Catwoman 12 Variant 

This digital artwork, titled "Catwoman 12 Variant," was created by Stanley Artgerm Lau in the 20th century, using digital painting techniques to depict a comic book character. The artist's digital brushstrokes result in a glossy, hyper-realistic rendering of Catwoman, imbuing the character with a seductive air. The artist is part of a community that has embraced digital tools to generate artworks that reference and revive images from the past. While the artist made use of digital painting techniques and tools, there is a visible trace of the material of the artwork and the social context that inspired it. Digital art is a labor-intensive process that involves manipulating pixels on a screen using specialized software and hardware. Yet the distribution of digital art is almost immediate. The artist's labor is obscured by the ease of digital consumption, but it is still very much present in the final product. This contrast between labor and value reflects broader issues of consumption and the blurring lines between fine art and commercial imagery.