Practical Real-Time Strategies for Photorealistic Skin Rendering and Antialiasing

Dedicated to the memory of my father, who always pushed me to adquire more knowdlege, while supporting me in doing what I always wanted to do. I will never forget you. Dedicated to the memory of Kazan, who spent countless hours behind me, quietly observing how this thesis was maturing. I will always miss you. Dedicated to my mother, for its eternal love and support. Thanks for being the best mother a son may dream of. Dedicated to my brother and sisters, for always being there, for their support and understanding in very difficult moments. Dedicated to all my friends, for all the funny moments that made me laugh, for the inconditional support, and for helping me become a better person. i ii Acknowledgments This thesis would have not been possible without the advice, the help, the motivation, the ideas, and the support of many people: • To Diego Gutierrez, my supervisor. Many thanks for the guidance, the support, the patience, for sharing his knowledge and social networks, and specially for making doing this thesis much easier than what I initially thought it would be. • To my colleagues of the Graphics & Imaging Lab, who made doing this thesis a very fun endeavor. And thanks for your support and understanding. • To Susana Castillo, in special, for helping me to finish the thesis and for her extreme support in difficult moments. • To Jose I. Echevarria, also in special, for his very important role in my thesis, both because of his contributions and for the moral support. • To Naty Hoffman, for inviting us to organize the SIGGRAPH course, and finally opening us the door to the industry. for their extremely valuable game-industry feedback. • The anonymous reviewers of our submissions, for helping us to further improve our contributions. • To XYZRGB Inc. and Infinite-Realities for their high-quality head scans. • To Josean Checa, for his endless support all these years, and for being there when I really needed him to be there. Thanks. • To María López, for bringing out the feelings that motivated the emotional and artistic side of the the final movie of my thesis.