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minus-squareMr_Wobble@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down3·1 year agoIn the year 2024, with AI and Photoshop so prevalent, and without any supporting info even suggesting legitimacy, this isn’t even mildly interesting.
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down2·1 year agoLooking it up, it turns out it’s an actual turnip, carved to look like this. https://www.keeplaughingforever.com/post/turnips-grown-into-legs-and-feet
minus-squarekakler bitmap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-21 year agoNot trying to downplay how cool the piece is, but the artists website says it’s acrylic urethane with real Daikon leaves:
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWell now I’m sad. Thanks for looking deeper than me!
minus-squarekakler bitmap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s still a really cool piece of art! Their other works are really fascinating and well-executed too - I especially like the kiwi with the hairy butthole and the… uh… scrotumfruit?
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s what I was hoping! That’s genuinely impressive
minus-squareMr_Wobble@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI stand corrected! Thank you for looking up and finding that interesting context.
In the year 2024, with AI and Photoshop so prevalent, and without any supporting info even suggesting legitimacy, this isn’t even mildly interesting.
Looking it up, it turns out it’s an actual turnip, carved to look like this.
https://www.keeplaughingforever.com/post/turnips-grown-into-legs-and-feet
Not trying to downplay how cool the piece is, but the artists website says it’s
acrylicurethane with real Daikon leaves:Well now I’m sad. Thanks for looking deeper than me!
It’s still a really cool piece of art! Their other works are really fascinating and well-executed too - I especially like the kiwi with the hairy butthole and the… uh… scrotumfruit?
That’s what I was hoping! That’s genuinely impressive
I stand corrected! Thank you for looking up and finding that interesting context.