Gallery: One of These Images Is a Rembrandt. The Other Is Made of Stock Images
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One of these is a Rembrandt, one is a recreation.
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Ankur Patar used 247 stock images to recreate the "Storm On The Sea of Galilee."
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Patar's process.
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