O...M...G

3d render... Someone spent hours building a 3d body, clothing, hair-ing, texturing, lighting, and rendering Luis Armstrong.

I hereby would like to second the motion to implement the "why" tag. As in, "Why Luis Armstrong?"

That said, this is an absolutely beautiful render, and I say this with the knowledge of how difficult creating a human form in 3D can be, having dabbled in the art myself.

And I thought I had big feet.

artanis00 said:
That said, this is an absolutely beautiful render, and I say this with the knowledge of how difficult creating a human form in 3D can be, having dabbled in the art myself.

I think you are giving this too much credit, making a zbrush human sculpt is pretty simple, 2-3 hours to take this to the level you can see here, especially since anatomy on this piece isnt perfect ;]
its funny that i like the pants the most, and they were the easiest to make, since they use a normal mpa created from texture, and normal projection uvmap ;d

Perfection

The arms are passable but the abs are horrendous.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwCStqa3P8Y/SZQUcmBwaaI/AAAAAAAAB00/ysYKULapO1Y/s400/abs1.jpg

The size and shape may vary but there should be 4 layers, not 3.

GordonFreeman said:

The size and shape may vary but there should be 4 layers, not 3.

actuallly its pretty common to see only 3 ;] Many ppl have the muscles built so that the 1 and 2 look like one big muscle leyer or the 1 one is really small ;]
heres a good photo ;d
http://explosivemusclegrowth.com/images/muscle%20fitness%20health%20downloads.jpg

GordonFreeman said:
The arms are passable but the abs are horrendous.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwCStqa3P8Y/SZQUcmBwaaI/AAAAAAAAB00/ysYKULapO1Y/s400/abs1.jpg

The size and shape may vary but there should be 4 layers, not 3.

These kind of Abs have been passed down the Armstrong Line for Generations!

...I think I just came.

GordonFreeman said:
The arms are passable but the abs are horrendous.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwCStqa3P8Y/SZQUcmBwaaI/AAAAAAAAB00/ysYKULapO1Y/s400/abs1.jpg

The size and shape may vary but there should be 4 layers, not 3.

Another explanation is that his pants cover the fourth layer. he wore it pretty high up.

This method of 3D modelling has been in the Armstrong Family for GENERATIONS!

artanis00 said:
I hereby would like to second the motion to implement the "why" tag. As in, "Why Luis Armstrong?"

Because he is fucking awesome.

Majestic.