In loving memory of Dobby- Psychosomatic art.

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I just watched Harry Potter, and towards the end, I cried. Yes, like a little girl who's piece of candy was snatched away. The death of Dobby was what cause my eyes to pee uncontrollably. I always loved him ! He was such an adorable elf, with those humungous glassy emerald eyes and the adorable voice, he looked so joyous when he was released and declared "free" ! Dobby come back !!! The free elf's death really annoyed me, and made me want to go and smack the witch who caused it. Anyway, my point of this whole thing was, that the character of Dobby(in the movies) was only possible due to special effects. The graphics involved in the character creation and execution were commendable. The effects used made Dobby look so real, yet magical, with all the little wrinkles and the carefully chosen color palette. This sort of graphical art (inclusive of special effects) falls under the category of psychosomatic art. Creating art that is so close to reality, an uncanny resemblance that leads you to believe that it is real, when it is not, an artistic illusion.

Aww ! Just look at little Dobby staring at you from the screen. How can one not love that little elf ? Anyway, emotions aside, the graphical creation is crafted to create illusive art. Deceptive to the mind, some serious brain play. A branch of Psychosomatic art is known as "Hyperrealism". A photorealistic rendering of people, objects and landscapes. Hyperrealism was actually an art movement, which caused a great stir in the art world as some of the best sculptors were the makers of masterpieces that defined their careers. Below are some of my favorite Hyperrealists (sculptors).

Ron Mueck

The John Lennon cover with Yoko Ono ?
I think it has a slight resemblance ! with the
positioning, although it has a more serious feel to it.

Evan Penny

Sam Jinks

These were a few of my absolute favorite Hyperrealist sculptors, there's many more that have produced wonderful works of art. The thing I love about them is that they are so meticulous, and their work always  depicts the emotions so well, some of the sculptors insist on using human hair to make their sculptures more realistic. The way these artists create an illusion just amazes me. 

Anyway, moving on the the next form of Psychosomatic art - The droste effect. An image exhibiting a smaller version of itself in a place where a similar picture would be expected to appear. This smaller version then contains an even smaller version of itself in the same spot, and so on the brain play continues. Only in theory could this go on forever(while analyzing a droste effect picture, there is no limit to the effect and the picture never really ends); practically, it continues only as long as the resolution of the picture allows, which is relatively short, and so the mind is directed to think that it goes on forever.

Below are a few examples of The droste effect. 

The effect is named after the dutch cocoa powder brand, for obvious reasons.

PS: You can create your own Droste effect very easily, if you want to know more about this style of art, feel free to ask and I will be more than happy to answer :)

One last thing, I love you Dobby ! You are the best elf, in the history of elf-species ! You were kind hearted and gave warm hugs to people when they most need it. You will never be forgotten, the free elf ! :) xxxx