Color data for each bubble can be generated using a python script. Palette can also be generated computationally.
I am not diminishing the artists work or effort, but in the future, will art be prized for skill and novelty? Or will it be dismissed as "anyone can do that" ?
I get why someone would do this. It's much easier for people to notice and appreciate what's going by incorporating a reference image that's widely familiar, and without his work would be much more likely to be overlooked. But still.
Is sculpting art? All it takes is pushing clay around.
I wouldn't be surprised if, in the future, sculptures will also be CNC machine assisted.
It is possible, now , to use a CNC machine to rough cut sculptures and then fine cut them with hand.
As for skill who cares many people could have done this but this is the person who did these and they're neat and interesting. There's room for all sorts of art/games/movies why try to gatekeep what is really art or something?
Most generations there's a good chunk that looks back and say "now that was real _____, not like what they're making today." And every generation what was the true version of the thing changes, it's more nostalgia than anything it seems.
> I am not diminishing the artists work or effort
Well... you are by saying 'anyone could do this' and implying it doesn't require special skill.
There are a lot more examples in art that many people could replicate easily, but only the artist came up with the idea.
[1] https://improvisedlife.com/2015/08/10/learning-stealing-sol-...
Also you're answering your own question there, by dismissing the thing as "anyone can do that" yourself. In theory, anyone can do that, in practice, few / nobody does that.
It's easy but a low blow to stand on the sideline going "I could do that, I just don't wanna".
To add a few spicy observations:
- I'm often unsympathetic to complains of low pay by artists (or people complaining on their behalf). It's well know art comes with a high risk of low pay, it's a difficult endeavour - any adult should know this going in.
- not to say that investment in arts isn't low - it's a different thing. But it's also the same thing: the idea of investment is upfront capital today, payday later, to get over that "initial hump" of high overhead art. If there is no later payoff proportionate to upfront costs, it's logical that something is underfunded.
Try it!