STOP using 3D in

Описание: Well, I guess this will be an unpopular opinion👀

Frankly, If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said that 3D is an amazing tool for comic creation. Backgrounds are one of the hardest and most time-consuming parts of the process😭, so any trick to save time and improve the final look seems like a great idea.

But today… ehhh…

Here is the thing, when I started working on my comic, Academy of Familiars, I decided to create all backgrounds in 3D. I had already noticed how often Korean authors use 3D models in their webtoons, so I thought, hey, I can do it too!

But where was the catch: those 3D backgrounds in webtoons often look bland. Sometimes, the authors don’t even try to make them cohesive with the rest of the comic, so these backgrounds sit on the page and scream that they were bought from Clip Studio Paint’s asset store. I swear, I can recognize some of those manors and baroque furniture models!

So to make my comic special✨, I decided to model everything myself. Then I thought, Hey, I’m already in Blender, so why not add textures, lighting, and polished, comic-style outlines to make it look even better?

And that’s how something that was supposed to be a quick and easy solution turned into a never-ending nightmare of working on backgrounds instead of the actual comic. 🫠😭

At this point, I think I just need to stop and push myself to simply draw everything by hands. Honestly, I am pretty sure it will be faster! Or at the very least, I need to use 3D more wisely. 😅

#comicartists #blender3d #backgroundart