Check Out This Awesome 3D Take on Naruto & Learn How It's Made
Here's some stylized hand-painted Blender magic from Cherylynn Lima.
Cherylynn Lima, a 3D Character Artist whose stylized models are always a marvel to behold, continues to wow us with her outstanding takes on famous anime characters, expanding the series with a 3D rendition of perhaps the most well-known fictional ninja to ever come from the Land of the Rising Sun.
I am, of course, talking about Naruto from the eponymous anime and manga series, whom Cherylynn has masterfully recreated in 3D. Featuring a breathtaking hand-painted art style and exceptional shader work, the model is based on Veron_1411's concept and was created using a combination of Blender and Marvelous Designer.
For comparison, here's the original piece the model was inspired by:
Additionally, the creator shared an in-depth video tutorial explaining how the seventh hokage's stylized clothes were made.
"Clothing in particular is a tough one, so in this video I tackle the process of making clothing in Marvelous Designer, bringing that into Blender, cleaning it up, and using some rad shader magic to bring it to life," she comments:
If you would like to learn more about Cherylynn and her production pipeline, we highly recommend checking out our 2025 interview with the artist, who told us about the Black Gold Girl project, discussed the modeling, hand-painting, rigging, and animation workflows in Blender, and detailed her experimental shading technique.
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