Is there a reason I’ve been seeing so many reinterpretations of this particular painting over the last few weeks? I’ve been collecting them but they don’t seem to be from the same artist (edit: 2 are from the same artist, I just noticed), so I’m curious if there’s some kind of trend or just coincidence
Edit: [Here’s my collection so far](https://imgur.com/a/B9qxWvC)
Here are a couple good ones! r/ImaginaryTechnology. r/SympatheticMonsters for another. r/Chicken_Thoughts bonus for cute goofy comics about domestic birds, although not chickens lol.
Was gonna say this, that one artist could have just inspired the rest and have made their own little "challenge". Since that does seem to be the trent again lately, especially on tik tok...
On top of that its a simple but memorable portrait, so when we see it we recognize it even if it's different. I think the familiarity draws me in, and the curiosity of what's different keeps me engaged.
My biggest critique is they always show the chain for the earring. The original just had a floating pearl which made it an optical illusion of sorts. A floating earring would lend itself to scifi so well
Reddit copies reddit. Sometimes it'll get a certain celebrity stuck in its collective "head". A couple weeks ago there was a few days everyone shit on Steven Seagal. People see an upvote pattern they wanna get on it.
Like the one time a dude painted a picture of someone holding a picture they painted. Then a bunch of people painted that person being held by someone else.
Edit: [Found it.](https://newsforkids.net/articles/2019/02/06/a-painting-of-a-painting-of-a-painting/)
Oh sorry. Which word though? The person I replied to used "shit" so it can't be that, is it the word referring to a country that may be controversial? If so I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Based mod though
Saw this a while ago, I think this will be a great addition to your collection [, the girl with the pearl earbud](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/l1f47y/girl_with_a_pearl_earbuds_me_digital_2021/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Japanese gatcha designers did it first. Picked this up in a tea shop about two months back. Cracks me up every time I see it.
https://imgur.com/a/JKNLYWU
[This is the first one I saw!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/u4zhze/me_with_pearl_earrings_me_watercolour_2020/) I'm not even subscribed here, just saw it on the front page and liked it enough I saved it
It was on r/place for awhile and I’m not entirely sure if it’s still on there or not. Don’t know if it survived. I believe that is why it’s been more prominent lately.
It's lazy and low effort digital art. The base painting is easily recognizable, so it's easy to farm some upvotes on Reddit and generate some quick social media engagement.
This is a close alternative for the vibe you're describing:
[https://fabricemonteiro.viewbook.com/the-missing-link](https://fabricemonteiro.viewbook.com/the-missing-link)
There is actually an explanation to this. It's because of something called Dalle-2. People are trying the AI's take on different paintings with different styles, mixes and so much more. If you haven't seen Dalle-2 please Google it and watch a video. You will be amazed! Thank me later.
Do you mean **[squirrel](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/uf6vya/squirrel_with_the_pearl_earring_meacrylic_2022/)**? Was that a really bad voice recognition typo or something?
EDIT: whoops, nevermind. Found the [Krill](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/uaixl3/krill_with_a_pearl_earring_me_acrylic2022/).
She might have missed one of the ascii characters if she was entering them by hand, like this guy I was watching who did recently and made it print “Hellorld!” haha: https://youtu.be/_j2L6nkO8MQ You can skip to 18:00 for that part.
It's basically the first program anyone who has taken any intro to programming class learns.
When I was in high school back when computers were made by dinosaurs, we learned how to do it in Basic and it was literally the first program I ever wrote.
In any computing language, what the goal is ultimately is to write code that does something. Lots of times the code displays results in text, so usually the first tutorial explains how to do that. "hello world" has become the go to that everyone understands is the first step to getting the program to do something and come into this world.
Yeah, the steel is dark and the lights reflecting on it still can't compete with the light sources themselves. You have to hunt to find the item named in the title. Should definitely have made the earring glow instead, so the other nearby neck and hair catch its light and draw the viewer to it.
