20 breathtaking realistic computer graphics portraits by the CGSociety

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20 breathtaking realistic CG portraits by CGSociety

20 breathtaking realistic CG portraits by CGSociety

I absolutely love computer graphic (CG) 3d art. Some renders look absolutely stunning and almost don't have distinction with reality. One of my previous articles showed some superb badass 3d fictional characters from CGTalk.

CGTalk is the forum from CGSociety. This is a great place where great CG artists like to show their work. This article rounds up 20 breathtaking realistic CG portraits by CGSociety.

Realistic CG portraits

Be prepared to see some amazing CG work. If you didn't know these were all created with a computer, would you think it was real? Don't forget to visit the CGCociety, a very inspirational place (Both for 2d and 3d).

Breathtaking CG portraits

Hope you liked it and give your some inspiration for your next design work. If you know any other realistic computer graphic portraits, feel free to share it with the rest. Here is another one that is truely amazing called Weird Science, but kinda NSFW, which is the reason I didn't include it in the above list.

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Comments

Janko

2009-06-09 11:06:15

Wow, there are some really amazing works!

Simon | Teenisu

2009-06-09 14:42:38

Wow, they're amazing! <img src=

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A few of those look like they're actually photos! I wish I was talented enough to do things like that!

BTW, I love your blog design... very artistic

Marco - Thanks!

2009-06-09 16:49:21

Thanks Simon, glad you liked it! Some of them indeed really look like pictures and are almost real, even in the smallest details.

Haha - haven't you seen my blog design before

?

Careful

2009-06-09 19:56:21

The adult female in tights has a young face.

Marco - Agreed

2009-06-09 20:39:07

Have to agree with you there - At first, I also was like "Whoah?!". But then, I viewed all the comments on CGTalk that really showed some appreciation for that piece, it's truly one piece of art.

Still hope you enjoyed this article

!

Anonymous

2009-06-10 03:44:36

They're really good CG, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them "breathtaking[ly] realistic"...

Miya	2009-06-12 02:51:26

I'd like to see you do better, hun.

I think they're all amazing works of art and are, in fact, "breathtakingly realistic."

Larry

2009-06-18 04:32:48

So we're not allowed to have a negative opinion about it unless we can do better?

That really makes sense.

Zippy

2009-12-30 03:14:35

This was quite rude, I happen to agree with the anonymous commentor.

Andreas - Wow

2009-06-10 08:49:16

Reeaaally amazing pieces, and sometimes you only believe the ones that are a little bit fake are real cg, the others not...

and btw, I really love your webdesign too!

Jonathan

2009-06-10 20:27:41

Some of these really are amazing, this sort of thing has come a long way in a relatively short amount of time; others still look a little like waxwork dummies, though I'm sure this is just down to the rendering.

Anonymous

2009-06-10 23:53:58

photoshopped...

Sir Had A Ham

2009-06-11 03:52:39

Isn't that kinda the point?

Richard

2009-06-13 21:49:51

Expected:

There is always a smart ass with the comment "photoshopped"...

Excellent work indeed, I imagine tons of hours behind these artworks?

Zippy

2009-12-30 03:15:16

Did you even read anything on this article? Win for idiocy.

audrey - They're real

2009-06-11 00:30:04

The pictures are real, 'no? They were just computer enhanced. But I have to say CGSociety has very artistic people. Good choices for pictures.

Marco - They're fake

2009-06-11 09:51:03

No, they're fake - not pictures at all. Most of them are created using 3d software like 3dStudioMax or Maya and gave them the final touch with Photoshop or similar products.

Check out the 3d renders from John Locke and Bernadette. They both have amazing detail and combined with some very sleek textures, you can achieve something that looks like a picture, but isn't

.

Aashish Niroula

2009-06-11 04:24:03

OMFG! These pics are really awesome. Probably, a result of extreme hard works. I love the ones who developed these pics. Great!

Toni	2009-06-11 12:17:14

Amazing...

Knows Photoshop

2009-06-12 09:10:30

Shopped!!!!! I could tell, the pixels are all wrong, every single one was shopped!!!!!!!! I know these things ok, I'm a graphic designer for Adobe!!!!!!11

I'm sorry, someone was gonna say it sonner or later, and now that I did, we wont have a runny-nosed-nine-year-old saying it...

Knows Idiots - Why bother...

2009-06-13 21:10:42

..to post like a bleeding moron with ingenious comments like this. Of course it's photoshopped - that's the freakin' point.

