So, I won’t mince words, this project only exists because I think it’s hilarious. As some quick background, a friend shot me an image over text yesterday because he saw a leather upholstered couch or chair or something that looked like a face. He shared it because he thought it was funny. The moment I looked at it, I was like “That would make a really cool heightmap, actually…” because the black leather with the highlights looked like it’d map really well. I ended up consumed by that thought, and decided to make it a reality.
Now, the image was sent over MMS (he was off thrifting in some small down that didn’t have enough network coverage to support RCS), so the file was absolutely tiny. I brought it into Photoshop, enlarged it, but obviously it was very low quality.
I decided to load the enlarged version into WM, then use a Shapes device to draw the basic shapes and contours out, and then go from there. Unfortunately, I ended up with a project that looks way better than it should given its origins.
Anyway, with that context out of the way, here’s the results, let me know what you all think!
And for reference, here is the actual picture my buddy sent that started the whole thing off:
