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Justin Van Genderen's awesome Photoshop work

By Rain Noe - February 26, 2010

in Object Culture

The recently-turned-twenty Photoshop often gets a bad rap in photography contests, as purists feel works graced by the program oughtn't be included; their reasoning is clear, as Photoshopped images have truly evolved into their own art form/genre.

Chicago-based graphic designer and illustrator Justin Van Genderen first came to our attention for his humorously minimalist posters advertising planets from Star Wars, like something you'd see in an old travel agency:

But looking deeper into his Photoshop portfolio, we were pleasantly surprised to see some of the most graphically awesome Photoshop work we've seen in a while--stuff that does not merely try to perfect existing images or make them hyper-real, but which pushes them into their own genre, distinct, we feel, from analog painting.

The bloody photo below was inspired by that scene in Kill Bill, while the rest of the images are from JustinVG's own mind.

We're only showing you a small sampling here (and our apologies to the artist for cropping some of the work). For greater variety, check out his galleries or his website.

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Martin

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How cool are those! I really like the man with the cut head, looks crazy, must have taken ages.
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mattw

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that stuff is pretty good, but check out aeiko's work over at supercombo.
his photoshop skills are unreal.
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