[RonB]

Saw this over at SpinQuad via CGTalk...really great work!!

http://spinquad.com/forums/showthread.php?p=198839

Cheers, Ron

[tom]

Face looks like it's extracted from a photo.

[simmsimaging]

Something odd going on there - might just be some bad post work.

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[Bubbaloo]

Looks like a bad photograph... If it is really cg, I'm impressed.

[simmsimaging]

Oh I think it's CG. I also think it's a shame that so many people think realism demands bad photography. This guy could have made something really impressive in terms of realism and made a good image too.



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[mverta]

Average work at best - it IS projection-mapping, no matter what he says. The enormous discrepancy between the body/legs and the head-shoulders materials tells the whole tale. The quality of materials/look of textures have almost nothing in common. His "other angle" WIP shots of the face and shoulders have no texture/material resemblance to the final - in fact, they look like the legs and body do.

I use projection-mapping all the time for matte work, and it's extremely useful; it just falls apart quickly. It also has this sort of dead-giveaway drawback when combined with actual shader work.

When he posts multiple renders of the head and shoulders with the identical level of realism, I'll happily stand corrected; I'll keep the focus on the internal material imbalance between head/legs. But those renders aren't coming.


_Mike

[mrcharles]

The consistent red-green color fringing in the image suggests heavy reliance upon a photograph (made with a cheap camera/lens). Projection mapping at best...

[tom]

it IS projection-mapping

I'm more surprised how can people miss the fact that the face obviously looks like attached to this image from a newspaper. I do really appreciate the model but not the shader work/decent projection balance in it.

[rivoli]

But those renders aren't coming.

I remember seeing the wip of this over at cgtalk a while back. here it is if anyone is interested:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread. ... 3&t=360276

old thread, some images are missing, but there's still plenty starting from around page 6.