Rozemarijn Lucassen (2007): Rozemarijn Lucassen by TorrentBasket what ia is made of? I can't but admire your crative genius!!! is it possible to learn this??? I'm really eager ti try. oh, this image reminds me of the Video of Radiohead... do you remember it? awesome!
computer generated images: rozemarijn_render by Music Search I didn't know anything about this genius-Bert Simons, who has created some very unusual sculptures using a 3d modeling program. It's really stunning what he does. Ah, will the wonders of technology never cease. So bizarre but utterly fascinating, if not the least little bit disturbing.
contact: comments by Wesley Parvin Hello, i know this is going to sound a little odd, but in my sculpture class we are doing a project on sculptors, and well, i was assigned you. Well what we have to do is some research on background info on our artists and well, i can hardly find any info. What i need to know is.... basically When you were born, Where your from, the Materials you use (but thats obvious, by the way i find your art incredible how the paper represents each and every facial feature and bone in the face.)and the methods you use. Thank you so much, I highly appreciate it.:)
Bert Simons (2006): combi8 by josh how did you import an image into blender.
Hi Josh.. in the view properties you can define a background image..
contact: comments by Rye Art Gallery Hello, we are trying to contact you but are not sure if your email contact page is working properly. Please could you email us so that we may tell you why we are trying to contact you? Thank you very much. Sarah Money (Date: 20.01.10)
Mao Zedong (W.I.P): texturizing by Mattia Hi! First of all, Happy new Year!
About Mao, I know that recently is on the market a photographic book. Ok, is a book over the theme of the gadgeds about Mao, but maybe you can find some cool photos and inspirations. http://www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livre/le-mao-9782812600425
An other idea can be to do a golden paper sculpure starting from the metal bust: use the details from the scan and color from photo of the little metal bust. Something like a metal/paper Mao.
What do you think?
Best,
Mattia
contact: comments by Jeff Great work! Your paper sculptures are remarkable similar to http://osang.net/exhibition/exhibition.html
Bert Simons (2006): Untitled-1 copy by Tim Awesome... good work.... do you have a tutorial how to do unfold the geometry in Blnder along with the map for export? How did you texture this object with the imaging of yourself? Multiple photos stiched manually togetehr?
Bert: Yes, I tried that, definitly nice software but not as precise as my method.
vegetarius (2006): hpim1053 by Vikushka That is absolutely amazing, reminds me work of Alex and Allison Gray at Cosm if it was in 3D
http://www.cosm.org/ (go to Sacred Mirrors, view)
I am excitedly anticipating the next level of your work!
Keep creating!
paperwoman (2004): versie3_4 by OMAJA Soy artista Plástica, colombiana, he visto muchas Obras de diferentes artistas y realmente tu trabajo me impactó: me gusta mucho como conjuga la creatividad y la técnica. Muchos Exitos
contact: comments by maureen mcCabe Hello Bert,
I have just sent you an email through this website but I'm not sure if you have recieved it.
It is in regards to a project we would like to talk to you about.
If you have not gotten the email let me know and I will resend.
Thanks,
Maureen McCabe
contact: comments by anthony Hello, Bert. You have three new brothers in Athens, Georgia. I sent a jpeg to your email address. Let me know if you would like me to resend the photo.
Bert: Thanks! they are already on the map as you can see here
contact: comments by Ian hi Bert,
lovely work and a fascinating application of technology.
best wishes from Madrid.
contact: comments by Miguel Soria Hola Bert, muy interesantes e ingeniosas tus creaciones en 3D, le comenté a algunos amigos y la pregunta fue: ¿dónde hacen esos retratos 3D? Se me ocurrió que podría comercializarlos bajo tu dirección y compartir ganancias; escríbeme, nada como tener un producto del mismo creador! Bye. I'm from Lima-Perú
Bert: Ola Juan, Las he hecho mi mismo, y porque es muchu trabajo no es un productu commercial crea, todavia faltan 150 horas crear uno..
