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Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by sakopov » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 6:17 PM UTC

Nero looked like Ramzan Kadyrov (the present Chechen leader). Both are also quite deranged. This is a pretty spectacular project!

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 6:42 PM UTC

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Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by BerislavLopac » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:06 PM UTC

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones:

    * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal
    * Decius: Clive Owen
    * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney
    * Augustus: Daniel Craig

How about the others?

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by ur-whale » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:12 PM UTC

They almost all look the same (or at least have the same weird smirk). Is that an artifact of the methodology or is is a problem with the training set because all roman sculptors were trained by the same school?

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by 7373737373 » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:38 PM UTC

BerislavLopac wrote: post #13

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones: * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal * Decius: Clive Owen * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney * Augustus: Daniel Craig How about the others?

Augustus reminded me of Tony Hawk

This project is so hilarious and humanizing, I love it!

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by kevinpet » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:46 PM UTC

thdrdt wrote: post #8

Is it a coincidence George Clooney's face looks the same as a lot of those renders? Now I wonder if this has to do with the learning set or that those face types are very common.

Those emperors paid a lot of sestertii to make sure their bust came out looking like George Clooney.

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by lowdose » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:57 PM UTC

BerislavLopac wrote: post #13

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones: * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal * Decius: Clive Owen * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney * Augustus: Daniel Craig How about the others?

* Quintillus: Ben Affleck

* Herennius Etruscus: Colin Farrell

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by pluto9 » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:10 PM UTC

There's a conspicuous number of young dudes who were emperor for a few years or less and stopped being emperor because they died. It seems that emperorhood is bad for one's health.

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by mprev » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #17

BerislavLopac wrote: post #13

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones: * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal * Decius: Clive Owen * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney * Augustus: Daniel Craig How about the others?

* Quintillus: Ben Affleck * Herennius Etruscus: Colin Farrell

Tiberius: Tim Apple

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by waynecochran » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:45 PM UTC

sakopov wrote: post #11

Nero looked like Ramzan Kadyrov (the present Chechen leader). Both are also quite deranged. This is a pretty spectacular project!

And he had a "neck beard."