Copy Cat

- Kevin Warren

Brief

"

Take your favourite piece of art or design, and create a piece of work to honour the original, replicating the style as much as possible, but changing enough to call the piece your own.

How would you describe your personal artistic style or expression? Think about which facets of the original you could change, and how would that make it your own?

Would someone be able to tell that it is different from the original at a glance? Consider how you might present your work so that someone could interpret what you are trying to achieve.

Consider as well how your work might look in different formats, especially digitally once it is uploaded to the forum; does it look how you expected it to?

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Anne
Anne interpretation
This is the model Anne, from the reference photo set titled, "Anne's Dance Introduction".

This is a digital avatar interpretation of Anne created using Character Creator 4 by Reallusion.

It is intentionally not pixel-perfect (so not simply a digital recreation), but an interpretation - hence why her hair and outfit are noticeably different.


Anne
Anne posed
This is image #48 from "Anne's Dance Introduction" that I chose to use as my reference.
This is 'virtual' Anne posed in the same pose as the reference image ('Anne (48)').

This is my interpretation of the reference image on the left, created using Character Creator 4 from Reallusion. There are so many details that are lost with a static render, such as how long I spent on her make-up. (I'm a 54 yr old guy, I've never handled real make-up in my life ... well, accept this one time at Young Farmers ... *ahem*)


A static photo doesn't really do justice to a 3D recreation of a live model, so here is Anne on a rotating turntable.

A rotating turntable proves a creation is 3D, but it's still ... static?

Apologies to the real Anne, but here's virtual Anne doing a shy dance, courtesy of a free sample animation from 'MocapDancer'.


I made the intentional decision not to try to recreate the model faithfully, but instead something that alludes to her - hence 'interpretation' and not 'recreation'. I have a personal issue with authenticity, particularly with AI and how it attempts to mimic real life, so when I produce work like this, I want it to be evident that it's different from the original.

I'm also a perfectionist, so believe me when I tell you I lost count of how many iterations of this I went through, just while moving each and every finger.

This is only my second or third creation using Character Creator, so I used stock clothing options. When I become more confident, I'll start bringing in some of my creations from Marvelous Designer. I'd love to one day be able to design clothing, but for now, working from paper patterns satisfies my creative needs.


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