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These paintings by Alex Colville were painted in the ‘50s-‘70s, but look like computer graphics from the 2000s (sh.itjust.works)
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Gallery of his works (Warning: Depictions of nudity)

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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

Is it the stupidly flat lighting, simple geometry with perspective and pointillism that makes it look like old 3d?

[-] Zeshade@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

And gradients/Gouraud style shading everywhere.

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