Christa Chandler
Textures, Lighting, Compositing, CG Generalist, Artist
Octopus Tattoo Composite
Final composite with Octopus design applied as a tattoo with skin warping and distortion accounted for.
Original source footage with out tattoo. Footage sourced by the Academy of Art University for educational purposes.
Octopus tattoo design provided by the Academy of Art University.
Compositing nodes in Nuke.
Reading in an EXR file sequence for the source footage and octopus image, I utilized a smart vector workflow to to achieve proper skin distortion to make the octopus look like a tattoo. Finetuning precise color correction, mixing, and blur to make the tattoo look like it was an original part of the footage.