Brian Walker, a contemporary digital artist from Sydney completely fools us by making us think the beautiful faces and bodies in his work, are indeed real half princess and half mannequin women. Heavily influenced by the evolution of fashion and popular culture such as film, magazines and the internet, Walker’s inspiration is taken from the plasticization of the female form in fashion and online virtual dress up dolls. “I like the visual language of my images to appear hyper real, as if they could exist but a second take reveals something amiss or askew. The perfection of a single detail or the impossibility between elements is what I continue to find fascinating,” says Walker.
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