Method for generating a synthetic skin model

A method for generating a synthetic skin model includes:

• accessing an image of a user;
• detecting a face of the user in a region of the image;
• generating a facial landmark container comprising facial landmarks extracted from the region of the image;
• initializing a first set of test skin models, each test skin model in the first set of test skin models populated with a set of model coefficients:
• selected from a first set of possible model coefficient values;
• and
• defining parameters for constructing a synthetic face unique within the first set of test skin models;
• injecting the first set of test skin models and the facial landmark container into a synthetic face generator to generate a first set of synthetic skin images, each synthetic skin image in the first set of synthetic skin images representing a synthetic face, unique within the first set of synthetic skin images, according to facial landmarks extracted from the region of the image;
• rendering the first set of synthetic skin images within a user interface;
• receiving selection of a first preferred synthetic skin image from the first set of synthetic skin images;
• narrowing the first set of possible model coefficient values around model coefficients contained in a first test skin model associated with the first preferred synthetic skin image to define a second set of possible model coefficient values;
• initializing a second set of test skin models, each test skin model in the second set of test skin models populated with a set of model coefficients:
• selected from the narrowed set of possible model coefficient values;
• and
• defining parameters for constructing a synthetic face unique within the second set of test skin models;
• injecting the second set of test skin models and the facial landmark container into the synthetic face generator to generate a second set of synthetic skin images;
• rendering the second set of synthetic skin images within a user interface;
• receiving selection of a second preferred synthetic skin image from the first set of synthetic skin images;
• and
• storing a second test skin model associated with the second preferred synthetic skin image as a skin model in a user account associated with the user.