Rozemarijn Lucassen (2007): Rozemarijn Lucassen by Tim How do you apply the textures so accurately from the different digitized photo views??? I use 3DS max. Pelt mapping? UVunwrap? Do you use Pepakura to flatten the model or Blender?
Nice work!
furniture: lp_kast by Jane Patton My favorite furniture peice (lp_kast) tho I LIKED all of them.. I've been in time-warp for 20+ yrs. & forgot to get on-line. This is my 1st artist's website(due to google artist a day gadget). Really amazed & happy to view paper projets. I did escape warp & got to Amsterdam--next trip I WILL see your work in person. Keep creating. Thanx, jane
Bert: Iedere keer? Ay..hoop dat je niet tevaak een dipje hebt
expositions: 20070301_121010a by Azbe Rowa Your work is amazing. Really. I am willing to se a complete body or a white face and so on.
I have an Art degree and I am soon to obtain my title as Architect too. I would really enjoy helping you to develop new models, if you are in lack of time or if you have a bigger project.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the tips you give in order to do this, I can not wait to begin experimenting with this.
And congratulations for the publication (long time ago yet) in the Tactile book (from there I reached you).
One last thing, just to repeat what many people say in the comments, this IS art today. And very nice.
regards,
azbe
contact: comments by Anna Always looking for something special around me... i'm very impressed, thank you for sharing...
contact: comments by anthony Your projects are amazing. My high school visual arts class will be cloning you soon. I look forward to your next contribution, and thanks for sharing.
contact: comments by nadia I love your work, amazing...How about if you write a tutorial for to do this? please..?
contact: comments by Ted Cole Bert Clone #5 is still in good shape. He serves to keep the cats off the corner stereo speaker.
I offer advice for future builders of the Bert clone: watch the print scaling to be sure all pages are printed in the same scale. With different international paper size standards, auto-scaling of prints could cause problems on assembly.
Thanks again, and keep up the good work on Rozemarijn and Mao!
Yes I have checked that out, but automated packages like these don give me the full control that I need. They end up with to dense meshes which in terms of shape is good but hard to reduce to a low poly mesh without loosing shape information again. And since I need a low poly mesh I like to make that by hand.
Anatomy head (2005): 10_fotocollage_3 by Stuart Christie Hi Bert,
I meant to say at the end of my last comment if you had thought about using the same techniques and processes to create complete people and maybe even have them in different positions as if they have had a 3-d photo taken. Sorry to have bothered you again.
Hi Stuart.. if you take in account that only making a head takes me about 120 hours to make then youĺl understand why I didn´t make a full body clone yet..
Anatomy head (2005): 10_fotocollage_3 by Stuart Christie Hi Bert,
I think your work is brilliant. Keep up the good work. Got a suggestion for you. Have you ever thought about approaching music bands? The flattened out complted collage would make a very good record/cd sleeve. But I also think another good way of showing your could be making prints of the band memebers that would be put inside the record sleeve and enable the purchaser to have 3-d paper models of the band. I'm not sure if that suggestion would take you in the wrong direction where it comes to getting your'e work noticed or recognised even more or if you would possibly see it as being too much of a gimmick and not what you would like see being done to help promote you're work. I apologise if this suggestion is not suitable or if you have already thought or carried out this idea. PS...
cardboard cutie (2006): 20060408_123146 by MinStoda It reminds me of the statues I see in the Greek books.
YOu know the ones with the gods after thousands of years.
Which reminds me I wonder how this would look years from now.
IF the sculpture is taken care of.
How long would a paper statue/sculpture such as this last?
cardboard cutie (2006): doll1 by MinStoda I love the detail...
& yes realDoll is way to espensive.
Even though I wanted one myself.
I love your work.
I have never seen anything like it.
I would love to hang my friends up on the wall.
Being that I am a 24 hr Nurse ITs hard to see my friends.
SO that would be so cool.
Also how were you able to position her body on the ground?
I know she is make of paper, but was her part already designed for her to lay down?