P.s. If you work for adobe it's probably in their shipping department.

Great work btw.

Chad - That was the lawl

2009-06-20 00:51:13

yeah, I think he was being funny. Get the lawl? He said it as a joke so a kid didn't mean it...

ritesh

2009-06-12 13:09:54

hi..
These photographs are too good & I think so they are of the models .
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Harry
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Murtaza. Soni - They look CG, Nonetheless its great work

2009-06-12 15:36:18

Emotions, wrinkles on the face and hands, smiles, frowns, happiness, sadness, anger, love ... These are human traits and very tough to artificially produce. These pics are a great effort at depicting such human traits.

Life can be like "A flawless Potrait."

MIKE B - not all cg

2009-06-12 19:38:08

I am sorry but these pictures are all not totally computer created. they must be coming from a scanned picture and then enhanced or photoshopped. i do not believe that they are 100% drawn 'from scratch' using only a computer!!

Pedro

2009-06-13 00:09:49

Oh must they? Maybe you should click some of the images and see the work in progress threads.

Marco - Haha

2009-06-13 08:51:11

Haha, thanks for that backup Pedro

. Seems like not all people really believe that this can actually be created using (3d modeling) software

.

Kronos - haha

2009-06-12 23:44:42

Don't you who Cumbio is ? well, the girl with a pink line in her hair, is just like Cumbio in 15 years ! xD

Snakese - WOW

2009-06-13 09:41:04

All I can say is WOW! Some are more WOW than others, but they are all WOW!

Huy Nguyen - awesome

2009-06-13 16:54:33

such some great artists! awesome works!

Jayzzi - DJ - Jay-zzi

2009-06-14 13:42:05

Too cool
I loved it .. I really don't have any words...

Bruno - amazing

2009-06-14 04:10:01

Kind of lost at words on how to describe this. These portraits look so real. If you didn't say CG to begin with, I would never ever think it was done with CG.

Peter

2009-06-14 05:15:10

FAKE. ALL. TOTALLY FAKE. They're all regular pictures.

Camille - That Girl

2009-06-14 14:33:39

I don't like the age of that one model with the black tights.
She can't be older than 12.

Janette - HELLO ...

2009-06-19 13:31:48

... SHE'S NOT A HUMAN ... SHE'S A RENDERING ... SHE HAS NO AGE. What is the matter with everyone :!:

:!:

:!:

:!:

:?:

:!:

Is the possibility someone could actually be talented enough to create these images with a computer that inconceivable. I draw. Not with a computer, just my hands. I can make a drawing look like a photograph, so I don't doubt there is someone out there that can accomplish the same using a computer. Jeez. Open your minds to potential and talent. :pinch:

:pinch:

I am spellbound by the talent of these designers. I can barely get the mouse where I want it ... these are mind-boggling.

WOAH - AMAZING

2009-06-14 15:24:06

I didn't notice this was computer generated till i reached picture no. 5

Kawsar Ali - Love it

2009-06-15 13:12:32

Wow Marco All I have to say awesome post. John Locke ! rocks. keep up the good work

Anonymous

2009-06-15 23:26:06

wow amazing wow

web develop

2009-06-16 00:21:08

Dang...that is some serious art work.

Nora Reed - Blogger

2009-06-16 18:25:05

These are some nicely altered images. It looks like there was a ton of hard work put into them. They are really beautiful. Its hard to pull off realism on computer images but these do a nice job. If only some of the movies could put as much effort into theirs, although they are getting better too.

Jane	2009-06-17 06:45:46

Wow! Simply amazing!

sathya - fantastic

2009-06-17 10:08:02

Wow! what works ya!so nice I want to do such a beautiful work

Bailey - Wow...

2009-06-17 14:53:14

THATS the artist?
He's cute and talented.
Need more of those around lol
Amazing work! *thumbs up*

kaze	2009-06-18 18:48:01

well i like these picture but youcan thell they are cg by looking at the hait ot by the cloth the ones that take true talent are the ones that hide them

Manuel Mora - Wow

2009-06-18 22:19:15

I'm really impressed!! <img src=

<img src=

hock:' />

anon	2009-06-19 07:08:28

july 20th there is the first cg image ive seen in my life that i absolutely can not tell that it is cg, congratulations man ive been wondering my whole life when this day would come and the answer is jun 19 2009

Ashish - Makings of these realistic images

2009-06-20 03:13:36

Making of Ingrid Bergman - http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/ingridbergman/index.html

Making of Young Girl- http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/young-girl/girl.html

Kim Randall - Amazing

2009-06-20 18:30:17

These images are truly amazing. Thank you for sharing them

thezen43 - Thanks

2009-06-21 00:21:36

Top work,thanks for posting.

