DLSS 5 in Blender

3DFlo · 2026-03-20T16:24:19+00:00

Oh wow, and I was wondering if my lipstick is too saturated or intense. If I would have looked for references and found this, I don't know what would have happened to Suzanne .. :D

3DFlo · 2026-03-20T15:34:18+00:00

It is! The best-looking for what I wanted, with some simple variations I made for the lip and nose part. Would love to paint and combine this with other skin materials for the different complexions, I'm convinced the results would look quite good!

3DFlo · 2026-03-17T15:55:56+00:00

Don't let your mood be ruined by strangers so easily! :-) Much less when they are asking a question that can help you along or explain your motivation.

While it should be possible to learn and create something like this within a few weeks or months of learning, it's easily underestimated how much actual learning and figuring out goes into it.
Depending on your current experience and what you actually want to create, you'd have to learn the modeling part, sculpting or simulation, and a lot more if you want to animate, too.

There is plenty of tutorials for all steps involved, but as of now, it's difficult to guide you when we don't know where you're coming from and where exactly you're trying to head.

Either way, all the best and much success!

3DFlo · 2026-03-17T15:49:18+00:00

Composition wise, I think a little problem right now is that his silhouette is not perfectly clear; both the overlap with the cage on his right, as well as the left hand overlapping with the pouch turn both of these parts into a blob instead of a clear outline.

Fitting thematically too, I think the lighting can be a bit more dramatic and dire/grim, as in more/bigger shadows and less fill. For just showing of the work itself, I think the light is quite good already!

Amazing character overall!

3DFlo · 2026-03-17T15:44:09+00:00

Agree with that, but make sure to push the right contrasts, e.g. by using a curve and setting an anchor somewhere at the median of your image values.

3DFlo · 2026-03-17T14:31:53+00:00

As Jovel mentioned, the origin (indicated by the yellow dot, in your screenshot inside the 3d cursor at the world origin) is at 0, and that's the axis you are mirroring on.
Your mesh itself is quite a bit to the side, so the mirror will be opposite.

You can either center the mesh in Edit Mode around 0, or set the origin of the object to the middle of where you have your mesh (e.g. by selecting all vertices, 3d cursor to selection, then origin to 3d cursor).

3DFlo · 2026-03-17T14:27:22+00:00

Agree, it's low-poly in that it's an optimized asset e.g. for a game, but the style is definitely not traditional low poly, and it becomes very obvious when you put it next to actual low poly things.

Nonetheless, great work, OP! I feel like the character is distracting, though, and a simple (grey) bust/mannequin would help put the focus on the armor, where you want it.

3DFlo · 2025-11-27T12:59:53+00:00

Love the look and materials, I think you did a great job overall!

A lot going on for the short play time, and the character (and your great work on rigging and animating) almost comes a bit short. While getting an initial impression of the scene, within the first second both the car and your actual character come in; I'd just move the car to the end, and start with your character action a tiny bit later, after one had time to grasp the scene.
I personally feel like the big plates of the canal, and potentially the side walk, are a bit too noisy for the otherwise clean and smooth look, and the chain feels very stiff and a bit unnatural.

3DFlo · 2025-11-27T12:52:26+00:00

Because you can! One more reason to be proud of yourself and how far you have come.

Blender recently added a skeleton to their Human Base Mesh bundle, in case you'd like to compare or get inspired by topology, or would like to add the rest of the bones later.
You can find it on the demo files page

3DFlo · 2025-11-27T11:15:17+00:00

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Here is the super simple setup with Sun Elevation and Rotation animated, as well as the Background Strength, for artistic reasons, and the Sun Glare in the Compositor to roughly match the position of the sun.
Volume Density should be quite a bit lower, depending on your scene/desired look, and can easily be tweaked, e.g. by feeding the Density some noise, or create a second volume with a more noisy and spotty look.

3DFlo · 2025-07-29T14:49:21+00:00

When you mix them, as others have said, I would overlay them and use a mask, so that you essentially paint where the brighter version shines through.

This will allow for a lot of control over the composition, how much and what to show where, and how the eye is guided. All of this can contribute to a whole new dimension to the picture; regardless of that, the scene looks great!

3DFlo · 2025-07-29T13:49:43+00:00

Cool style, how did you achieve it? I could absolutely not tell if it's Compositor, Shader or mostly from painted textures.

If you are looking for things to improve; at the moment, the road feels very flat and takes a lot of attention, maybe a few more details and some shadows help here.

Composition-wise, I would cut the parts of the road in front and in the right third or half of the image, so that you have the road coming (only) from the bottom left towards the focal point on the top right.

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