Another fanart dedicated to @kupogames.bsky.social's Epic Battle Fantasy, since the 3D model of Heaven's gate got some attention (at least here on BlueSky). I wanted to try modeling some of the foes too, and I started with something simple: a Zircon ore, a Metal idol and a Water slime.

Yesterday I learned that shaders from Blender are incompatible with popular game engines like Unity or Godot, so my work on 3D Cel-shading has not been very useful so far. Gonna pause it until I find a solution to the little issue.

Another inanimated object in 3D to try shading, but this time a fanart. This is THE Heaven's Gate from Epic Battle Fantasy: @kupogames.bsky.social's most popular game series These are three versions with three different shading approaches: pure 3D, 3D with outline, and Cel-shading with outline.

Before getting to more complex models, I wanted to test a different 3D-coloring technique, that should suit more my cartoonish style. Some of the results are pretty good, but as I increased the complexity of the models the problems started to show up; one of which is with transparent objects.

Third and last 3-pieces part of Lucy's balloon sequence, where she realizes what the "XXXXL" on the balloon actually means. I really like how I can make different angles by just moving the camera around in the scene, but I still gotta find a good style for colors and lights.

Second 3-pieces part of Lucy's balloon sequence, with the predictable blowback. In this part I made more little tests with the use of curves as motion lines. I have no idea how I could implement them in animations, though. Gotta check for more.

Some more toony stuff with my OC Lucy, to test different poses and deformations. I wanted to make a "TFs sequence" like those I used to make with digital art (except that here the camera moves everytime, so it's more like a mute comic), so I quickly modeled a fancy balloon for Lucy to inflate.

Some renders of my OC Lucy squashed by a cartoonishly big weight. The good news is that I managed to recreate the "flat along a path" effect and made it easier to control. The bad news is that her eyelids and lashes disappear when flattened the way I made here. Gotta find a way to solve this issue

My second attempt at modeling a human-like character. This is Lucy Henberg: one of the last Original Characters I made in 2D before all the events that lead me to 3D modeling. I say This model looks way better than the one of Katia I made, but there're still several problems to (learn how to) fix.

Some renders of Phil on a Desktop that I modeled and textured from scraps, based on my real one. The writings carved on the mug are my old tagline (Si vis pacem para bellum) and a new one. I'll probably use one of these as new profile pic (for now), since I don't make 2D digital art anymore.

I finish the Spoofy Quartet showcase with some toony deform renders of Mike and June. For the former I made him overstretch the mouth to try the mouth's topology, which seems to work very fine. With the latter I made a second attempt at the thumb-blow hand inflation trick, with good results as well.

Fourth and last member of the Spoofy quartet; her name for now is June. June is the second girl of the quartet; she's lively, sporty and quite defiant. Her precious is a toy hammer that's sturdier than it looks and that she doesn't hesitate to use when necessary (and also when it's not, sometimes).

The third one of the spoofy quartet is also the very first spoofy that I made a 3D model of. His name is Mike, and he's the "fart smella" of the team. Slow brain, zero common sense, but pretty optimistic and supportive. His pet-item is a metal screw that, luckily, is stainless and anti-corrosion.

I got back to my PC after a short, forced pause. Before introducing the other two spoofies of the quartet, I tried something more with Phil and Val, and rendered some Toons&TFs with another technique. I made the former flattened on his own book, and the latter fully inflated (more than usual).

After rigging and making some poses with Phil, I did the same with the green one and called her Valentine. Val is the girly one of the quartet. She's elegant and kinda refined, but also vitiated and bad-tempered. Her "precious" is a little toy wand that she likes to play with and wave around.

After modeling 4 different variants of the spoofy, I wanted to make some poses and characterize them a bit. This one is Phil, and technically he's the leader and smart fella of the quartet. Kinda serious and cultured for a silly ghost, his "precious" is a tome about magic and creatures like him.

Once again, I headed back to my original colorful balloon ghost and decided to use all the practice I made to optimize both geometry and armature, hopefully once and for all. For this, I also wanted to make 4 variations with 4 different hairstyles: two males and two females.

Fourth an final part of the 3D-sequence in which the fancy Chaos sprite/Clown fairy I made inflates to a huge blimp. Sort of. I also found out the slight mess of lines on their belly is caused by the shrinkwrap used to make her body round. Don't know how to fix that in a good way yet.

Third part of the "sequence" in which my first version of the Chaos sprite/Clown fairy inflates like a balloon. I don't know the origin of those weird lines on their body. They should be the pouch, but they're too wide for it. Maybe it's just poor optimization of modifiers.

Second part of the first actual inflation sequence I make on Blender. I had some troubles figuring out a way to make the clown fairy's entire body look quite inflated, and I still think I used a very poor method for it, but I'm using that method now and I'll make the entire sequence with it.

Before finishing with the Clown Fairy (for now, maybe), I wanted to try an inflation seqeunce like those I used to make years ago in 2D digital. Since this is 3D, I can and I'm gonna post a couple of pics of each sequence step to show different angles.

Heading back to the work on the Chaos Sprites/Clown Fairies with more poses and renders. As their second name suggests, these little sprites are also able acrobats who love circus acts and toony antics.

Something a bit special I made quickly for my birthday. This is Katia Verrensi: the first original character I ever publicated online. Since I still have to understand how to create and rig actual clothes, I designed this little bunnygirl costume for her as replacement.

My first attempt at properly modeling a humanoid character. This is a chaos sprite, mostly known as clown fairy. Small, playful sprites subject to toon physics and able to make others subject to it as well. They like pranks, oversized objects and colorful, round things.

A little funny "sequence" made with my new bunny-like creature. Like I used to draw years ago on digital art, I made a balloon blowback sequence: a classic of old-school cartoons. Probably I'll also animate it some day, but I prefer to focus on 3D models and poses for now.

