How would you model this Baren?

[anon66739973]

Here are my steps for getting what you want. These are merely suggestions about how to approach your challenge.

1. In Photoshop, create a black-and-white texture.

2. Install this Grasshopper plug-in in Rhino to build vector-based geometry.

NOTE: Not sure if this plug-in works with color photos. If color images are supported, disregard the first step.

Vectorize

3. Consider the ‘drape’ command in Rhino.

Drape | Rhino 3-D modeling

4. Also see Bump Map (Related to No. 1).

Creating 'Bump Map' from/over 3D Polysurface

Good Afternoon Everyone, I have a script which is sampling an image, and creating a surface within given input boundary curve with ‘bump mapped’ variation in Z position (see screenshots). I am trying to get the script to be applicable to input of polysurface geometry (ie. to work over 3D surface). I have managed to get as far as constructing a grid of sample points (of sorts) over the polysurface, and to ‘bump map’ vary their Z position, but not then reconstruct the final surface. Is there an…

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There’s an even easier way: 3D scan the model and “Quadremesh” it.