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@cathan01_wwg1wga , I use IBL Master as the basis for the majority of my renders. It means I can use HDRs that were originally intended for Iray in setting up my 3delight renders. It also means if I want to experiment with both Iray and 3delight in composit images, then I can use the same HDR. The used one of the HDRs from Sketchy slotted into IBL Master on the image above. I'm still trying to learn Sketchy, but found the two included HDR's really useful.
IBL Master also has mesh lights for both Iray and 3delight. There's also a very nice ground shadow catcher prop included. I bought it when it was on sale and it's probably one of my most used products alongside some of Sickleyield's and Riversoft Arts.
My Shaders also has a tone mapping setting which helps to get to look.
For the image above I cranked up the intensity of the HDR and toned down diffuse colour on the skin of the figure.
Thanks, Mollytabby. I own IBL Master (love this product). I'll check out My Shaders... especially since I don't know when a future Daz update might break my older shaders (hope this doesn't happen with Studio 5).
A few of my early renders from when I was trying to uncerstand cel shading.
Cheers!
Sgt. Inez | Daz assets and set up | Blender Eevee cel shading
A character concept I've been working on. The base figure is G8M with Reynard morphs dialed in. The attire is from the Highlander Outfit product, minus the cloth. To top it off, I used the Viking Hair for G3.
Thanks for your interest.
Cheers!
Asbjorn the Smuggler | Daz assets and set up | Blender Eevee cel shading | Clip Studio Paint post-edit
Hi folks!
Not sure if this daz studio render can be called "photorealistic", those months I worked hard on photoshop to find and use the best set of postwork, here is one, this render isn't nor Iray or 3delight, it's a simple BasicopenGL render, from new daz it's called Viewport.
Playing with G8F again.
Using DZDefault's toon shader, with just a bit of smoothing postwork to make it look painterly.
@vrba79,
Very lovely figure. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers!
A Wednesday Addams Render. Made with the Ricci head morph from Magnus1781 over on deviantart, Spooky dress from renderosity, cute braids from here on Daz store and 33% dialed in of the Cartoonized morph for G8F from Daz store as well. All then toon shaded using !JS Stylized.
Further experiments in Unity with stylized renders.
https://www.daz3d.com/the-secret-garden-by-merlin
https://www.daz3d.com/ppu-t2000
More G8 practice.
@Artini,
Very intresting scene! The garden even has birds flying around. Did you complete discard the Daz materials when you transfered the scene to Unity? From working with Blender, I know how rebuilding the materials from the ground up can be very time consuming.
Any chance you could render a few zoom-ins? I've seen great shaders for Unity. I wonder how they look up close.
Cheers!
A few more renders. Got inspired and motivated on my day off today. Went on a NPR rendering spree ;) First two are ones I made combining daz3d store characters. Last four use celebrity morphs to make some movie mcharacters.
Thanks a lot, @csaa
I have only run the 3Delight to Iray script in Daz Studio, before transferring items with Daz to Unity bridge.
Below are more example renders.
Another render from Unity of:
Space Dock - https://www.daz3d.com/14mu-space-dock
rBot - https://www.daz3d.com/rbot
No change of materials at all - just the magic of stylize rendering in Unity.
A cel shaded render I've been working on over the holidays. Here's a list of Daz assets I used. I've also attached the orignal Daz Iray render.
Thanks for your interest.
Cheers!
Ladies Talk | Daz assets and set up | Blender Eevee cel shading and render | Clip Studio Paint post-work
Strangely enough this isn't using juvesatriani's PWToon presets. There are some bundled with PWToon that offer a similar look. I just never looked into them before.
Tonight's WIP. It's a work-in-progress only because I don't really know what's going in this scene!
It feels as if the half-orc paladin and the dragonborn cleric are stuggling against malevolent forces ... but to be honest, I have yet to figure that story out. Maybe if I sleep on it for a few days.
Here's a short list of Daz assets used. Pardon the peek-throughs in the armor. I didn't set the collision correctly in Daz before I exported this scene to Blender. Thanks for your interest.
