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Compared to Gioconda

This graceful and mysterious painting by Petrus Christus "Portrait of a Girl", sometimes compared to da Vinci's Mona Lisa, is a milestone in the history of flagship painting.

The heroine has almond-shaped eyes with a slightly oriental slit, pale aristocratic skin. The slightly slanted look of the girl seems to be directed at the viewer and is spelled out so skillfully that some find it even frightening.

The whole appearance corresponds to the Gothic ideas of beauty - an elongated oval of the face, narrow shoulders, a long neck, a high forehead, almost completely plucked eyebrows, hair pulled tightly to the back of the head.

Diffused light smoothes facial features, while the dark background and the severity of the dress make focus on the eyes of the girl, making them even more attractive.

Berlin Art Gallery

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Suddenly, on airnbnb, I found courses on Korean Minhwa folk painting. In past centuries, this genre was very popular and was called Jakhodo (jak - magpie, ho - tiger, do - picture), where the tiger was deliberately given a ridiculous, comical and stupid look (hence its nickname "stupid tiger" 바보호랑이). In this painting, the tiger (sometimes a leopard) represents power and aristocracy, while the clever and cunning magpie represents the common man.

Interesting digital avatars

Among digital avatars, you can find many unusual characters with extraordinary qualities and striking appearance, which I want to introduce you to.

•Lil Miquela

Lil is half Brazilian and half Spanish and became one of the first popular virtual influencers.

She works with famous fashion brands and tries herself as a singer. After releasing his own single "Not Mine" and also debuting with his first music video "Hard Feelings".

•Shudu

The first digital supermodel hailing from South Africa. Shudu has a strikingly realistic appearance and, with a quick glance, it is difficult to say with certainty whether it is real or virtual. At the very beginning of her career, many even argued about her origins, thinking that she was a real model.

•Noonoouri

A virtual girl with an unusual Asian appearance. She aims to inform the audience about various social issues. Noonoouri publicly supports sustainable fashion and positions herself as a vegetarian.

• Imma

Imma is from Tokyo and is Japan's first digital model. Translated from Japanese, her name Imma means "now". A girl with a realistic characteristic appearance is interested in Japanese culture, art and cinema.

The girl is an interesting person,
she brings up topics such as race, environment and gender, and under the special hashtag #ithinkimcgi she reflects on the topic of her own identity and questions it.

•Thalasya Pov

Thalasya is an Indonesian female musician who released the popular single "Be Happy". A girl with a doll-like appearance and a “porcelain” face leads an ordinary life, takes pictures with artists and attends Jakarta fashion weeks.

#Metaverse

Who are these virtual people?

Digital avatars are virtual characters created using computer graphics. They have a unique personality, voice and even their own history. The main faces of the new digital era.

At the very beginning, many of them were only a digital “shell”, and all communication was carried out by ordinary people. Now technology has advanced significantly, and such avatars are created using artificial intelligence.

One of the first virtual avatars were Lil Miquela, Shudu and Noonoouri. Digital avatars cover events, participate in fashion shows, help draw attention to the global problems of humanity, become presenters, consultants and lead a full social life.

You can also single out a separate direction in the development of virtual people - these are digital avatars of a person or digital twins. Burberry used digital copies of Kendall Jenner and Naomi Campbell in their advertising campaigns.

These technologies also help to recreate dead celebrities, digital artists can perform at concerts in several metaverses at the same time, appear as a hologram at an autograph session, and remain popular even after the end of their real career.

With further active digitalization and moving to the metaverses, we all may very soon need virtual avatars. Interesting, isn't it?

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Open the heart and release
the color of neon butterflies.

Thanks Palina