--- title: "Sculpting a Digital Athlete: Capturing Stefanos Tsitsipas Beyond the Court" url: https://daily.dev/posts/sculpting-a-digital-athlete-capturing-stefanos-tsitsipas-beyond-the-court-hezsrpdgd source_url: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/07/01/sculpting-a-digital-athlete-capturing-stefanos-tsitsipas-beyond-the-court type: article source: "Codrops" published: 2026-07-01T10:15:49.296Z updated: 2026-07-02T08:21:14.087Z tags: ["webdev", "3d", "blender"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: 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. # Sculpting a Digital Athlete: Capturing Stefanos Tsitsipas Beyond the Court **[Codrops](https://daily.dev/sources/codrops)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed breakdown of the 3D production pipeline used to create a digital character of tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas for an interactive website. The workflow covers photogrammetry scanning with ~70 cameras, UV optimization to consolidate multiple textures into a single set for WebGL, rigging via Mixamo, cloth simulation in Marvelous Designer, hair sculpting in ZBrush, texture baking with Redshift and Substance Painter, and animation optimization using shape keys. Key challenges included compressing a 14-day production into a tight schedule, replicating Tsitsipas' serve motion frame-by-frame, and exporting optimized animated models with cloth simulation for real-time WebGL rendering. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Recreating Lionel Messi in 3D with ZBrush & Substance 3D Painter](https://daily.dev/posts/recreating-lionel-messi-in-3d-with-zbrush-substance-3d-painter-pcovj2lxn) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [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 - [3D Portrait of Composer Modest Mussorgsky Based on a Painting](https://daily.dev/posts/3d-portrait-of-composer-modest-mussorgsky-based-on-a-painting-cmlffvwrv) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [An Eerie Yet Breathtaking 3D Model of a Woman in Kimono](https://daily.dev/posts/an-eerie-yet-breathtaking-3d-model-of-a-woman-in-kimono-nuypmk7z8) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazing 3D Portrait of Dr. Caitlyn Mahler from The Callisto Protocol](https://daily.dev/posts/amazing-3d-portrait-of-dr-caitlyn-mahler-from-the-callisto-protocol-e4vyvihlg) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sculpting-a-digital-athlete-capturing-stefanos-tsitsipas-beyond-the-court-hezsrpdgd)