Remember way back when i challenged you guys to try and create this effect?



Well i think i am getting closer to getting it right.
Still not quite there though.



I still do not get how they wrapped the text around the man unless that man was a 3-D rendered image from DAZ or something?

A displacement map might work but it might break up the text a bit. Maybe worth a try?

Would bump mapping work on the guy?

I have played around with a similar effect and bump mapping is basically a highlight and shadowing effect whereas displacement is basically an offset distortion. I can't think of anything that will actually give you a "wrap" type distortion like Lens Effect or Map to Sphere does. I would love to know how this was accomplished in the first image.

It appears like Rod said, a 3D image was used. Perhaps Color to Alpha on a 3D image to remove the color and then the text was mapped to it or displaced somehow.

Very interesting Rod. I had not seen this before. Must have been a while back or I just missed it.

They could also have done painting on the man. Just saying, if gimp could render a plane to a 3d model, we might have a perfect shot.

Displace has the effect of wrapping the layer around the image you use as a map.

Nice Rod. But the original image is a body painting or something, does not seem made with photo editing software, right?

I managed this using displace. Original http://www.flickr.com/photos/clover_1/5380803053/

I stand corrected. Nothing like exposing your ignorance on a public forum.
You got some pretty decent results. A little more work with shadowing and it would really take on a 3D effect. Nice work!

Thanks Drac. I'm sure we've all been corrected at some time in our lives.

Very good Erisian. I did not know there was a filter Map > Displace. I'll read about it.

Thank you YAFU. I've made some improvements.

Very cool Eris. You are going to have to write a detailed tute now. lol

Thank you Molly. I might just do that.

More improvements

oh wow, almost perfect...you can even read some of the text on the face.

Good job, that's way better
Now about that tut?

OOh being bullied am I? OK, I'll get to work on it tonight. Don't know how long it will take though.

Very cool Eris....whoo hooo

Thank you. I just needed to do some dodge and burn work.