I know that sounds silly.
But I will pass this site on to all my friends..
Continue the wonderful work.
Showing much love...
raketworkshop: HPIM2509 by Mauri Oh great ... and how does it fly? Boy, you left the best part in total obscurity!! :)
Loved to wander around your site, great projects ... pure joy of living!
Portrait of Harold: harold9 by Rod Harvey Fantastic application and the faceted surface as a parallel universe to real lift texture is a great media solution. Well done Bert.
Regards
Rod Harvey
New Zealand
Hi keshon, you can download my paper clone..as for the other heads, they were made in comission for the portrayed and will not be shared. But i am working on a new project now that will be dowloadable in fall 2008
contact: comments by Atamjeet Singh Bawa Simply fantablous. I am spell bound to see your paper creations. I would like to know do you do them yourself or you download these paper model kits from internet? I would love to do the same someday, which will further make my collection more versatile :)
Bert: Atamjeet... I make them myself...
contact: comments by Jorge L. Simply amazing ! I´ll clone you for sure, having you head around should inspire me ...
Would you ever consider making the anatomy head model available as well ? Me too am fascinated with anatomical drawings and models ...
Hi Jorge, I will make the anatomy head available as sooon as I have found some high resolution texture maps which are free of copyrights..
contact: comments by Justin Hubbard Incredible papercraft and thank you for making them available.
Will you make a Deer head next. Would love a faux-anterlered one for the mantle.
Bert Simons (2006): 20060330_132230 by Tim Congratulations with this excellent concept, it is amazing what paper can do, who needs holograms! I was involved with a project years ago which created art structures using similar tools, rolls of paper and air blowers.
With the right software behind it (in the same way people create their personal avatars for 2nd life or quake etc), I can recall using such software years ago for mapping photos to surfaces. Every home could have paper clones, a stunning, all be it slightly eerie, family portrait.
Even as pure art it has definite level of realism which traditional art fails to produce when faced with the HD photo realistic gaming era we live in. Genuine modern art!
Tim
contact: comments by Ted Thanks for making your clone project available. Excellent job! I finished my paper clone of you today, and it finished well. It was a lot of fun, although it took me several weeks. Surely this is the golden age of papercraft, and you are a worthy pioneer of the art.
Hi Ted, thanks for your time and effort! your clone is now on the map here
Bert Simons (2006): 20060330_132230 by Roy Like this! It is definitely art, if you could automate the process you would have even greater success on your hands, how many would like this? Many people!
Regards and Respect.
Roy.
contact: comments by rich I find your head and description extremely poignant. I do not normally comment on things I see on the web but I shall remember the honesty of your words. The technicality of your head is incidental to me. I see alot of things that are supposed to be art, and this is art even if it does not claim to be, it is a receptacle for emotion. If you were to make this work available to an art appreciative audience you may well be remembered. I tried to understand the emotion that people claim they can see in Van Gogh, I can't, but I can see it in your head.
contact: comments by jasper Beste Bert mijn oog viel direkt hierop!
En wat grappig was, is dat ik dacht die heeft vast AIVE gedaan; ik zie je CV en jawel!
contact: comments by Yvy Eej Bert!
Wat bijzonder, joh, wat jij maakt. En jij noemt jezelf geen kunstenaar (?!!!) Get real man : je bent een raskunstenaar!
Greetz,
yvy
contact: comments by Regis Hi Bert,
Your work is amazing and so inspiring. You really are a new kind of Renaissance artist.
Keep it going!
Best,
Regis
Bert Simons (2006): 02 by as hi,Bert. It is wonderful and excellent works.
I like the "way of think".
Thank You.
contact: comments by youp You've been blogged again:
http://j-walkblog.com/
mentioned on Tuesday March 25th on this very popular blog! Congratulations on your work: it's impressive. We'll spread the word here in Illinois :-)
contact: comments by Mike Just made your clone :P took a couple of hours, you wont be forgotten. i have it displayed in my living room and everyone is very impressed by it
Hi Mike, thanks for your time and effort! your clone is now on the map here
contact: comments by defty k. menglesis hallo bert.
nice work, lekker even. the paper cloning idea is fantastic. id love to see them in person, i hope you have a show here in amsterdam sometime soon, i will come running with bells on. [cheers for the open-source promotion too, im doing the wordpress + zenphoto as well.]