A little bunny-like creature with the same procedural eye I used for Starlow's fanart. Their (provisorial) name is Munbun, obviously based on the lunar rabbit myth; characterized by a soft, round body and luminous, strong floating paws.

My first fanart made with Blender. I wanted to do something simple to begin, and I picked Starlow from the Mario&Luigi series. Of course, the model is fully rigged and animable; I also made a second model, close to the source as possible, to show the difference and what I added to my version.

Made some more tests with the Lattice modifier and found a way to make the character movable while being deformed by it. Here're some pics of Gemma inflated like a balloon thanks to it. Yes, she's quite stretchy and that thing on her tail is a valve.

The goofy giraffe-like mob from some days ago, upgraded into a proper character. Her name is Gemma, and she probably looks much more like a dinosaur than a giraffe now. The main purpose for which I made her was to try more modeling and rigging of byped characters, and something else as well.

Some simple monsters and procedural textures that I could use for a future videogame, in case I find the time to learn videogame development too. None of these is rigged and animated so far, but I could do it later if they're approved (by me or unlikely co-developers) for any game projects.

Something a little different from the creatures I made so far. Magmaggot is meant to be a creature of Nightmare and Fire type: A larvae-like monster with stings on both tail and arms, strong mandibles and the ability to spit an extremely hot liquid with which they carbonize both preys and threats.

I went back to fix my early 3D creatures and I made the little air-type snail animable. This went a little smoother than with Faerig because I decided to just model it anew from basic shapes instead of using the standard retopology process. The only real problem has been with the spiral shell.

More examples of cartoony eyes I created for practice. Thanks to my procedural technique I can give any shape to the pupil (even if elaborated shapes require a pre-made image) and even add textures to the eye, to make thinks like scattering little stars all into it.

Some procedural eyes I recently learned to make. "Procedural" means that the texture can be entirely edited on the program itself, during animations as well. These are some examples I made for practice, with the top left being the style I always used to draw for my digital artworks.

A 3D model of a little creature called Kichick: a fluffy bird characterized by comically long legs. This one is a little different because I had no sketch to begin with; only some notes and concepts. I'm afraid I made a little mess with the wings and the colors here. Oh well, ... ...

Second test for Toons&TFs; after the flattening, inflation with a helium tank. The result is not that bad, but a bit clunky since I used a Lattice modifier for the chest and one per cheek. Add to them the one used for the flattening and it makes 4.

Before the end of the year, I wanted to make some tests to realize in 3D the same "funny stuff" I used to make with digital art (www.deviantart.com/mekerevtoona...) This is a quick use of the Lattice modifier to flatten a faerig like a paper sheet and make it glide like a leaf.

After a short Christmas break I went back to work and remodeled Faerig for rigging and poses. Here I had some problems with the mouth, since it's very small and hard to make it visible in 3D. Maybe I'll return on it later for a solution that doesn't require to double the topology.

The next original creature I brought from sketch to 3D model is Tabble: a halfway between frog and tadpole, made of rock. Since I thought that an earth-type frog would inevitably bring to mud and sound banal, I also made a volcanic version that associates to lava instead. Which one do you prefer?

A relatively simple test I made to try rigid body physics on Blender. A plinko-like board with random obstacles, metallic spheres above, active RB-Physics to make them fall and a manually animated bowl below to try catching them like an improvised minigame.

Since I got the basics of rigging and pose, I went back to create a proper model of the Spoofy and rig it. Here's a comparison between old and new model and some simple poses. I also tried something with Background settings to set a starry night sky. Not very proud of the result.

Still working on my original creatures, from sketches to 3D models. This one is Jellien: a UFO-Jellyfish with 6 tentacles and a huge eye. This one got quite troublesome because of the tentacles and the water segment. It took me a while but I found the way to do both (kinda). Here's the result.

Another creature I modeled from some relatively old sketches. the Orcnuckle is a sturdy acquatic creature of artic regions, known for swimming well and punching even better. This is also my very first attempt at rigging a character and animating him in some basic poses

The next creature turned into a 3D model is Flovipot: a little snake and a pitcher plant that live in symbiosis as one. I modeled this without sculpting at all. Just basic tools. I made two versions: one with big crawling roots and one that hops on the enlarged pitcher sack. Which one is better?

The third original creature I modeled comes from a list of sketches I never developed properly. This is Snair: a little air-type snail with small flap-like arms, a cloud on their shell and literally inflated big eyes. Also, I tested a technique to give the model a black outline. Do you like it?

Another original creature from sketches I made years ago. This is a Faerig: a little plushie-like sprite with some robotic parts and engineering skills. Like the spoofies, unfortunately some parts of him are needlessly hi-poly and need retopology. I'll get there once I learn how to rig.

Some years ago I started designing little original creatures to try different shapes and forms from the humanoid one; and the first ones I made are some little balloon ghosts with mittens that I called Spoofy. This is my first actual attempt at sculpting, so the geometry is kinda messy.

More 3D models of inanimate objects to practice shading and basic 3D edit. Here are some models of pretty common throwable bombs, eventually for videogames: the classic toony black ball, the Stiel24 (also called Potato Masher, it seems), a 7-pack of dynamite and an MkII (or Ananas Grenade).

After the very first tutorials on how to use Blender, I tried modeling some inanimate objects on my own to apply the lessons. Here are a bucket, a jester hat and an oversized toy hammer.

After a long hiatus due to several problems, I decided to quit Digital drawing and switch to 3D modeling, since it seems more adapt to me. I'm making good progress thanks to some tutorials found online. Soon I'll post my first 3D models, made without any direct tutorial.