I was experimenting with a new way to render CG models: using a convolutional neural network (CNN) to provide a “beauty” pass rendering.
The idea was to use a CNN to transfer the style of an existing painting to the picture of a sculpture. To do this, I chose a painting of Beatrice Offor (“Miss B.S.“, 1905) and used it as reference for an ad-hoc “cartoonish” sculpture.
Then I configured the NN with Tensorflow and provided both a first rendering of the sculpture and the original Offor’s painting to it.
I find the result – not post-edited – decent.
My purpose was to start from a very basic rendering and enhance it with the power of the deep learning.
