Cyber-modelling
After a rather exhausting but satisfactory discussion session with at least six oncologists on Friday, followed by mother-in-law yesterday, I’m a bit of a basket case this morning. However I do have a shoot today where I am modelling for Rich’s first CGI virtual model.
Alas I’m not going to be the main virtual model, at least not yet, but negotiations re my alter-ego are ongoing. I want the virtual-me to have humongous big bazookas…whereas Rich is thinking of something a little more representative of the real me. I never thought I’d see the day where I spend an entire afternoon arguing about the size and pertness of my virtual breasts.
Plus I want my own virtual model to be…how shall I put it …anatomically accurate in other areas. She’s going to be a higher model. She’s going to be young, hot and juicy. Heck…she’s gonna be porn-personified. Basically everything I’m not. I mean, what’s the point of having a "virtual-you" if it doesn’t fulfill your completely unrealistic fantasy of the model you’d like to be? Plus, for the first time, a cyber-me wouldn’t make me nervous about modelling. I could show my resulting images with pride and confidence, rather than constantly worrying about viewers potentially blowing chunks (yes I do, you know.)
So, as Cyber-L-von-B isn’t ready yet, Rich’s first virtual model is going to be called Zuki.
Currently Zuki has a really naff hairstyle, a shiny Amazonian body, truly gorgeous breasts (selected by yours truly and based on the most stunning boobs I have ever seen - I’ll be roasted if I say who), and an ass with too many polygons. Sheesh. That ass needs to be smaller. And without the angles. And the horns.
Also Zuki currently lacks permanent toes. Every time Rich tries to move her, he keeps leaving her toes behind. This is really gross. Virtual toenails are a real problem in our studio this week. Ick!
Anyhoo, the reason I am modelling today is that Zuki lacks skin and nether regions. O.K. so I’m ancient, but my skin is bloody marvelous (all that veggie porn pays off), so Rich will be able to overlay and wrap my skin onto Zuki, as well as my …Oh boy, I really do need a LOT of alcohol before this shoot.
So what is Rich actually learning at the moment?
Well, basically he is creating a 3-D model that matches the physical body of the model. He then wraps it in a high resolution photograph of the same model.
Voila! Zuki is born, albeit with no toenails.
Sounds simple, huh? But this process will probably take weeks and it looks horrendously difficult, believe me, and I have NO CLUE AT ALL what he is doing.
But is it photography? This is the acid question.
Is a heavily photoshopped image classified as photography?
And if such a photo- montage is in fact photography, is a three dimensional image created from photographs then also considered photography?
Where does photography stop and CGI begin?
As Zuki will not be ready for a considerable time yet, here’s an image from Rich’s latest shoot with the lovely Lou-Lou. No Photoshop. Perfect toes.
(And, as an aside, if you want to see some really pretty veggie porn, may I recommend you feast your starving eyes on Iksodas’s latest. Now that’s what I call seriously naked vegetables.)
Alas I’m not going to be the main virtual model, at least not yet, but negotiations re my alter-ego are ongoing. I want the virtual-me to have humongous big bazookas…whereas Rich is thinking of something a little more representative of the real me. I never thought I’d see the day where I spend an entire afternoon arguing about the size and pertness of my virtual breasts.
Plus I want my own virtual model to be…how shall I put it …anatomically accurate in other areas. She’s going to be a higher model. She’s going to be young, hot and juicy. Heck…she’s gonna be porn-personified. Basically everything I’m not. I mean, what’s the point of having a "virtual-you" if it doesn’t fulfill your completely unrealistic fantasy of the model you’d like to be? Plus, for the first time, a cyber-me wouldn’t make me nervous about modelling. I could show my resulting images with pride and confidence, rather than constantly worrying about viewers potentially blowing chunks (yes I do, you know.)
So, as Cyber-L-von-B isn’t ready yet, Rich’s first virtual model is going to be called Zuki.
Currently Zuki has a really naff hairstyle, a shiny Amazonian body, truly gorgeous breasts (selected by yours truly and based on the most stunning boobs I have ever seen - I’ll be roasted if I say who), and an ass with too many polygons. Sheesh. That ass needs to be smaller. And without the angles. And the horns.
Also Zuki currently lacks permanent toes. Every time Rich tries to move her, he keeps leaving her toes behind. This is really gross. Virtual toenails are a real problem in our studio this week. Ick!
Anyhoo, the reason I am modelling today is that Zuki lacks skin and nether regions. O.K. so I’m ancient, but my skin is bloody marvelous (all that veggie porn pays off), so Rich will be able to overlay and wrap my skin onto Zuki, as well as my …Oh boy, I really do need a LOT of alcohol before this shoot.
So what is Rich actually learning at the moment?
Well, basically he is creating a 3-D model that matches the physical body of the model. He then wraps it in a high resolution photograph of the same model.
Voila! Zuki is born, albeit with no toenails.
Sounds simple, huh? But this process will probably take weeks and it looks horrendously difficult, believe me, and I have NO CLUE AT ALL what he is doing.
But is it photography? This is the acid question.
Is a heavily photoshopped image classified as photography?
And if such a photo- montage is in fact photography, is a three dimensional image created from photographs then also considered photography?
Where does photography stop and CGI begin?
As Zuki will not be ready for a considerable time yet, here’s an image from Rich’s latest shoot with the lovely Lou-Lou. No Photoshop. Perfect toes.
(And, as an aside, if you want to see some really pretty veggie porn, may I recommend you feast your starving eyes on Iksodas’s latest. Now that’s what I call seriously naked vegetables.)
posted by Lin at 12:35 PM
2 Comments:
OK, Lin, you got me on this one. I'm a vegetarian so was naturally predisposed to rush to check out veggie porn. Beautiful! Erotic, as were all the botanical paintings and drawings of olde. A squash a day, as they say....
Somebody once gave me this advice: Be who you WANT to be. Do what you WANT to do. This is your life, your art, your choice.
Ultimately, your art and your modeling is not about having to please others, but about doing what you enjoy doing, the way it works for you. There should not be any rules when it comes to art or when it comes to self-expression.
Photography, and the tools that relate to it are continuously evolving. Your cgi is just another way to bring technological advances into the world of art. I hope you enjoy this project, and I can't wait to see this digital Lin. Digital Lin does not take away from the real Lin, it is just another take on a person who I think is beautiful, regarless of the format. Format is nothing but a formality.
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