snabald opened this issue on Aug 12, 2005 ยท 17 posts
crocodilian posted Fri, 12 August 2005 at 1:28 PM
Its close. Hold it next to a photo of real person to see what needs improvement. I agree with earlier comments-- these are just additional observations. 1) Sclera (whites of the eyes) are too perfectly white, and too dry. Look at specularity in real photos as a reference-- very different. 2) Skin is "clay-y" 3) Geometry and pose are too perfectly symettrical. A little unilateral curl to the lip, a slightly raised eyebrow. . .anything to break up that deadly "mirror face". Skin pigmentation is a great way of doing this. . .some freckles, a little mole, even . . 4) Hair looks good, but shadow cast by the hair does not. . .too hard. 5) overall exposure has that lower contrast "clipped" look characteristic of CG. Compare with real world photos; highlights are brighter, shadows are darker, except in very low key indoor ambient light situations. What kind of a lighting rig are you using? I think you could get vast improvement with more lights, or HDR environment lighting