Artambrosia

2009-06-21 18:41:22

Incredibly beautiful and masterful work. A joy to view.

Sara	2009-06-22 03:42:03

These are absolutely amazing. I want to learn how to make CG portraits... any suggestions?

Boney

2009-06-22 08:17:53

Amazing art. 3 cheers to the artists.

fugu	2009-06-22 15:41:23

There is only one picture worth of attention, and it's the fat lady over the cans with the USA top... that's art, the rest are just nice works...

Shirley Spurgeon

2009-06-27 05:47:49

Positively beautiful shots, amazing camera wizerdry. He certainly knows how to make a picture say the 1000 words and then some. I would live to see more of this type of work.

Terrance-OXP

2009-06-27 18:28:14

Beautifully crafted. These pieces of art is so life like.

Michelle - Amazing!..

2009-07-06 14:21:40

Wow, some fascinating characters are there! Detective Rush looks like the real one!

Anonymous - re:

2009-08-01 17:04:06

fugu wrote:

There is only one picture worth of attention, and it's the fat lady over the cans with the USA top... that's art, the rest are just nice works...

Texas Takeover - WOW

2009-09-12 05:11:06

Very Good!

Eliel - wow!

2009-10-02 05:52:45

really awesome! Extremely realistic... :lol:

:lol:

Jaxon - this is not a criticism!

2009-11-23 03:30:31

I'm no great understander of computo art but didn't these start from a digital image? Like from my camera? Because I can do much the same easily with Corel Painter. In fact some people I've sent them to printed and framed them. But it sure wasn't hard for me. Again, I am not trying to tear anything down, but how was it done? Like the one looks too much like Morgan Freeman to have been put together pixel by pixel. At least as far as I can understand it. What I guess I'm really asking is are these made from a blank canvas or a digital image?

Tim	2010-02-10 05:15:04

The artists probably used photographic references to make them look right but most of these are 3d images, which means the head and face have to be modeled and scupted in 3d, and then textured, lighting generated, clothing created, hair sculpted, shaders written to make the skin realistic, rendered, and then touched up in Photoshop.

The 2D ones are painted in Photoshop or Painter or something similar, usually from scratch, possibly working from a reference. "Paintover" images in which the artist simply paints over a digital photograph are regarded as cheating and usually treated with ridicule.

Click on the links to see how they were created.

Kern - Website Design

2010-02-11 09:24:41

These images truly bridge the gap between photography and art. This is graphics with real impact. They hold your attention for a very long time.

kok	2010-03-11 22:14:17

kiram to faketon bahal bob aksaton koskesha

iranhex.com - goof

2010-11-09 18:30:29

good...tnx

chord - nice

2011-02-07 15:36:58

Thank you very much great post

someone - Scary?

2011-03-11 07:22:28

The photos look a bit like in a nightmare when you look at it closely. But well done at the work!

Oleg Koreyba - CG / 3D portrait

2011-08-15 22:00:31

Nice portraits.
Some more CG / 3D portraits you will find in my portfolio.

Best reqards
Oleg Koreyba

James - Artist

2011-09-13 00:42:54

Instead of art which imitates life, it is technology which imitates art. I went to school for this and did it professionally for a year. I wish I had a time machine to do something different. These paintings are amazing technical achievements but they could never hang in a museum because they don't stand a chance of meaning anything. They are demonstrations of technology, with limitations in resolution, color, the behavior of rendering engines, Photoshop tools and they probably required much more energy than an oil portrait. Also they were most likely extraordinary exercises in logic, troubleshooting, trial and error, mathematics and science. The 'art' was just kind of expected or hoped for. Nobody created these out of solitary lament, or for one heartbroken, impassioned week, forged a delicate a caricature of some legendary lost love. It is because they are non-human, engineered inventions with no flaws. You could try for a million years to humanize the computer's dead soul of infinity. Computer is a meathook with no empathy. No one fully controls it. Computer can't capture the context, the history, the understatement or the vulnerability.

I find it discouraging that our generation has been subverted into this rabbit-hole of machinery, and have not used their energy to glorify life's great mysteries by hand.

James

2011-09-13 00:46:29

Except for the lady and the cans. That has something going on.

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