>>45524863I WISH Niji just dropped 3D models for free off their website. Could you imagine how great that sould be for fanart?
Nah, I stole them from streams. The interesting part was filtering them. All of the models are both light, soft, and 3D. I had a bunch of different filters to use to with which to use, but I used dark strokes, which creates a somewhat painted effect, flattens the image a little, and makes everyone look more emo with hard shading of their contours. With Petra, I went the extra mile and made her a little blacker because it made her look super cute.
I considered the Posterize filter, which is what you see on Reimu with the I Won't Let You Change Oshis jukebox track, but it didn't look good with every character. It looked REALLY good with Elira (probably something about the way the original artist made the lines) but with others like Selen and Nina, it just didn't come across all too well. Plus, it was cartoony and flat, and part of my artistic vision was incorporating the girls into 3D BGs so as to capture a sense of realism. I didn't want a cheery, jaunty technicolor VN, I wanted one a little more grounded and not afraid to have desaturated colors and dim environments.
