Did you ever think that you will come across a digital model who will conquer Instagram? Introducing Shudu Gram, the world’s first virtual model, whose dark-skin and striking features can make anyone’s head turn. She has even been used by Rihanna’s Fenty beauty line! Shudu Gram is actually a white man’s gift to the real-life black woman.
Shudu was created by 28-year-old amateur photographer Cameron James Wilson. The digital model is inspired by a Barbie doll called ‘Princess of South Africa’. She has over 129k followers on Instagram!
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Shudu Gram’s followers initially didn’t realise that she’s not human, but a computer-generated beauty! With her growing popularity, she’s now an Instagram “influencer”.
Shudu Gram’s human-like avatar is thanks to a computer! It’s very hard to tell that she’s not real, and the credit goes to Cameron’s creativity.
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Most Instagram users get confused and can’t differentiate between those blurred lines. She has featured on many magazine covers as well.
Here’s the making of Shudu Gram’s first photo-shoot:
The fact that this black woman’s creator is a British white man, shows the world’s progress. Wilson told Harper’s Bazaar, “There’s a big kind of movement with dark skin models.”
Shudu’s Instagram (129K followers) is proof of her popularity. The computer-made fashion model will leave you completely awe-struck. Check it out:
In this photo, Shudu appears nearly invisible against a dark background. This is Wilson’s artistry in showing she’s not human, but the expressions are equally admirable.
Not just that, she has posed with popular Nigerian male model Nfon Obong for an online magazine’s photo shoot.
In another, Wilson has created an avatar of a friend Ajur Akoi, a South Sudanese woman living in Melbourne. He wanted to portray her as any goddess.
In her digital debut (March 2018), Shudu was seen wearing high-neck golden choker and matching golden earrings.
The artist repainted Barbie dolls faces and styled them as fashion models. He downloaded Daz 3D, a free program for special-effects, after experimenting with Blender, a 3-D-software program.
Shudu takes after real-life models —her deep sockets eyes, tangering lips and skin tone, all resemble like real humans.
Last but not the least, Shudu’s admirers include many black celebrities like Michael B. Jordan, singer Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks, and fashion’s first supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Watch how Shudu Gram conquered the fashion world despite at being real at all!
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