Suddenly, Tarzan isn't a man in a loincloth. He is a survivor of a hundred untreated wounds. I recently spent an afternoon with a digital artist who goes by the handle @GrainToGoliath . Their specialty is "realism upscaling" of classic adventure characters. Their latest series, Tarzan: The Grey Ape , is unsettling.
We accepted that. In fact, we preferred it. Tarzan wasn’t meant to be real —he was meant to be an idea of raw, noble savagery. tarzan x upscaled
And perhaps that is the truest version of the Lord of the Apes. Not a hero. Not a myth. Suddenly, Tarzan isn't a man in a loincloth