Tuesday 12 June 2012

Skin Texture and Hyper Realism in Black and White

Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
Hello everyone.
Looking back at last week's post, I've decided to expand the modeling and texture post by showing other clay models that have been produced over the past year and a half but this time present them in black and white.
I believe this is a better approach to showing the texture more clearly.
Image copyright  Art  Di Lella

Image copyright  Art  Di Lella

Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
Image copyright Art  Di Lella
Image copyright  Art  Di Lella
You will notice that the skin texture with all of them is highly variable which makes sense  when dealing with individuals of different gender,age and species.
After the basic sculpting and contouring is complete then the textures are applied. The texture is done with modeling tools which are applied one texture layer at a time with different areas of transition. The whole process requires patience and lots of experimentation.
Every subject that I embark on is different,so having a standard or a "recipe" approach to skin texture would not work.
Anyway, I will be returning this week with some studio updates. Take care.I hope all of you have a great week.

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