Ragtopjohnny opened this issue on Apr 15, 2013 ยท 27 posts
Cheers posted Wed, 17 April 2013 at 9:52 AM
I actually think people are being miss-guided as far as what Luxrender can do for a charcter, or even architectural/landscape render. Yes it will give you realistic lighting, but that alone wont give you a realistic character. The devil is in the detail - the displacement and colour variation in the skin from pores, muscle tone, veins, wrinkles, blushing etc.
One thing that I find when looking at the majority market place items here or anywhere else (especially skin textures), is that they almost all have that perfectly smooth, unblemished skin, stylized characters with just variations on makeup. Perfection isn't realism...even in Luxrender.
Some venders, have recognized this and are trying to address it, Zev0 here and Syyd over at RDNA spring to mind. For me imperfection, grunge, dirt etc, etc add far more realism, then any render engine.
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