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		mbrookes on June 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a ... What people seem to be missing is that this is a photograph. It just happens to be wrapped on a 3D model.

lucb1e on June 17, 2017 [–]

Is it? I thought the newsworthiness was that he re-made it. Otherwise, indeed, it is(/would be) just a picture.

Edit: this comment makes a pretty good point regarding that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14576962

mbrookes on June 19, 2017 | [–]

> Is it?

Yes - photos of the face will have been used as texture and bump maps.

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