"The developer and 3D artist Lucas Roedel has created a free Blender addon that turns 3D models into pixel art-like renders. It might seems like a regression to start in 3D in order to recreate the art style of retro games from the '80s, but the plug in appears to be very effective, making this an option to jump on the pixel art resurgence."
"Lucas has posted a step-by-step tutorial showing how to use the pixel-art addon in Blender with the Pokémon Tatsugiri as his model. He demonstrates the whole workflow, from modelling in Blender to applying the pixel addon, adjusting the model, rigging and animating, exporting and importing into Unity, the game development software. He notes that the modelling doesn't have to be perfect because the pixelart-like rendering will hide many imperfection."
A free Blender addon transforms 3D models into pixel-art-like renders that retain depth and can be animated before export. The addon modifies Mezaka's pixel art setup to support Wevee and Bayer dithering plus multiple light sources. A step-by-step tutorial demonstrates the full workflow using Pokémon Tatsugiri: modelling, applying the pixel addon, adjusting the model, rigging, animating, exporting, and importing into Unity. The pixel-art-like rendering hides many modelling imperfections, and optional smear frames can simulate motion blur. The addon works on various subjects, is available free on Gumroad, and Blender remains free and open source.
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