Alec Albright – Looking Outwards 05

The hyper-realistic image above was made by Rokly Wang in May 2012. It is admirable to me because it almost feels too real to be true. This face, generated from scratch, not modeled on an existing human, seems like an extremely high quality photograph. It was processed in various softwares such as Zbrush, Photoshop, and Maya. I do not know the underlying generative algorithms, but I can imagine there is some sort of mapping technique for aspects such as lighting, hair placement, etc. The artist was able to manifest his creative sensibilities through the demeanor of the man in the image, the lighting, the aging, etc.