One of the sexiest pictures I ever saw was a small black and white photo in some old men's mag., years ago. What made it so sexy, was the fact that you could see the skins texture perfectly. The model had goosebumbs , and you could see every one. It was like you could tell what it would feel like to touch her skin. So that is my latest quest. To create goosebumps. It's not as easy as I thought it was. The bumps were created in PS as a layer over the standard skin bump map. I tried many filters and texture generators, but none would create the correct random pattern. Finally I just placed dots in a 200 X 200 pixel square using a soft brush. Then I used the PS pattern generator to fill the layer. This is still a WIP. Any ideas, suggestions or comments welcome.

Nicely done, very nicely done.

Shortly after that black and white the first braille edition of Playboy was published ;)

Looks fantastic! You definitely have pushed the limits on realism.

I got goosebumps looking at that!!!! Utterly realistic looking!!! You must put up a tut on how ya did it!! G

Yes, please do tell us how. I wanna give Snape goosebumps, gets awful damp & chilly in his dungeon, don't ya know. ;-)

Yes, that looks real. I thought it was your reference photo.

Really neat!

I'm sold. It looks amazing!

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Looks really good.....burrr. You might find this free procedural texture generator plug-in helpful (called MapZone)for making bump maps. It's only for Photoshop 7 or CS (Mac CS only) but works amazingly well. @PhilC,I must have miss that Braille edition, but I do have a few copies of the scratch & sniff edition. SWAMP

lol -- actually, playboy is available in braille... I'm very impressed. Care to share your settings?

Guess I'm the only one who thinks it looks like a rash? If it wasn't for the red areas it would be a great goosebump map. Did you color the skin that way on purpose or is it a side-effect of creating the bumps?
Marque

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I don't know, I think the red areas lend to the realism. Or maybe it is just me. When I get goosebumps (which is all the time because I am always cold, lol) My skin gets splotchy like that. Looking at them now, (because my *^%% husband decided to turn the heat off) it seems that i get white splotches, which kind of makes the other areas seem red, i guess.

It really looks FANTASTIC!! Please please share your technique with us :-) Angel1

That is amazing but my first thought, (besides being envious of the obvious talent to create something like this!)was that it looked "rashy". Would like to see it without the red as a comparison. Excellent work - thanks for sharing. raf

shamgar50 Excellent effect, convincing. But.....what if we want goosebumps without resorting to post processing. For instance, in an animation. We could show the goosebumps raising up! Needs animated proceedural in material room nodes! ::::: Opera :::::

lol, mine gets white when I get da bumps but that's just me. Wasn't slamming it just stated my impression. But would love to know how you did it. Marque

The Goose looks great, but with or without goosebumps that skin looks great, as does the Tush itself. Splendid work.

wow. that looks great!

Good job!

I think it is utterly realistic. The variations in the skintones enhance the 'goosebumps' appearance. I got goosebumps looking at it!

Fantastic! I can't wait to see how it was done too!

Looks Good! Waiting for a tutorial :)

Thanks for all the great comments (complements). I will sort my thoughts out and post an explanation (tutorial) of this effect. In response to a comment by Opera. This is not a post effect. It's a bump/displacement map I created in PS.
It's still a work in progress though. There are a number of things to work out. i.e. Goose bumps do not appear every where. The effect is not as strong on all parts of the body, etc.

Next I'd like to tackle "peach fuzz". It's an important element for female figures and children.
Also: The redness is very slight on my monitor. I use a Mac and have a ViewSonic UltraBright A90f+ monitor. I keep everything adjusted for print, as in printing press.

Soooo realistic !!!! Congrats !!!

Very realistic and nice work!

Just a thought, and being picky.
I tend to get stronger bumps on "outside" of legs and arms. Less on "softer parts" like stomach and inside thighs etc.
This may of course be different from person to person. Haven't done much of "bump research". ;o)

Goosebumps tend to occur around tiny almost invisible hairs, as the skin tightens around them getting them to stand up. (If we were hairier, the lofted hairs would add insulation.)

The reason this looks more like a rash is that the bumps are "domes" rather than "volcanoes" in profile (gradient curves going in wrong direction). This is an interesting effect, and I think you are on the right track, but you may want to examine some skin for hairiness and see which areas have what density.

Carolly

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Lovely! But I agree with Carolly - I was thinking just the same thing. The hair follicle in the middle of each bump creates a 'pointiness' that is missing here. May be quite easy to add to the map you're using. :] Fish

Looking forward to the information with, well, goosebumps!

Great, I have had a terrible time trying to paint gousbump on the texture map I will have to try this bump. But the distribution on the body should vary... more on the bum and less on the sides and back?

You know why people get goosebumps? To slow down there geese.

Do you know why geese honk? ...So they don't bump the goose ahead of them.