Appearance synthesis of digital faces

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform steps for rendering one or more images of a digital face, the steps comprising:

• generating, via a first machine learning model, one or more first appearance maps based on a user selection of one or more styles associated with one or more attributes of a digital face;
• generating, via a second machine learning model, one or more second appearance maps and a first three-dimensional (3D) geometry associated with the digital face based on the one or more first appearance maps and a second 3D geometry associated with the digital face;
• and
• rendering one or more images including the digital face based on the one or more second appearance maps and the first 3D geometry.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory storing an application;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the application causes the processor to:
• generate, via a first machine learning model, one or more first appearance maps based on a user selection of one or more styles associated with one or more attributes of a digital face;
• generate, via a second machine learning model, one or more second appearance maps and a first three-dimensional (3D) geometry associated with the digital face based on the one or more first appearance maps and a second 3D geometry associated with the digital face;
• and
• render one or more images including the digital face based on the one or more second appearance maps and the first 3D geometry.