What if Da Vinci had a camera?

He did use the camera lucida to draw his perfect man. His seeing of his model was a three part translation from eye to mind to hand. His study is an idealized form, at least as idealized as the medium of sketching (with rulers and compasses, and reflected light) would allow for. In this digital sketch, i've revisited da vinci's concept using the medium of our time, which theoretically should produce an even more idealized form of man based on complex algorithms and computational technology. I am aware that this specific piece is not perfect in practice, however it does at least illustrate the theory.

I've erased the face and skin tone to allow this idealization to apply to a global humanity beyond the Anglo-Saxon/ Grecco-Roman cultural monopolies.