# No Looking Back

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** modeling, featured, stylized, characters, fantasy\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350 "2025-07-31T15:01:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![kevin.ruffenach](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/kevin.ruffenach/32/1204575_2.png) [@kevin.ruffenach](https://blenderartists.org/u/kevin.ruffenach)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350/1 "2025-07-31T15:01:52Z")

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![NoLookingBack](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/3/b/93b3944ecef41c5089fbbf6639d0775421ccf514.jpeg)

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but thankfully I’ve been busy working on a lot of other people’s projects!

This is one of them. A book-cover background that ended up not matching what the client had envisioned stylistically, and thus wasn’t used in the final product. Despite that, I think it has a unique visual style worth sharing!

I used Blender to model the the elements seen, put an outline modifier on everything, rendered it all out, and then did some extensive overpainting, using the lighting in blender as a layer and a reference for added details.

 ![NoLookingBack-Detail01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/2/c/1/2c16d2f9264f2a8b6594dc5a20cd7b0321b1cfc2.jpeg)

 ![NoLookingBack-Detail02](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/6/4/164af07623b4634becc24f067021051528a122e0.jpeg)

 ![NoLookingBack-Detail03](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/f/4/7f448c68c403388058aeaa2115e311dc394101fc.jpeg)

Whenever I’m working in this “overpainting” style, it’s always a challenge to decide how much detail to work out in the 3D portion, and how much to leave for the overpainting. There is a sweet spot in there that allows for the fastest amount of work and most consistent results, and I’m not sure I’ve yet found what that balance is (though I keep trying!)

You can see some of the output renders that I used before overpainting below. These are all rendered in EEVEE:

 ![All](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/5/9/d5958beb75a203f3e7d6e6f41f72d01126e95503.png)

 ![Background-Shading](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/a/7/0a7e5364d7b86444dcc8e74aa08868dd6eecb40d.png)

 ![SelectionPass](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/4/f/14fb96dd0afe1b2758d3f1aec5ebe56241e7d8d1.png)

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350/2 "2025-08-02T05:10:29Z")

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

> **[Best of Blender Artists: 2025-31](https://www.blendernation.com/2025/08/01/best-of-blender-artists-2025-31/)**
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> Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.

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**Author:** ![kevin.ruffenach](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/kevin.ruffenach/32/1204575_2.png) [@kevin.ruffenach](https://blenderartists.org/u/kevin.ruffenach)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350/3 "2025-08-05T13:52:22Z")

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Thanks Bart!

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350/4 "2025-08-23T05:00:03Z")

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You’re on the #featured row! 👍

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**Author:** ![xanathon](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/xanathon/32/1399545_2.png) [@xanathon](https://blenderartists.org/u/xanathon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/no-looking-back/1604350/5 "2025-08-23T08:56:50Z")

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This is beyond amazing! Great work!