Cheers!
Phantasmagoria | Daz assets and set up | Blender cel shading | Clip Studio Paint post-edit
What's she here to talk about? Stonks maybe?
A few more renders to add to the one I shared above. Good things come in threes. Thanks for your interest.
Cheers!
Phantasmagoria | Daz assets and set up | Blender cel shading | Clip Studio Paint post-edit
So apparently all you have to do to keep the specular hightlight on the eyes of a G8 figure you've converted from Iray to 3DL, is to leave the cornea material as is! It'll still render properly in 3DL!
Renders looking good everyone...
Haven't posted any in a long while, so here are a few from me to bury :
Have a great day, and keep those fantastic NPR images coming.
"Out of the box"
Walker
It was a cloth simulation
I love the graphic styles and the creative ideas in this thread. I've following along quietly as I'm really interested in everything being posted. There are pages of wonderful images.
@Mollytabby,
I hope I speak for everyone who's contributed to this NPR thread when I thank you for those generous remarks of yours. It helps to have an appreciative audience.
I find there's more room for creativity and play when we use the unconventional styles of NPR -- unconventional in that it stands apart from the photorealism so many aim for. What I also find inspiriring are the references people use in their work, be it manga, anime, cartoons or film. It gives me comfort knowing that the variance in the visual styles leaves a lot of room to experiment and explore.
Cheers!
When I started learning Blender cel shading, I was working on a few character concepts. Here is one, Sgt. Inez. She's one of the leads in a near-future police story.
Thanks for your interest.
Cheers!
PS. As a reference, I've attached the iray render too.
Sgt. Inez Concept | Daz assets and set up | Blender Eevee cel shading | Clip Studio Paint post-edit
Third one accompanying the previous two I shared above.
Cheers!
Here's my latest, and a bit of my process.
Products Used
Kraken Female (God of Sea Tentacles, Anemone Hair, Shape Splitter using HFS Creature morphs, custom texture)
Gades for G8M for the hand
Natures Ravine (removed a stone, moved water plane over to create opening to sea)
Linerenderer 9000
Ron's Waves brushes
Ron's Splashes brushes
Filter Forge (Fake Buzz filter, preset 12; Multi-Sketch, preset 1 tweaked to my preferences)
Free GMIC photoshop plugin (Smooth- Thin Brush filter)
Steps I Took
1. Rendered in Iray using environment settings already included, but 2.00 intensity (due to shadows in Ravine)
2. Rendered Linerenderer outlines, without setting up color ids, so didn't use them (Fresnel cam- .05 threshold, .25 line; Edge Cam- .1 threshold, .25 line, 2 Tone Toon Cam, .005 threshold, .25 line)
3. In Photoshop, I used the heal brush for some spots, mostly mesh blending where tentacles and Anemone hair connect. Then, I masked the three outline layers to include the lines I wanted and remove those I don't. This took around an hour.
4. I used Ron's Waves and Splashes brushes to liven up the water.
5. I saved out the result and took it into Filter Forge, and played with some filters. I spent way too much time doing that, but it's fun.
6. In Photoshop, I ran the Filter Forge result for Fake Buzz through GMIC filter Smooth- Thin Brush and tweaked the settings a bit.
7. I made some minor tweaks to the color balance to reduce the reds.
Layers from Top to Bottom
1. Fresnel Cam .25- masked (Normal Blending Mode)
2. Edge Cam .25- masked (Normal Blending Mode)
3. 2 Tone Toon Cam- masked (Normal Blending Mode)
4. Filter Forge Multi-Sketch layer (Overlay Blending Mode, 50% opacity) *this layer ends up lightening the overall pic, but I liked it. Otherwise, I would have taken the steps to remove the white background from the line art.
5. Levels adjustment layer (to reduce red balance)
6. Filter Forge result for Fake Buzz through GMIC filter Smooth- Thin Brush image
The image is very interesting! The details vividly stand out. Will you sell it as a sticker too? Thanks for sharing details about the software you use and your process too.
Cheers!