15,000 layers, 1.17 GB photoshop picture.

[Evolution.]

My God


That's insane.

 

[Delirious]

How long would that take not only to make, but see every little detail?

Edit, duh.

• The image size is 40 inches by 120 inches.
• The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.
• It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.
• The painting is comprised of close to fifty individual Photoshop files.
• Taking a cumulative total of all the files, the overall image contains over 15,000 layers.
• Over 500 alpha channels were used for various effects.
• Over 250,000 paths make up the multitude of shapes throughout the scene.

 

[Omnis]

Wow. This guy must have the patience of a buddha.

 

[Sharky.]

That is totally bonkers. Looks great, though

 

[Evolution.]

I usually take a week at most to make a good photoshop image. Any longer and I give up. Dude is probably being paid massive bucks to make that.

Edit: 1,600 post. Don't know why that is so special.

 

[ozyran]

That's simply amazing! Great talent, the artist who made that one.

 

[franz]

I have seen his oyster bar photo from a photoshop book
this guy got amazing patience doing all these vexal art

I guess he makes enough money with his books
so he can have crazy fun with his photoshop journey

 

[GM]

Very, very good picture, it looks real even....

 

[PLmatt91]

Holy crap, it's hard enough for me to mess with 5 layers.

And not even a buddha has that kind of patience. That is just great, I would want to learn Photoshop from him, all day, any day.

 

[Sakiale]

Actually, Buddha couldve made that thing in one second. Or just started, then cloned himself and travelled through time to the finish.

I am a Buddhist so I would know.

 

[TwinTurboJay]

Yeah, Buddha would have ripped his own arm off and heaved it at his PC doing that pic...I think we may have found a new leader for a digital cult!

 

[Sakiale]

Then he wouldve grown another one, and completed that picture in less than a second.

 

[cardude2004]

That is just awsome!

 

[Dead_Poetic]

wow that is absolutely amazing!

 

[ßen]

Whoa. That is amazing. 2,000 hours? I just wouldn't be bothered if I were him. Looks very good though.

 

[Rue]

The incredible attention to detail and long sleepless Red Bull fuelled nights that went into this would be lost on 99.9% of the people that see it. It's amazing, yes, but (to be an old grouch) why not just take a photo?!

EDIT: And here's his reasoning...

Good question, when you consider my paintings look like photographs. Well, for one thing, I’m not a photographer. To me, it is not the destination that is important—it is the journey.
The incredible challenge of recreating reality is my motivation. — Bert Monroy

Fair enough. Respect!

 

[suzq044]

looks as if he designed it for a walk-through type animation or something.

 

[samj_13]

I hope he got paid for that, it's incredible

I can't even put a Carbon Fiber bonnet on a civic

 

[GT Pro]

Bloody. Genious.

 

[Shannon]

Whoa... that is insane.

 

[Foaster]

Holy Macaroni!

That's just insane! dunno what else to say but insane...
I guess it would be easier to create the scene in 3ds Max or other rendering software....

Looks awesome, but i never had the patience for sth. like that