Toon style test with Lara
Added 2025-11-30 14:28:39 +0000 UTCAs I said in my previous post, I'd like to move away from my previous style and try something a little more stylized (a bit like the Arcane series). I took some time to model a stylized version of Lara Croft, keeping the character's essence while giving her a more “comic book” look.
Here is the first rendering test (in the setting of the previous video). I wanted to know your opinion on the style and if you'd be interested in seeing videos in this style? It would allow me to be more exaggerated in the animations and have a more “quirky” feel. In that case, I could plan to give this style to other characters I've already created, such as Tifa, Triss, Yennefer, Ciri...
And I would also like to use this style for a future game project (it's the style I originally wanted to use for the game “Lost Fantasy,” but with Unity URP it was difficult to achieve this kind of rendering; with HDRP and the right shader, it's already more acceptable).
Tell me what you think about it :)
Comments
In my opinion, you could alternate the two graphic styles. Your previous one is very well done
stadiocesco
2026-01-05 14:17:08 +0000 UTCI like the stylized style though, i think the character body would look more attractive if it were softer though.
Ade
2025-12-01 23:54:08 +0000 UTCThis is interesting, i like it but i won’t know how much i like it until you actually use it. I support it but i don’t think it’s necessarily better. Sometimes this and sometimes the previous, overall i still like previous more but idk how good the other is until seen in action.
Ade
2025-12-01 23:52:49 +0000 UTCOooooh aiming for a more OG Lara. I dig it. It's difficult to fully judge the new style without seeing it in motion. I'm very interested to see what kind of exaggeration and quirkiness you're going to do here that couldn't have been done before
BoredNomad
2025-12-01 02:49:43 +0000 UTCYes, "Stellar Cell 7" has to be finished before I jump to another new project for sure! :)
Micke Hartfield
2025-12-01 02:06:42 +0000 UTCIn regards to Lara Croft, yeah I would love to see where you can take this artistic venture. If the present workflow is limiting, I would like to see what you can do with one where you can cut loose more. Would love to see it in motion before I make a full judgment. Love like to see the Stellar game finished, before a return to the fantasy game.
zergnerd
2025-12-01 01:32:39 +0000 UTCThe nose and lips look good. I think the eyes could use some depth.
KuroXHawk
2025-12-01 01:21:16 +0000 UTCIf I have to choose, I prefer your past, realistic, glamorous female characters, which you render with such a mastery. That said, the face of this cartoon-like 'Lara Croft' is cute, and it may prove interesting to see such a character in a game (rather than in a video), but, as to its current design, I confess I'm not too fond of the muscular shape of this character, its long, massive legs, or the relative 'modesty' of its breasts (after all, it's 'Lara Croft' we're talking about and the 'raison d'être' of a cartoon character is to show exagerated proportions, so I wouldn't be offended by a bosom doubled in volume compared to the current one). So, as others have said here, you have a free-hand on experimenting new paths for your work, but, as you courteously asked us our opinion, I preferred expressing my own sincere feelings on the topic. Of course, that's only my opinion and I may be wrong. Have a nice week in any event !
FPM
2025-11-30 23:33:20 +0000 UTCI prefer the original style, it's a little bit strange after the movies. But can be good/useful for more funny/cartoonish stories. Not a bad idea, just polish it. Maybe leave the current girls in the original style and build a different roster with girls from cartoons (e.g. April O'Neil or Janine from Ghostbusters), so you have two different world and they can encounter with cartoonish monsters. A slimmer waist, a slightly smaller hands and a little bigger, longer face will be good.
AdmiralTiko
2025-11-30 20:39:44 +0000 UTCPersonally I prefer the more realistic looking models, but you should always pursue your own creative ambitions. You are one of the best in the business and keep improving your videos with each release, so I say go for it. I'm happy to support you either way.
Anon
2025-11-30 20:15:42 +0000 UTCMight be good, hard to tell based on this alone. Maybe do a short scene as a test run?
TheTrenchcoatGamer
2025-11-30 18:09:07 +0000 UTC
