This is Saya. According to her co-creator, Yuka Ishikiawa, bringing her to life was not easy.
The hurdle, Ishikawa explained via Twitter, is “quite high.” The CG schoolgirl model needs to contain a certain softness as well as the purity of her age. In short, it needs to look like a real person.
Mission accomplished, no?
Ishikawa works as a freelance CG artist with her husband Teruyuki. Their portfolio (here) is filled with impressive faces and battle gear.
And schoolgirl shoes.
If you’ve spent anytime online, you’ve probably seen stills of highly realistic CG art. Ishikawa, however, is making an independent CG clip with Saya. The project was first made public in fall 2015.
Saya_facial test pick_001
Ｓａｙａ表情テスト中 その1 https://t.co/hj9Oisuksv— TELYUKA (@mojeyuka) October 11, 2016
Since then, the couple have released clips of Saya in motion.
“Since we’ve been working on this between jobs, it’s been somewhat hard,” Ishikawa says. “We’re going to give it our best when making it.”
The project has been featured in print and on TV.
🍀このセーターを着たＳａｙａも紹介していただいているＮＨＫ明日再放送です！🍀サイエンスZERO「人間とは何か？ アンドロイド研究最前線」Ｅテレ土曜昼0時30分 https://t.co/0dsVr2ilfs pic.twitter.com/XQvQNMdxCD
— TELYUKA (@mojeyuka) January 27, 2017
明日Saya特集のCGWORLDです🙌本屋さんにSayaが掲載された本や雑誌が並んでいると思うと頑張ってよかったなあって胸が熱くなります WIPとしての内容ですが個人でも小さな集まりでも出来るんだと言うことが伝わると嬉しいです😃 pic.twitter.com/aEkkPaBFzP
— TELYUKA (@mojeyuka) December 9, 2016
実は本日の日経新聞にbitFlyer様の広告として Saya が掲載されています😆😆😆仮想通貨の時代がやってくるんですね pic.twitter.com/RrAsYDdkWt
— TELYUKA (@mojeyuka) December 30, 2016
No doubt, the thousands of people who retweeted Saya’s photos on Twitter wish the project luck.
This article was originally published on October 13, 2015. It has since been updated.
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