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Step 2Photo-session
I personally don't like photos of myself, but it is kind of important when you want to build a clone.
Try to achieve a nice, even light situation, where you stand completely in the light, while the light source has to be behind the camera. I recommend to use a tripod.
You need at least 12 photos:
- From your full body from all 4 perspectives (front, back, left, right)
It should be clear that you always do the same pose. Putting your hands in the pockets is a very good idea, because hands aren't very easy to model, texture and build.
- From your head from 2 perspectives (front, side)
- From your shirt laying flat on the floor (front)
- From your trousers laying flat on the floor from 3 perspectives (front, one side, back)
- From your shoes from 2 perspectives (side, top)
Why do the clothes have to lay flat on the floor? When you use your photo as a texture, you have the problem of an unnatural light and shade, because your body is round (well, kind of) and gives the clothes dark or light areas on the sides. This looks weird when put together and you will have problems with texture clipping.
What you can do is give the clothes a few natural wrinkles as if they were worn. You can achieve a higher resolution when taking more pictures of smaller parts and putting them together in your image program (see pictures down there).
Try to achieve a nice, even light situation, where you stand completely in the light, while the light source has to be behind the camera. I recommend to use a tripod.
You need at least 12 photos:
- From your full body from all 4 perspectives (front, back, left, right)
It should be clear that you always do the same pose. Putting your hands in the pockets is a very good idea, because hands aren't very easy to model, texture and build.
- From your head from 2 perspectives (front, side)
- From your shirt laying flat on the floor (front)
- From your trousers laying flat on the floor from 3 perspectives (front, one side, back)
- From your shoes from 2 perspectives (side, top)
Why do the clothes have to lay flat on the floor? When you use your photo as a texture, you have the problem of an unnatural light and shade, because your body is round (well, kind of) and gives the clothes dark or light areas on the sides. This looks weird when put together and you will have problems with texture clipping.
What you can do is give the clothes a few natural wrinkles as if they were worn. You can achieve a higher resolution when taking more pictures of smaller parts and putting them together in your image program (see pictures down there).
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