“I teach art and paint commissions, and for both, I sometimes have to deal with bad photos.
So many times, I search for reference images to use in my classes, and occasionally, I’ll find a beautiful picture—but when I zoom in, it’s not clear. It’s blurry. What I used to do was skip it and look for better ones.
When it comes to commissions, nowadays, most people provide nice, high-quality photos. But every once in a while, someone asks me to paint from an old black-and-white photograph. The lack of color isn’t the problem—if you know my channel, you’ve seen me paint color portraits from black-and-white references. The real issue is when the photo is blurry. If I can’t see the details clearly, it becomes much harder to capture the likeness accurately.
The Solution? AI Restoration
Maybe you’re not a fan of AI, but it’s actually really helpful for bringing old photos back to life. There are many AI tools out there, and this is one I’ve used—it’s pretty good, though not perfect. A couple of times, I’ve still been told the restored image wasn’t quite right or that the likeness wasn’t fully there. But overall, it’s been a game-changer for working with difficult references.”
Here some examples
The website is: https://picsart.com/es/ai-image-enhancer
This one was for a class, the picture is beautiful and I wanted to paint her
This one was for a commission is just amazing how AI can help us
Another one for a class
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