This girl 3d design is very nice which software used for this and have some help to make these kind of models
I'm impressed. It's simply awesome..
nice what did you use to do that ? it is awesome , it is can move ? good job dude
what ia is made of? I can't but admire your crative genius!!! is it possible to learn this??? I'm really eager ti try. oh, this image reminds me of the Video of Radiohead... do you remember it? awesome!
This is the future of movies.
Great work
It's really nice
very nice !
Nice ;)
Woah! That is awesome!! How do you do this? Is there a software online I can purchase?
I didn't know anything about this genius-Bert Simons, who has created some very unusual sculptures using a 3d modeling program. It's really stunning what he does. Ah, will the wonders of technology never cease. So bizarre but utterly fascinating, if not the least little bit disturbing.
thank you
Hello, i know this is going to sound a little odd, but in my sculpture class we are doing a project on sculptors, and well, i was assigned you. Well what we have to do is some research on background info on our artists and well, i can hardly find any info. What i need to know is.... basically When you were born, Where your from, the Materials you use (but thats obvious, by the way i find your art incredible how the paper represents each and every facial feature and bone in the face.)and the methods you use. Thank you so much, I highly appreciate it.:)
how did you import an image into blender. Hi Josh.. in the view properties you can define a background image..
Hello, we are trying to contact you but are not sure if your email contact page is working properly. Please could you email us so that we may tell you why we are trying to contact you? Thank you very much. Sarah Money (Date: 20.01.10)
Hi! First of all, Happy new Year! About Mao, I know that recently is on the market a photographic book. Ok, is a book over the theme of the gadgeds about Mao, but maybe you can find some cool photos and inspirations. http://www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livre/le-mao-9782812600425 An other idea can be to do a golden paper sculpure starting from the metal bust: use the details from the scan and color from photo of the little metal bust. Something like a metal/paper Mao. What do you think? Best, Mattia
Waanzinnig gaaf!
Mooi zeer mooi, gegroet
You're getting so good at this! These last ones are looking so great I'm inspired to try making one myself. Do you mind if I try to copy your process on, say, my brother? :)
You're getting so good at this! These last ones are looking so great I'm inspired to try making one myself. Do you mind if I try to copy your process on, say, my brother? :)
I have never seen something so amazing, you captured every little curve and indentation. She looks real!!!
Great work! Your paper sculptures are remarkable similar to http://osang.net/exhibition/exhibition.html
Awesome... good work.... do you have a tutorial how to do unfold the geometry in Blnder along with the map for export? How did you texture this object with the imaging of yourself? Multiple photos stiched manually togetehr?
excuses voor de deukjes!
hi Bert, I also have send you an email, please contact me
hee Bert, supercool , zelfs een fanpagina op je website.. kom je nog eens op de koffie (of bier whatsoever?)
You are truly insane! Great work... this is extraordinary.
Scarry! Looks like a dead Bert.
Laserscan + Rigging a new mesh in ZBrush = LOVE! But you have to get a good laserscan... Do you know FaceGen?
That is absolutely amazing, reminds me work of Alex and Allison Gray at Cosm if it was in 3D http://www.cosm.org/ (go to Sacred Mirrors, view) I am excitedly anticipating the next level of your work! Keep creating!
Soy artista Plástica, colombiana, he visto muchas Obras de diferentes artistas y realmente tu trabajo me impactó: me gusta mucho como conjuga la creatividad y la técnica. Muchos Exitos
I was curious, I did not see a part about how to fold it the proper way pre-gluing. Do you just match up the numbers?
WOW! ¡De verdad es papel!
