great background matte artist. Even though I'm an animator, I'd love to see bg matte's make a come back.

bg mattes are still heavily used in the movie industriy, of course no matte painter is insane enough (or have the time) to hand draw every single object of the image.

[epox4life]

It looks like a photograph!

[bri1]

what a pimp i bet that really helps him get the ladies

[npk]

let´s face it, this guy is :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ing crazy!

[Brettbeck]

WOW:eek: ! 11 months (2,000 hours) to create!

[CRUSH-ER]

Insane! Does this dude ever get laid? :stick:

[joshd]

wow, that is amazing. i have tried digital matte myself, and failed miserably. the dedication and focus this artist must have must be huge.

[wildcard]

That's awesome! Congrats!

[$ilver]

Bert is an accomplished teacher and lecturer who has served on the faculty of The School of Visual Arts (NYC), Center for Creative Imaging (ME), Dynamic Graphics Educational Foundation (IL), California College of Arts & Crafts (CA) and lectures at many other institutions and conferences around the world. He currently teaches at San Francisco State University. He teaches a long roster of corporate clients which includes Pixar Animations Studios. Bert is also a featured speaker at many world-wide conferences and is part of the Photoshop Dream Team of Photoshop World. Bert now lives in Berkeley, California. He continues to serve his installed base of clients which include Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Pioneer Electronics, Fujitsu, SONY, AT&T, Chevron and American Express. Bert has also done a considerable amount of film work for Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images and R/Greenberg Assoc.

Teacher :D

[Kain XS]

Thats a very amazing job.
Well done!

[FragTek]

That is AMAZING! That guy has some uber skillz, mad props to that dude!

[ugp]

Amazing job and alot of hard work right there.

[Shpoon]

Why? lol...

It's utterly amazing, but unless he got a lot out if it, seems wasted.

[i found nemo]

hhmmm, this level of detail would not do good in a game, the picture alone he claims 1.7gb :O maybe if the size was a lil smaller ... eh, i don't know anything about photo-choppin' though .... so don't mind me

[ugp]

With all the layers and detail it could very well be that big of a picture...

Look at the image size though as well. Does not surprise me at all.

[i||uSi0n^]

That's amazing. Although you can see its not quite realistic when it comes to the building and the track... But still its amazing how much time he spent on it and well I hope that was the result he was hoping to get. :P

[etherealrhythm]

lol. oh dear. someone /please/ get this guy something else to do with his free time. we should all email trying to convince him to take up overclocking, it might help ease the absolute battering he's giving his rig lol.

@ i||uSi0n^, this guy obviously has such command over his tools and mastery of his craft that i'm absolutely certain that that's the result he was hoping for. if that image were any more realistic i'd simply refuse to believe its not a photograph. Like the shelter area in the foreground on the left-hand platform is just absolutely spot-on.

lol funny quote:

"As a photo-realist painter, I have often been asked why I don’t just take a photograph. Good question, when you consider my paintings look like photographs. Well, for one thing, I’m not a photographer."

after getting into 3D pretty recently but not really being able to do anything with photoshop yet, and since i just got paid yesterday, im buying pretty much all of this sic bastard's tuts lol. might as well learn from the best.

[dz_jad]

that is amazing. he sells prints of stuff for $150. if only i had more money than i needed...
that was the 'cheap deal' going on. there are ones that sell for $3000.
Bert monroy has been around for years, I think he designed the icons for the original mac? maybe I'm mixed up, but it says on the site that he's been 'playing around' with computer graphics for 20+ years. he is a majior contributor to the whole computer art scene.

[dz_jad]

lol. oh dear. someone /please/ get this guy something else to do with his free time.
free time?

[dz_jad]

Teacher :D
at a ritzy art school............

[etherealrhythm]

yup, if you read the history on the site he's basically a photoshop pioneer, authored the first book on it way back when. when i'm older and more loaded i wanna get a huge print of the Damen piece made. is $150 for like an A4 sized print, but i want it to cover a wall lol.

[Gun_Strife]

thats really amazing
would love to see more from him