[liquidlight]

Have a look at this picture on Highend3d. It´s incredible:

http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/objects/721.html

[ivox3]

I'm having a hard time with this one, .....I think I'll need more than that wireframe, but it that's a render, ...then to the 10th power.

[-Adrian]

Awesome, excuse me now while i go puke!

[tom]

I can't see enough corresponding details in mesh.

[ivox3]

I can't see enough corresponding details in mesh.

Exactly.

Not saying it's not the real deal, ....but maybe a little more evidence. The lower left lobe of the heart seems 'iffy' in comparison.

This statement, by the artist :That is...In different layers i painted up specular/ static shadow and highligt and so on to make sure that it fitted all together before I even started up maya
does that make sense? ...

Let's have a look , ....yeah ?

[ivox3]

Alright, ....til proved otherwise ---- I'm calling it a hoax. ....sorry.

[glebe digital]

Looks like a photo mapped onto an object, projection mapping from the camera maybe [I can see stretching lower left, south-east of the cream area].........as he says no UV mapping [which would indeed be impressive!].........but in three weeks [stated project time] I bet we could all do a pretty neat Pshop job and nurb up an adequate mesh. No?
I'm not convinced anyways.....

[tom]

Yes, this could be an awesome planar mapping tutorial ROFL

Here's my fav part which puts me on the floor

For this particular project I knew that I was never going to se the other side of the heart, therfore it was sufichent with modeling from on side, so I could don 180 sweep around it atleast. The heart now looked great in a stillframe... but not in animation...it was to static

[liquidlight]

I agree with all the statements above and it´s really hard to believe that this is CG. But it´s very interesting to see how the members of the board analyze the techniques that could have been used for this picture/rendering (?). I´m ambivalent about this and but I tend to say it´s a photo.

[tom]

OK, I'm straightforward to say it's a photo, let me be wrong.

[liquidlight]

Should we start a poll: photo or CG?

[Mihai]

I guess he could have added details later in Zbrush. Judging from the speculars, it doesn't look like a photo but a render. But most likely a photo projection mapped onto the model.

[tom]

But most likely a photo projection mapped onto the model.

Hehe... what do you mean? Was it that easy saying "hey this is my render" with projecting a photo on a poor detailed object? Oh no... it means it's still a photo.

[ludi]

carpaint meets SSS

[Hervé]

always amazing to see that little pump guys... nice photo...