Hello Bert, I have just sent you an email through this website but I'm not sure if you have recieved it. It is in regards to a project we would like to talk to you about. If you have not gotten the email let me know and I will resend. Thanks, Maureen McCabe
Hello, Bert. You have three new brothers in Athens, Georgia. I sent a jpeg to your email address. Let me know if you would like me to resend the photo.
hi Bert, lovely work and a fascinating application of technology. best wishes from Madrid.
Hola Bert, muy interesantes e ingeniosas tus creaciones en 3D, le comenté a algunos amigos y la pregunta fue: ¿dónde hacen esos retratos 3D? Se me ocurrió que podría comercializarlos bajo tu dirección y compartir ganancias; escríbeme, nada como tener un producto del mismo creador! Bye. I'm from Lima-Perú
How do you apply the textures so accurately from the different digitized photo views??? I use 3DS max. Pelt mapping? UVunwrap? Do you use Pepakura to flatten the model or Blender? Nice work!
f****** amazing!
My favorite furniture peice (lp_kast) tho I LIKED all of them.. I've been in time-warp for 20+ yrs. & forgot to get on-line. This is my 1st artist's website(due to google artist a day gadget). Really amazed & happy to view paper projets. I did escape warp & got to Amsterdam--next trip I WILL see your work in person. Keep creating. Thanx, jane
Nice one Bert. Back of the head could use a few extra polygons, for a smoother curve. The shirt and tie look awesome, as I've mentioned to you before.
als ik een dipje heb dan bezoek ik deze site. Werkt iedere keer!
Your work is amazing. Really. I am willing to se a complete body or a white face and so on. I have an Art degree and I am soon to obtain my title as Architect too. I would really enjoy helping you to develop new models, if you are in lack of time or if you have a bigger project. Anyway, thanks a lot for the tips you give in order to do this, I can not wait to begin experimenting with this. And congratulations for the publication (long time ago yet) in the Tactile book (from there I reached you). One last thing, just to repeat what many people say in the comments, this IS art today. And very nice. regards, azbe
Always looking for something special around me... i'm very impressed, thank you for sharing...
If you put it in an airtight glass box containing Argon and not air, it might last forever..
Your projects are amazing. My high school visual arts class will be cloning you soon. I look forward to your next contribution, and thanks for sharing.
I love your work, amazing...How about if you write a tutorial for to do this? please..?
Wow, this is beatiful! I never saw neigbours this way... :)
Bert Clone #5 is still in good shape. He serves to keep the cats off the corner stereo speaker. I offer advice for future builders of the Bert clone: watch the print scaling to be sure all pages are printed in the same scale. With different international paper size standards, auto-scaling of prints could cause problems on assembly. Thanks again, and keep up the good work on Rozemarijn and Mao!
Haven't you heard of Strata Foto 3D?
Hi Bert, I meant to say at the end of my last comment if you had thought about using the same techniques and processes to create complete people and maybe even have them in different positions as if they have had a 3-d photo taken. Sorry to have bothered you again.
Hi Bert, I think your work is brilliant. Keep up the good work. Got a suggestion for you. Have you ever thought about approaching music bands? The flattened out complted collage would make a very good record/cd sleeve. But I also think another good way of showing your could be making prints of the band memebers that would be put inside the record sleeve and enable the purchaser to have 3-d paper models of the band. I'm not sure if that suggestion would take you in the wrong direction where it comes to getting your'e work noticed or recognised even more or if you would possibly see it as being too much of a gimmick and not what you would like see being done to help promote you're work. I apologise if this suggestion is not suitable or if you have already thought or carried out this idea. PS...
Where i can get a software to do this?
NOw this is also a good question. HOw were you able to add the Hair?
It reminds me of the statues I see in the Greek books. YOu know the ones with the gods after thousands of years. Which reminds me I wonder how this would look years from now. IF the sculpture is taken care of. How long would a paper statue/sculpture such as this last?