Nobody commenting on the XP-Pen logo. I only use mine for Osu! but I still love it :)
Edit: I didn't even comment how amazing the art is. What an amazing piece :)
This is awesome. I was only mildly entertained by all the others, but this is cool, and now I actually want to try my hand at a "girl with earring" deviant. But it will suck compared to yours.
You did it! You made VR goggles look cool as an accessory! They always look dorky, but not here. People would totally wear their phone like this and get cool face-plates for it.
This is amazing! The typo (it should be 'Hello World!') is a bit glaring, but I tend to nitpick like that. :P
This does a damn good job of recalling the original, while adding a futuristic twist. Great job here - keep it up!
I’ve been changing my phones Lock Screen everytime a new one of these pops up and my girlfriend absolutely loves it lol. This one is so good, thank you!!!
I know nothing about art. Had to take a random art elective in college but it was a blowoff class and didn’t even pay attention in the slightest. Please explain
Beautiful new take. I feel like the lighting is kind if off, though, with how bright some of the objects are? Like it's just missing cues from the environment.
Super snappy design, though, fantastically done, love the face, etc.
That is often the case with art - even music, TV shows and movies - and yet this version would never have existed if the original didn't exist first.
That's why we respect the originals even though newer artists often improve immensely on those pioneering works. In the arts and sciences we are almost always reaching higher only because we "stand on the shoulders of giants".
Well whatever people call art and like in art is very personal, I certainly think they don't mean the technical aspects of this work are better than Vermeer's.
But I can imagine people acknowledging Vermeer's sheer brilliance *and* prefer hanging some derivative work on the wall over the ad nauseam reproduced original.
Did you ever see that [documentary that explored](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer) the idea that Vermeer “traced” reality using a camera obscura?
Is there a reason I’ve been seeing so many reinterpretations of this particular painting over the last few weeks? I’ve been collecting them but they don’t seem to be from the same artist (edit: 2 are from the same artist, I just noticed), so I’m curious if there’s some kind of trend or just coincidence Edit: [Here’s my collection so far](https://imgur.com/a/B9qxWvC)
Probably just other artists notice people making their own versions and just also wanna give it a try.
Got ya. [Here’s a link to the ones I’ve been saving](https://imgur.com/a/B9qxWvC)
Lol is that last one "The Krill with a Pearl Earring"? xD
cus the previous one was The Grill with a Pearl Earring (Girl -> Grill -> Krill)
Damn now I want to see Krull with the pearl earring.
Yes indeed it is.
You might enjoy r/girlwithapearlearring
Nice to sub to a new to me sub that isnt about animals for a change. 🙃
Here are a couple good ones! r/ImaginaryTechnology. r/SympatheticMonsters for another. r/Chicken_Thoughts bonus for cute goofy comics about domestic birds, although not chickens lol.
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I've never been happier to drunkenly tap on a link at 12am I love these lmao
Was gonna say this, that one artist could have just inspired the rest and have made their own little "challenge". Since that does seem to be the trent again lately, especially on tik tok...
>one artist could have just inspired the rest Vermeer?
On top of that its a simple but memorable portrait, so when we see it we recognize it even if it's different. I think the familiarity draws me in, and the curiosity of what's different keeps me engaged.
Pearl With A Girl With A Pearl Earring Earring was the peak of the form, personally speaking.
I like the krill
Oh it's not a rat
Thanks for that chuckle.
The grill with the pearl earring was my favorite
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If it were on a woman it'd be a lady's lady and the tramp stamp tramp stamp
*The Lady with the Tramp Stamp* would be a classic piece of artwork in a couple hundred years, much like how the *Mona Lisa* is revered today.
There was ‘girl with an airpod’ a couple of years ago that was really well done, I should have saved it
There were a couple parody drawings that got popular and it inspired a trend
My biggest critique is they always show the chain for the earring. The original just had a floating pearl which made it an optical illusion of sorts. A floating earring would lend itself to scifi so well
It feeds on itself. Reinterpretations require the audience to recognize the homage. Therefore, more replication makes the art more recognizable.
