Corpse01.mdl Real Image

Valve developers did not use the image raw; they edited it to fit the 3D model and the game's aesthetic:

Because the model was widely used in Garry’s Mod (GMod) for "prop hunt" or scene-building, it became an iconic, if slightly unsettling, piece of Valve’s asset library. The Urban Legend: "It Looks Too Real" corpse01.mdl real image

The texture for was confirmed to be a direct scan of a real deceased individual found in a medical manual. Specifically, the face on the model belongs to a real person who suffered severe burns. Valve’s artists had essentially "photoshopped" the real image onto the 3D model, barely altering the features of the original photograph. The Community Reaction: From Meme to Macabre Valve developers did not use the image raw;