In all seriousness though, this picture is EPIC. Maybe I'm just a little too into makeup, but this is both hilarious and deep (hear me out). The Mona Lisa, that iconic smile created by Leonardo da Vinci, contoured into a sexy modern version of herself. That classic face, photoshopped 500 years later into our standard of beauty. Art on top of art, and a fascinating and humorous statement.
As I've stared at this, I've been amazed at how true to the original image the artist was; they literally just shaded and highlighted the picture! (and added eyebrows, lol) At first glance the two images look worlds apart, but I promise that if you glance back and forth for long enough, you'll see what I mean. It's like you're looking at this woman the way she'd present herself if she was alive today. Granted, some of the effects like the thinning of her neck couldn't have been achieved with makeup alone, but with our culture's obsession with photoshop this isn't even that extreme.
So yea, this blew me away and got me thinking about beauty standards, the nature of art, and how much I love contouring, lol. What does this say to you? How would you describe the sentiment that it portrays? Let me know in the comments!
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