--- title: Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The... description: Character artist Ivailo Ivanov recreated Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol, capturing the likeness of actress Louise Barnes. The project used... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol | daily.dev og:description: Character artist Ivailo Ivanov recreated Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol, capturing the likeness of actress Louise Barnes. The project used... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/E4vyvIhLG.png og:image:alt: Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Character artist Ivailo Ivanov recreated Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol, capturing the likeness of actress Louise Barnes. The project used ZBrush for sculpting, XGen for grooming, and Unreal Engine 5.8 for rendering. Ivanov built a custom shader to achieve lifelike skin and eye texturing under specific lighting conditions, drawing inspiration from the game's original LookDev process by Martin Contel. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What tools were used to create a photorealistic 3D portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol? The portrait used ZBrush for sculpting, XGen for grooming, and Unreal Engine 5.8 for rendering. The artist also built a custom shader with self-developed functions to achieve lifelike skin and eye texturing under specific lighting conditions, referencing the game's original LookDev work by Martin Contel and photos of actress Louise Barnes. _Character artists pushing photorealism in Unreal Engine follow breakdowns like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Turning a Girl's Photograph Into a Stunning Hyperrealistic 3D Portrait](https://daily.dev/posts/turning-a-girl-s-photograph-into-a-stunning-hyperrealistic-3d-portrait-7j0fxcktc) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Artist Shows Lifelike 3D Recreation of Ana de Armas](https://daily.dev/posts/artist-shows-lifelike-3d-recreation-of-ana-de-armas-xvcnajnix) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Making a Beautiful & Cinematic Real-Time Character Using ZBrush & UE5](https://daily.dev/posts/making-a-beautiful-cinematic-real-time-character-using-zbrush-ue5-7v4gjhidi) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sculpting a Digital Athlete: Capturing Stefanos Tsitsipas Beyond the Court](https://daily.dev/posts/sculpting-a-digital-athlete-capturing-stefanos-tsitsipas-beyond-the-court-hezsrpdgd) · Codrops · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Curly-Haired Girl 2D Stylized Portrait Recreated In 3D](https://daily.dev/posts/curly-haired-girl-2d-stylized-portrait-recreated-in-3d-vmg50e9ku) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#game-design](https://daily.dev/tags/game-design), [#unreal-engine](https://daily.dev/tags/unreal-engine) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-12T08:03:14.294Z","dateModified":"2026-08-12T08:03:34.392Z","description":"Character artist Ivailo Ivanov recreated Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol, capturing the likeness of actress Louise Barnes. 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