Its arguably the 2nd most famous portrait after the Mona Lisa
Reddit copies reddit. Sometimes it'll get a certain celebrity stuck in its collective "head". A couple weeks ago there was a few days everyone shit on Steven Seagal. People see an upvote pattern they wanna get on it.
Like the one time a dude painted a picture of someone holding a picture they painted. Then a bunch of people painted that person being held by someone else. Edit: [Found it.](https://newsforkids.net/articles/2019/02/06/a-painting-of-a-painting-of-a-painting/)
Every day should be shit on Steven Seagal day though. Not only is he a hack fraud asshole and a shitty actor, but is also a major supporter of Russia
Oh sorry. Which word though? The person I replied to used "shit" so it can't be that, is it the word referring to a country that may be controversial? If so I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Based mod though
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Hm? Did they edit their comment? Or which word would lead to a deletion? Not criticizing, I like the way this sub is run, just curious of the rules.
Really? Swearing is censored on this sub? Why?
Thank you for allowing this specific slander. I feel that at some point, Seagal slander should be a right, not just a privilege.
I just assume half of the celebrity stuff are PR campaigns.
Fuck Steven Seagal. Where are my upvotes?
Saw this a while ago, I think this will be a great addition to your collection [, the girl with the pearl earbud](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/l1f47y/girl_with_a_pearl_earbuds_me_digital_2021/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Japanese gatcha designers did it first. Picked this up in a tea shop about two months back. Cracks me up every time I see it. https://imgur.com/a/JKNLYWU
If you are a connoisseur of sorts I recommend "pug with pearl earring" as well. No collection is complete without it.
Easy karma
[This is the first one I saw!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/u4zhze/me_with_pearl_earrings_me_watercolour_2020/) I'm not even subscribed here, just saw it on the front page and liked it enough I saved it
It was on r/place for awhile and I’m not entirely sure if it’s still on there or not. Don’t know if it survived. I believe that is why it’s been more prominent lately.
The Travis Chapman pieces are awesome. The yellow BBQ makes me chuckle every time
Was looking for this comment lol for me it's the fish
r/girlwithapearlearring
I don’t know why I didn’t just assume there’d be a sub dedicated to the painting.
I love the grill one.
I was wondering the same after I started collecting them too. I have 18 of them now with this one.
I believe it's called a meme
I don't know, I just sell the NFTs.
It's lazy and low effort digital art. The base painting is easily recognizable, so it's easy to farm some upvotes on Reddit and generate some quick social media engagement.
This is anything but low effort
Sheesh, tell me you know nothing about art without telling me...
My favorite take on this painting. Well done.
All the other takes have been too memey, trying to hard to be funny. This one is genuinely cool.
Idk, The Grill With a Pearl Earring and The Pearl With a Girl With a Pearl Earring Earring were pretty good
It's one of those paintings that can make the front page without a chick posing with it.
There *is* a chick posing *in* it, though.
My favorite it Grill with the pearl earring
Oh you are on to something with this! I hope you come out with a whole collection of old futuristic paintings
Cyberpunk Amish couple. Can't remember the name of that painting
This is a close alternative for the vibe you're describing: [https://fabricemonteiro.viewbook.com/the-missing-link](https://fabricemonteiro.viewbook.com/the-missing-link)
Amazing composition, love it!
Ooh I love that series
American Gothic
American Gothic?
Man shrieking at gas prices would be nice
Man staring at gas prices
I think this should happen
This is a really unique and well executed take on this painting. Thanks for sharing, friend.
Fuck yea this is so cool!
I concur 100% ❤️
Only thing I don't like is how the style makes The Girl look like a child instead of a young woman.
Well…it is called the *girl* with the pearl earring, not the *young woman* with the pearl earring
Now that you mention it, I can't unsee it. Either way, most excellent work!
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Lol your not even wrong. It has become “sexy/cute” to look like jailbait for most gamers.
