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LOL. Not really.
This image was taken from a forensic reconstruction of a Galilean man from this time period. In 2001 forensic anthropologist Richard Neave created a model of a Galilean man for a BBC documentary, Son of God, working on the basis of an actual skull found in the region. He did not claim it was Jesus's face. It was simply meant to prompt people to consider Jesus as being a man of his time and place, since we are never told what he looked like.
I think "my interpretation of Jesus" is almost always cool (whatever that means for each and every one of us). Make the Jesus that inspires you. That's a good thing, I think.
It's the images that purport to be the "truth" about Jesus that make me nervous.
(I always prefer the crucifix with an interpretive/abstract corpus, and not a High Renaissance kind of realistic corpus... but that's my idea, and not anyone else's. I grew up with comic books that were drawings, not movies with human actors and real CGI cinematography... LOL. Today, everything can be seen as a "real" image. We used to write letters, and now we have Facetime. We broadcast ourselves in Zoom meetings with a fake background. It's a strange time of transition, I think.)
I know this thread is old, but I finally remembered that I never posted the painting I did from the Yusseff hair and beard reference... it turned out pretty good.
I added the crown of thorns myself.
thanks for all the help
von Hobo,
People have likely asked the same questions as you have. Perhaps, findng the answer unsatisfying, they went on to depict Jesus in ways that meant the most in their own (historical and cultural) terms.
Cheers!
My friend Phoenix1966 made a nice looking character, I tend to use when making Jesus. https://www.daz3d.com/phx-nasiri-hd-and-necklace-for-genesis-8-male
Yes, that would make a great Jesus!
I really liked this depiction in the movie "Risen" , awesome movie with Joseph Fiennes, as a kind of detective noir of "where is the body?"
This is not Jesus. Anybody working with texture mapping, like we do understands, that a face printed into a fabric would be distorted, like we know it from texture maps.
There is an even more exciting, but unconfirmed idea about this turin cloth.
That idea says that it has been done by Leonardo da vinci, experimenting with some chemicals on thsi cloth. With a small tower window he explored light on this surface.
To make a long story short, this could be the oldest photography existing, showing nobody else, than Leonardo Da Vinci in person.
Interesting story Masterstroke!
There was painting in the Roman era (and earlier Greek area) but a lot of it has not survived, being mostly made of wood. Paintings on stone could survive, such as the plaster works in Pompeii.
I believe this is one of the oldest depictions : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depiction_of_Jesus#/media/File:Good_shepherd_02b_close.jpg from the 3rd century or this one from Syria : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depiction_of_Jesus#/media/File:Christ_Healing_the_Paralytic_-_Dura-Europos_circa_232.jpg
The early images often are beardless, as that was the common fashion in those days, and it was more allegorical than historical as a depiction.
I didn't want to make a comment until the shaved portion came up.
Leviticus, You shall not round the corners of your head, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard (19:27).
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh (21:5)
Ezekiel 44:20 Neither shall [the priests] shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Shaving or shaping facial hair was a pagan practice. Since Jesus was a Jew and followed Jewish laws it's most likely he had a beard.
On occasion I've given thought to it (primary for Catholic-related renders), but then realized how complex Christ (as a render figure would be). The physical look would need to be just right (see previous entries in this thread for all the various depictions), and then you'd need accessories depending on your depiction (standard clothing, the Crown of Thorns, transfigured clothing, Imperial crown [or some other kingly crown for the King of Kings]...), and then if you're doing an icon (statues, pendants, etc.) you'd need to get the textures and shaders just right (which may get complicated for some hairs).
And over here is Mary...
One can deduce that Jesus was typical of his time and place since Judas had to point him out to the guards to make an arrest. If he was unusual or striking in appearance so as to stand out in a crowd, this would not have been really necessary.
Carpentry was also somewhat physically demanding, so he likely would be accustomed to physical labor and his appearance would reflect that.
Depeche Mode pre-empted such arguments with their song "Your Own Personal Jesus". So yeah, whatever you like, Jesus don't care what you think he looks like.
I kind of liked Johnny Cash playing a modern day Jesus in the Hurt music video of an earlier Trent Reznor song. Johnny's mother makes a very motherly Virgin Mary appearance as a bust portrait on the wall as his wife June looks on worriedly.
Makes me think that some cartoonist somewhere has doodled that scene, but Jesus has a very obvious halo glowing like a beacon. The Roman soldiers ask Judas to point him out and he just has this incredulous expression as if to say, "Really?!"
There is another explicit crucifixion model at Renderosity, but this one is for Genesis 8 male.
INRI by Christophe3D.
@Meshitup has a lot of good content for setting things in Biblical times, including a great outfitt for Mary:
dForce Middle Eastern Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s) | Daz 3D
The Ark of the Covenant with G3M attendants:
Warrior Monk for Genesis 3 Male(s) | Daz 3D
There is certainly plenty of Roman stuff at Daz, and at Rendo Christophe3D has some nice recent Roman content, but Deacon215 has some really outstanding clothing from the ancient world, including Rome, a lot of which would fit in with an Biblical setting, as you might imagine in a city like Jerusalem for example.
That's is a good one, except I think it's historically inaccurate.
Actually there's a very good read available, think the book is called The Second Messiah. Provides its evidence as to who this was even. Was not Jesus. Was another man made to suffer similarly, etc. And that's about it what can be said in here ;-)
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Jesus would have started off with a beard because the Romans plucked it out during their procedures before crucifying Him. I rather doubt that they would have done a neat job of it.
If you're on a budget and need only the Ark itself ("It belongs in a museum!" "Hush, Indy!"), then BionicRooster offers a .OBJ freebie...
https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/64281/arc-of-the-covenant-version-2
A lot of stories about the Shroud of Turin. Jesus was in Roman custody they beat him twice, with Iron rods and a cat of nine tails, (Isaiah 52:14) Beyond Human Recognition, before he was put on the cross. So a mutilated body couldn't be wrong either. ( sorry if this offends)
Don't get me wrong I just believe it there is Good and Evil in the world. A lot of people live and play in the grey. Including myself.
This actor looks a lot like how I imagine Jesus.
In my imagination, Jesus was not a lanky, pale, blond angel with well-coiffured hair and spotless robes, as he is often depicted in kitschy pictures.
The man was a carpenter, and he probably practiced this profession since his early teenage years. I therefore imagine him to be rather muscular. That he always had shampoo, comb and brush at hand during his wanderings through the country and regularly had the opportunity to wash his clothes, I also think is unlikely. Presumably, the historical Jesus was more rustic than ethereal - which says nothing about the quality of his teaching.
Whose shroud it ever was, the face we believe to see here, is not from a body.
Easy test: Paint your face and put it onto a towel and you can tell the difference.
As I said, since we are dealing here with texture maps on a daily basis, we know, what a wrapped around face would look like.
So, it might be painted, projected or 2d printed, but is has not been taken from a threedimensional body.