Artist Study: Igor Burlakov & Xavier Colette

I've seen these artist studies done quite a lot, so I decided to contribute a little of it myself. What you do is take a artist - or a duo of them - and try them out on your prompts to see what changes their style adds.

My choice was Igor Burlakov & Xavier Colette - when you Google them, you quickly find out they're working together. Haven't tried them out separately though & only tested with portraits.

My findings are the following. They work quite well for closeup portraits, making them more refined & sometimes even less perfect. What's interesting is that they add different emelents to the faces, even if they aren't prompted.

I've tried them with different models. The results are noticeable if you use Crystal Clear or Juggernaut XL8. There's not much difference to it if you use Mysterious XL, Virtual Utopia or Cherry Picker.