Digital Art, Photo, or 3D Illustration: can you tell the difference?

There are three images below. Can you tell which one is done in Photoshop, which one is a photograph, and which one is done in a 3D program? Click “read the rest of this entry” to see the answers.

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Jellyfish pictures

3D – XSI

Heart and lung tissue by Jellyfish Pictures


Kate Burnett

Digital Art – Photoshop

Lung Tissue by Kate T. Burnett


Child heart in situ

Photograph – 2006 IMI Award Winner

Child heart in situ by Helen Rudd

It’s incredible that artists can achieve similar effects using three different mediums.



7 Responses to “Digital Art, Photo, or 3D Illustration: can you tell the difference?”


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    Bah. I got only one right :(

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    2michelle

    i think the photoshop one was obvious but the other two were really hard to pick between.

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    3Sarah

    I thought the photoshop one was real, it looks good. i only got one right

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    4Ben

    Yes those are great. Reminded me of this one:
    http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/objects/Heart-721.html

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    It is tough, I should do these little challenges more often.

    Ben – thanks for the link, it’s amazing!

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