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  Re: sPatch advice: this man too ugly to let live? (25 kbbu).  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 28 Jul 2000 03:07:43
Message: <398131A9.87F14E06@unforgettable.com>
"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> Consider the following screen capture of an attempt to model a head in
> sPatch. I probably used a somewhat unorthodox approach, in that I
> started with a flat 12 x 12 grid of patches and tweaked and tweaked
> until I got this far. Can some sPatch experts give me advice on what's
> the ultimate destiny of such an approach:
> 
> 1) Actually not that bad now; if export to povray now and with 15
> manhours of TEXTURING it will fool experts as being a photo;
> 
> 2) Doomed to failure because the patches in no way conform to known
> facial contours;
> 
> 3) Shows good hope, with perhaps another 15 manhours of tweaking, will
> look cool cartoony 3D, if not photorealistic.

Five words:

Jay Leno Does Easter Island.


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