As an artist I can add that painting from life or copying a photo are two different skills.
And I don’t think the materials matter that much in this instance, many people nowadays paint with terrible tools lol, mostly it’s just that it’s not noticeable when represented via digital media such as a screen :D
linxi1 t1_iyeafw4 wrote
Reply to comment by nrron in eli5 How come people back in the day didn’t have super realistic portraits? by Biscotti_Trick
As an artist I can add that painting from life or copying a photo are two different skills.
And I don’t think the materials matter that much in this instance, many people nowadays paint with terrible tools lol, mostly it’s just that it’s not noticeable when represented via digital media such as a screen :D