Cute Mona Lisa Cartoon Version
Cute Mona Lisa Cartoon Style
We drew a cute cartoon version of Mona Lisa.
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Why is Mona Lisa so famous?
1. It’s a huge hit in the 2D era
Pictures before the 3D revolution looks like this
In the same era, our Chinese Emperor looks like this. The oil painting technology did not get to China somehow, we didn’t have pictures of realistic emperor until the camera was invented. Which didn’t happen until the very last emperor Cixi.
Cixi had a realistic oil painting, but her time was 300 years after Mona Lisa.
2. Finally it’s not about the Royals anymore
Only royals deserve oil paintings. No, not anymore
We’re tired of flawless Royals and Jesus, give us something else we can relate to.
3. It was stolen
It was stolen from a multi-tier security museum
Even the hook where it used to hang the stolen piece became famous.
Imagine pay the museum ticket and look at a weary hook.
Title: Mona Lisa Cute Cartoon Version
4. The color to show distance
Too artsy for me to understand.
Summary: Far objects, cold color, blurry, smaller; near objects, warm color, sharper, bigger.
We’ve learned this in primary school, but at the time it was a new discovery.
Something about the Golden Ratio of her face too.
5. Something about the smiles
It was drawn blurry at the edges, not fixed like other smiles in other paintings. Very hippy at the time.
6. With all the circumstances above, this painting was done by a celebrity
Da Vinci. He’s everywhere.
7. They don’t know who is this girl
The celebrity’s mistress? The artist himself?
Famous doesn’t mean the best. It’s a mixture of innovation skills and marketing factors.
Check out the time we had our pre-wedding shoot at Thames Town, Shanghai here. We had very low expectation, but turned out its great.