03-11-2016, 11:30 AM
@rene
Yes and no. I would find that the detail and sharpness of an artificially designed image is what makes it clearly look phoney and while my analogy of a blurred mess might not have been adequate your final note on a "way to produce focus in painting is to lower the detail in areas that are "out of focus"" was more my point. If it's design we're looking for, sharpen away. For illustration, there needs to be that depth of field.
Yes and no. I would find that the detail and sharpness of an artificially designed image is what makes it clearly look phoney and while my analogy of a blurred mess might not have been adequate your final note on a "way to produce focus in painting is to lower the detail in areas that are "out of focus"" was more my point. If it's design we're looking for, sharpen away. For illustration, there needs to be that depth of field.