Original vs AI (more examples) (Patreon)

Here's a few more examples where I retouched already rendered image with AI. With most of them I tried to almost fully sustain the core appearance. The ginger is a more exaggerated example to show what's technically possible but it also changes a bit the core appearance like the choker or the color grading.

A bunch of people commented on the smoothness of the skin. The extreme smooth skin in my previous examples was caused by using a wrong upscale model, one or two extra settings and there's a trick to get more details by sharpen the input image a bit in photoshop. On the new images you should notice skin textures now. It also depends on which AI models I use. Depending on if it's a more realistic or stylistic one I get more or less details. The AI retouched images tend to be still a bit more softer though. I'd call it more realistic or aesthetically pleasing but it comes down to taste.

Let me know your thoughts.