Monday, November 19, 2007

3D Rendering Used To Preview a Tattoo


It is no secret that 3Dwalkthroughs.com promotes the use of 3D Walkthroughs, 3D Renderings and 3D Floor Plans as a way of previewing all the aspects of a new development before the property it is built. We have also described how 3D Renderings can be used to help make decisions on capital improvement projects and even trade show set designs.

Well, an article from wired.com describes a new use for 3D Renderings.

French graphic designer Loic Zimmerman created a 3D rendering of himself tattooed with his design concept to see how it would before he was all inked up and it was too late to make any design changes.

Zimmerman first went to French gaming and motion-capture studio Quantic Dream to get a 3D scan of himself. He then used an exported UV set of the section of his body to be tattooed as a guideline in Photoshop to fit and enhance his tattoo design.

While I do not envision that 3Dwalkthroughs.com will be changing our direction to focus on creating 3D Renderings to preview tatoos, it is always interesting to read about new uses of 3D technology. Pehaps we can offer free tattoos to any developer that purchases a 3D Walkthrough...or maybe not.

The full post of this article can be found here along with a step by step process of Loic's creation.

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