Photographic illustrator Josh Dykgraaf is completely reimagining wildlife photography by digitally combining animals and landscapes—fused together as one—to create something spectacular and unique. Inspired by objects and scenery found in nature, as well as animal photography, his digital series “Terraform” invites viewers to contemplate some of the wondrous patterns in nature which, when combined, resonate with both contrast and harmony. “I was surfing through some images I’d shot on a totally different project and had the observation that some rock formations in the Swiss Alps looked like the skin of an elephant,” Dykgraaf, of Melbourne, Australia, told My Modern Met of the project’s inception. The image of the Alps, joined with the similarly colossal, majestic beast, became his first hybrid piece, titled “Ourea.” Dykgraaf, who has been freelancing as an artist for almost a decade, didn’t stop there. Noticing how certain leaves resemble bird feathers and some flower petals, scales, he …
Artist Creates Gorgeous Animal Images Using Thousands of Nature Photos in Spectacular Unison
May 21, 2021
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