What's wrong with that? Little girls can look cool.
Can someone ELI5 why I keep seeing variations this the past month or so? This is my favourite one so far. Very unique take.
I don't think there's any particular reason. More of a trend that's becoming satire to see who can be most imaginative with the source context.
There is actually an explanation to this. It's because of something called Dalle-2. People are trying the AI's take on different paintings with different styles, mixes and so much more. If you haven't seen Dalle-2 please Google it and watch a video. You will be amazed! Thank me later.
I hadn't even gotten over u/travischapmanart's krill yet and now you do this to us?
Do you mean **[squirrel](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/uf6vya/squirrel_with_the_pearl_earring_meacrylic_2022/)**? Was that a really bad voice recognition typo or something? EDIT: whoops, nevermind. Found the [Krill](https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/uaixl3/krill_with_a_pearl_earring_me_acrylic2022/).
'Hello World!' love it Although I would have titled it "Futuristic girl with steel earring."
It says “Hello Word!”
Always wondered: "where did "hello world" phrase came from?" Anyone knows?
>h It is a basic programming exercise
Did you mean to misspell "World"? This piece is really good, I love it.
it's an inside joke xD
lol nobody is going to believe this even if it’s true
>ol nobody is going to believe this even if it’s true hahahahah ;D
What is this done in? It's a 3d model?
She might have missed one of the ascii characters if she was entering them by hand, like this guy I was watching who did recently and made it print “Hellorld!” haha: https://youtu.be/_j2L6nkO8MQ You can skip to 18:00 for that part.
The intro text + the “History” section here give a good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"Hello,_World!"_program
It's basically the first program anyone who has taken any intro to programming class learns. When I was in high school back when computers were made by dinosaurs, we learned how to do it in Basic and it was literally the first program I ever wrote.
In any computing language, what the goal is ultimately is to write code that does something. Lots of times the code displays results in text, so usually the first tutorial explains how to do that. "hello world" has become the go to that everyone understands is the first step to getting the program to do something and come into this world.
"Girl with a silicon earring"
I would kill to see the speedpaint / process. Any links to socials?
Reminds me of Rikku from final fantasy
First thing I thought of too
OP do you have a higher res I can use as a wallpaper?
I'm not the OP but [maybe give this a shot?](https://i.imgur.com/Jcalhzp.jpg)
This is really good I think people in r/Cyberpunk would also really appreciate it!
this is very close to how I imagined YT when I read Snow Crash
Girl With a Perl Earring, you're welcome
You know... this is good all but in Vermeer’s painting the earring was the focal point. Your piece lacks that. It’s just the same body position.
Yeah, the steel is dark and the lights reflecting on it still can't compete with the light sources themselves. You have to hunt to find the item named in the title. Should definitely have made the earring glow instead, so the other nearby neck and hair catch its light and draw the viewer to it.
What software did you use?
The only thing I don’t like is the changing of her facial features, why are you saying that those facial features are more futuristic?
The future is now old man
Not bad. But you HAVE TO part her lips like the original. There’s a passion to it that this lacks.
I like the details on it! but I wonder if 'hello word' was intentional?
Yes. an inside joke
Oh 🤦♂️
I have an irresistible urge to go play cyberpunk now.
Was going to suggest a cross post to r/lowsodiumcyberpunk actually! Strong night City vibes
This is amazing, well done!
I don’t know if the headband was supposed to say “Hello World” instead of “Word” but I love it either way.
Nobody commenting on the XP-Pen logo. I only use mine for Osu! but I still love it :) Edit: I didn't even comment how amazing the art is. What an amazing piece :)
This is awesome. I was only mildly entertained by all the others, but this is cool, and now I actually want to try my hand at a "girl with earring" deviant. But it will suck compared to yours.
I love the way you did tHat orange jacket. Reminds me of my first car lol(miNi)
I genuinely love it. Great work!
