Creating Ghibli-Inspired Painterly Environment In Blender

Achieving a stylized look in 3D can take many paths. Steve Stark's gorgeous result was brought to life with aVersionOfReality's tree tutorial and grass and flowers assets by Rei and Omar Faruq Tawsif.

Here's more of this scene:

You can start with this tutorial by aVersionOfReality below. We also highly recommend checking out the Custom Normals add-on for clean stylized shading.

Anime Garden is a new release from Omar Faruq Tawsif, offering over 200 painterly vegetation assets designed for Blender environments:

Created by 3D Generalist Rei, this grass with a soft, painterly feel is also available for purchase:

For artists aiming to capture the Ghibli style in Blender, 80 Level has tons of helpful tutorials such as Trung Duy Nguyen's tree tutorial, crzyzhaa's animated water guide, PolyPaint's Grease Pencil tutorial, and more:

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