PARALLAX METROLOGY VTL STUDIO
STUDIO RECORD / PUBLIC EDITION

Visual stages, comparisons and decisions from the original run. Internal prompts, operating documents and downloadable implementation files are omitted. Some interactive comparisons are shown as separate images.

Reach / Retreat
The figure through the studio.

59 distinct full-image states, from the opening studies to Hold. A silent 1080p film, about 3 minutes 56 seconds, with labelled chapters and gentle dissolves.

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How to read the progression

Rejected branches, intended tonal fields and technical construction studies are labelled. Branches do not all descend from the immediately preceding frame. The user-supplied workroom return has an unknown exact parent. Repeated source copies, pixel-identical aliases, detail crops and contact sheets are omitted.

This is a film of saved image checkpoints, not a recording of individual strokes. Each source image is shown uncropped, with its proportions preserved.

Every frame

JumpImageRoleOriginal
Opening study 1GENERATED STUDYSource image
Opening study 2GENERATED STUDYSource image
Opening study 3SELECTED DIRECTIONSource image
Broad constructionNATIVE PASSSource image
First native working imageRETAINED AT THE TIMESource image
Quiet the torsoREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Gather the hipREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Bow the head, add groundREJECTEDSource image
Manual reconstruction / attempt 1SUPERSEDEDSource image
Manual reconstruction / attempt 2SUPERSEDEDSource image
Manual reconstruction / attempt 3SUPERSEDEDSource image
Manual reconstruction / attempt 4SUPERSEDEDSource image
Manual reconstruction / attempt 5WORKING REPAIRSource image
RTMPose / estimated jointsDIAGNOSTICSource image
Native joint scaffoldDIAGNOSTICSource image
Constrained arm scaffoldDIAGNOSTICSource image
Inferred body surfaceCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Uncorrected fit over the sourceCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Negative-sign neck articulationCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Negative articulation / side viewCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Positive-sign neck articulationCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Positive articulation / side viewCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Bounded face-point fittingCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Head fit over the sourceCONSTRUCTIONSource image
First bow direction / chin liftedCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Corrected bow directionCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Body alignment and projected contactsCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Aligned construction over the sourceCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Connected head loweringCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Bowed construction over the sourceCONSTRUCTIONSource image
Whole-body appearance transferREJECTED TARGETSource image
Unseen-surface maskDIAGNOSTICSource image
Whole-body drawing targetREJECTED TARGETSource image
First head/neck appearance attachmentREJECTED TARGETSource image
First attachment / tonal targetREJECTED TARGETSource image
Second attachmentREJECTED TARGETSource image
Second attachment / tonal targetREJECTED TARGETSource image
First attachment / broad native passREJECTED BRANCHSource image
First attachment / native resolutionREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Regularized appearance attachmentWORKING TARGETSource image
Corrected drawing targetWORKING TARGETSource image
Corrected target / broad native passNATIVE PASSSource image
Corrected target / native resolutionNATIVE PASSSource image
Finer-scale native drawingRETAINED AT THE TIMESource image
Authored mass scopeDIAGNOSTICSource image
Quieter mass / intended valuesINTENTIONSource image
Quieter mass / broad marksRETAINED BRANCHSource image
Quieter mass / resolving marksRETAINED BRANCHSource image
Elliptical opening / intended valuesINTENTIONSource image
Elliptical opening / broad marksREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Elliptical opening / resolving marksREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Contour omission / intended valuesINTENTIONSource image
Contour omission / maskDIAGNOSTICSource image
Contour omission / broad marksREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Contour omission / resolving marksREJECTED BRANCHSource image
Quieter mass + nine selective accentsRETAINED AT THE TIMESource image
User-supplied workroom returnEXTERNAL RETURNSource image
First GPT return / varied mark hierarchyWORKING BASESource image
Second GPT return / quiet wallHOLD FOR THIS BRIEFSource image

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