@nlipovac disastrous.. they totally forgot its a modeling software - zero improvements, just keep on adding collaborative\AI crap no one needs

Skin is a dusty plastic - lacks subscattering. Vray GPU 7 years ago for comparison:
https://www.chaos.com/blog/the-secrets-of-ian-spriggs-3dportraits

A Hyper-Realistic Female Portrait Made in Maya & V-Ray

The artist has even made the character's veins, muscles, and bones underneath the skin.

(80.lv)

Saw some tutorial on YT - I was unpleasantly surprised how many shots is needed for the job done. It'd need some AI involving

@Rich-O-Brien in scaling it'd be nice to add ability for expressions like +30cm or -30%

@L-i-am awful everything

No big deal: Soft shadow hdri in vray plus SU BW linework ( or vray toon) layered in PS.

@DickWolf in SU - Vray Enmesh

@Rich-O-Brien Is some sort of native dark mode planned by mistake? this white is burning my eyes

nevermind there's already s4u components- faces to components

@gus r said:

Making things more difficult is that I can't find any other instructions on this technique anywhere on the internet. I'm sure Blender could do this in seconds. Just a matter of learning Blender.

Learning chamfering in proper program would take a fraction of time you spent messing in vain in SU and discussing it here.

@TIG How TT's Cleanup manages to be silent?

@TIG Could it be non-modal please - what exactly is the point of hitting OK?

@pixelcruncher true pathtracer

@pixelcruncher https://www.facebook.com/groups/chaosvantage/permalink/4086888244891791/?app=fbl

• an example of SU+vantage, (though I personally use vantage via max).

@Rich-O-Brien
>>>But from a realtime aspect Epic is as far ahead as anyone could be.
vantage is far more solid and streamlined (no gamedev overhead )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuz7wGH-p54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaRl38M9dxU

it'd be interesting to process this fence in free inkscape for comparison

There's a serious problem (based on what I saw in YT video) with jaggedness. the plugin needs some contour refining\smoothing\straightening engine.

literally wrote the TM book

Sounds like a new religion
Got it from a burning bush in Sinai

Skin is a dusty plastic - lacks subscattering. Vray GPU 7 years ago for comparison:
https://www.chaos.com/blog/the-secrets-of-ian-spriggs-3dportraits

A Hyper-Realistic Female Portrait Made in Maya & V-Ray

The artist has even made the character's veins, muscles, and bones underneath the skin.

(80.lv)

@fredo6 could "smooth curve" from the attached video be implemented?
https://youtu.be/iqz2EwF16-w?si=x4gxUOCjS2uR9VOg&t=151
"project to scene" script at 1:59 is also fabulous