I had so much fun working on this project! This was a personal challenge to see if I could recreate a cute 2D image in 3D in a way that preserves an does justice to the original concept. Some techniques used in this were texture painting and UV mapping.
For the lighting I used a large plan with an emissive material. It gave a nice diffuse lighting effect similar to how it might be on an overcast/cloudy day.
Edit: Thank you so much for the feature! This totally made my day.
If you have any questions about my process, let me know! This is slightly older work, but I’d be happy to go into detail about anything you want to know more about.
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