I love the detail... & yes realDoll is way to espensive. Even though I wanted one myself. I love your work. I have never seen anything like it. I would love to hang my friends up on the wall. Being that I am a 24 hr Nurse ITs hard to see my friends. SO that would be so cool. Also how were you able to position her body on the ground? I know she is make of paper, but was her part already designed for her to lay down? I know that sounds silly. But I will pass this site on to all my friends.. Continue the wonderful work. Showing much love...
What a cool place to be located.
Oh great ... and how does it fly? Boy, you left the best part in total obscurity!! :) Loved to wander around your site, great projects ... pure joy of living!
Fantastic application and the faceted surface as a parallel universe to real lift texture is a great media solution. Well done Bert. Regards Rod Harvey New Zealand
It's amazing work,I'm impressed! Why don't you post papercraft schemes of you works? =)
Simply fantablous. I am spell bound to see your paper creations. I would like to know do you do them yourself or you download these paper model kits from internet? I would love to do the same someday, which will further make my collection more versatile :) Bert: Atamjeet... I make them myself...
Simply amazing ! I´ll clone you for sure, having you head around should inspire me ... Would you ever consider making the anatomy head model available as well ? Me too am fascinated with anatomical drawings and models ...
Incredible papercraft and thank you for making them available. Will you make a Deer head next. Would love a faux-anterlered one for the mantle.
Congratulations with this excellent concept, it is amazing what paper can do, who needs holograms! I was involved with a project years ago which created art structures using similar tools, rolls of paper and air blowers. With the right software behind it (in the same way people create their personal avatars for 2nd life or quake etc), I can recall using such software years ago for mapping photos to surfaces. Every home could have paper clones, a stunning, all be it slightly eerie, family portrait. Even as pure art it has definite level of realism which traditional art fails to produce when faced with the HD photo realistic gaming era we live in. Genuine modern art! Tim
Thanks for making your clone project available. Excellent job! I finished my paper clone of you today, and it finished well. It was a lot of fun, although it took me several weeks. Surely this is the golden age of papercraft, and you are a worthy pioneer of the art.
Like this! It is definitely art, if you could automate the process you would have even greater success on your hands, how many would like this? Many people! Regards and Respect. Roy.
I find your head and description extremely poignant. I do not normally comment on things I see on the web but I shall remember the honesty of your words. The technicality of your head is incidental to me. I see alot of things that are supposed to be art, and this is art even if it does not claim to be, it is a receptacle for emotion. If you were to make this work available to an art appreciative audience you may well be remembered. I tried to understand the emotion that people claim they can see in Van Gogh, I can't, but I can see it in your head.
Beste Bert mijn oog viel direkt hierop! En wat grappig was, is dat ik dacht die heeft vast AIVE gedaan; ik zie je CV en jawel!
The paper faces are amazing, incredible ! Congratulations. Wooaw !
Eej Bert! Wat bijzonder, joh, wat jij maakt. En jij noemt jezelf geen kunstenaar (?!!!) Get real man : je bent een raskunstenaar! Greetz, yvy
Muito bom! Perfeito!
super fresh
Hi Bert, Your work is amazing and so inspiring. You really are a new kind of Renaissance artist. Keep it going! Best, Regis
hi,Bert. It is wonderful and excellent works. I like the "way of think". Thank You.
You've been blogged again: http://j-walkblog.com/ mentioned on Tuesday March 25th on this very popular blog! Congratulations on your work: it's impressive. We'll spread the word here in Illinois :-)
Just made your clone :P took a couple of hours, you wont be forgotten. i have it displayed in my living room and everyone is very impressed by it
hallo bert. nice work, lekker even. the paper cloning idea is fantastic. id love to see them in person, i hope you have a show here in amsterdam sometime soon, i will come running with bells on. [cheers for the open-source promotion too, im doing the wordpress + zenphoto as well.]
Saw your work in the tactile book. awsome dude!
idd geweldig! beetje eng wel zo'n hoofd. heb je gedowload en zal r s naar kijken.
very impressed by your works! those paper portraits are amazing!