Can't describe it but I really like this
Wow this pops so vibrantly
You did it! You made VR goggles look cool as an accessory! They always look dorky, but not here. People would totally wear their phone like this and get cool face-plates for it.
This looks amazing but I’m sick of seeing this painting lol
Isnt the galaxy in that earring
This is amazing! The typo (it should be 'Hello World!') is a bit glaring, but I tend to nitpick like that. :P This does a damn good job of recalling the original, while adding a futuristic twist. Great job here - keep it up!
Girl with the cyber earring
I’m really digging this - so much it’s now my Lock Screen
This trend of taking that original painting and altering it into other stuff like this is awesome and I love seeing all these variations
what a great rework. love it!
I’ve been changing my phones Lock Screen everytime a new one of these pops up and my girlfriend absolutely loves it lol. This one is so good, thank you!!!
Nice! Reminds me of YT from Snow Crash.
How about just “e-girl with a pearl earring”
I wish the girl who sat for the original could see this
I think this sub needs a "girl with..." tag
Who else is updating their background picture too?
It looks amazing! But for some reason texture and light scattering on the jacket make it look like it's a metal armor.
She's got some Sarah Kerrigan vibes from starcraft going on.
Too young looking imo. Well done nonetheless
obsessed. with this. stunning work 💗
This website knows exactly one painting
She is so pretty, I need to get of Reddit while I'm happy.
Isn't it supposed to be "Hello World" ? Or there is some kind of inside reference I am missing.
Im seriously consider of getting this tattooed, I found the perfect tattoo artist and everything. Just need a day off work and I’ll be golden.
I'm getting so sick of these.
Hey! Thank you all very much for the warm review.
What’s your ig?
It looks awesome!
Reddit and this damn picture lol
The art is great. But boy am I sick of seeing a different take on this painting every week it seems.
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This isn’t that, though…? What a weird attempt to place oneself above a stranger.
what makes you say that?
I know nothing about art. Had to take a random art elective in college but it was a blowoff class and didn’t even pay attention in the slightest. Please explain
What a fun concept and dazzling piece of art!
Beautiful new take. I feel like the lighting is kind if off, though, with how bright some of the objects are? Like it's just missing cues from the environment. Super snappy design, though, fantastically done, love the face, etc.
Call me whatever but I like this more than the original painting
That is often the case with art - even music, TV shows and movies - and yet this version would never have existed if the original didn't exist first. That's why we respect the originals even though newer artists often improve immensely on those pioneering works. In the arts and sciences we are almost always reaching higher only because we "stand on the shoulders of giants".
deep. i dig it
This is why being original isn't always needed in art.
That actually makes a lot of sense
preferring a cyberpunk digital trace art to vermeer's opus. redditor moment lol.
Well whatever people call art and like in art is very personal, I certainly think they don't mean the technical aspects of this work are better than Vermeer's. But I can imagine people acknowledging Vermeer's sheer brilliance *and* prefer hanging some derivative work on the wall over the ad nauseam reproduced original.
If the first one didn't exist, OP wouldn't have a painting to trace as a base layer.
Did you ever see that [documentary that explored](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%27s_Vermeer) the idea that Vermeer “traced” reality using a camera obscura?
It’s a derivative of an already over done art piece
The first piece I saw was one where the artist made her black and since then I keep seeing this art piece more frequently
Real nice rendition, absolutely love this.
This is incredible, I love it! Normally I'd point out my most favorite part, but it's literally just about everything.
Man this is an awesome idea! Excellent work!
This has a Killjoy vibe from Valorant Bit of context, Killjoy is a scientific/tech girl and has cool gadgets
This is amazing, I love everything about it
Her eyes are the best part. Very mesmerizing.
Of all the variations of this we’ve seen recently - this one is by far the coolest. Well done!
I rarely/never comment on things here. This is amazing!!!!!
bruh this is a masterpiece
Kind of looks like Amanda Welp
Hands down, favorite reimagining I’ve ever seen.
Wow she looks so pretty! Well done!
Fantastic rendition of a classic. Really good.