As if the end result wasn’t already obviously bad enough, somehow seeing the original manages to make it worse…
Oh my god that’s so bad how is it this bad
This can’t be real, at no point could any sane person look at that and think, whelp, my job here is done.
But someone might look at that and say “oh shit I’m so bad at my job. I’d better not touch it anymore or I’ll make it even worse”
You sure it’s not a onion article?
My dear lord, how did they even get hired?
It looks like they used Monkey Jesus as their reference picture…
They’re the same picture 🤣
Well that was restored by Dr. Bean (apparantly)
Honestly they should just own it. Have an entire wall of beatific potato head people.
“Everyone thinks they’re not qualified to restore art, just fake it til you make it!”
“I’m somewhat of a art forgery expert myself”
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At this point, it’s our last resort against AI images
Mr. Bill! Ooh nooooo!
Work quality adjusted to pay and inflation, isn’t this what the market economy is all about ?
Not sure if this is true or not, but I remember reading somewhere that some artists intentionally botch historical art restorations for publicity and to drive more visitors to see it in person
It’s fine. After a few days the swelling will go down, and you won’t even know it’s a potato.
Just another example of derivative imitations saturating the art market.