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Almost a year ago, Character Artist and 3D Sculptor Hadi Karimi, known throughout the digital art community for his insanely realistic digital portraits, impressed the world with his stunning 3D recreation of Audrey Hepburn, an iconic British actress from the 1950s. Since then, the author has been continuously improving the model and its rig, recently unveiling a new Hepburn animation that might just blow your mind.
Depicting the actress looking at the camera and smiling, Hadi's new animation pushes the boundaries of digital photorealism, making it nigh impossible to determine whether it is a camera recording or a CG artwork if not for the character's rig demonstrated alongside the final sequence. As usual, the creator utilized Maya, ZBrush, Arnold, and XGen to model, rig, and animate the character.
"First we feel then we express, first we look then we turn, first we desire then we reach, ... there's always a delay between our thoughts and our actions. That's human. To be a good animator, you need to be a good observer first," commented Hadi.
Earlier, the artist also presented highly-realistic versions of Beethoven, Ozzy Osbourne, the Girl With a Pearl Earring, French model Camille Razat, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, and many others. You can check out all of these artworks and more by visiting the artist's ArtStation, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
If you're interested in the artist's character creation workflow, check out our interview with Hadi where he shared how he made the model of his friend Clara, showed how the hair was done using XGen, and explained why historical figures are challenging to recreate.
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