Simple Blender 3D settings to render anime style interior scene background art

This is a simple tutorial to demonstrate on how I usually setup my Blender 3D render and lights setup to render an anime style background art. The render itself which later can be import into Photoshop for paint over.
00:00 Intro
00:51 Basic Light Setup
02:58 Additional Lights
04:05 Improve Shadow
04:28 AO and Bloom
05:08 Objects Material
07:10 Painting Sky and Clouds
09:11 Painting Bevel Lines
09:53 Painting Shadow Edges
10:27 Painting Glowing Lines
11:51 Painting Trees
12:18 Painting More Glow
12:28 Painting Light Rays
12:55 Tutorial Summary
ARTWORK:
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MUSIC:
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The Bone Train - Slynk
Earth Bound - Slynk
English Country Garden - Aaron Kenny
Parisian Cafe - Aaron Kenny
Beneath the Moonlight - Aaron Kenny
Love Letters - Aaron Kenny
Saving the World - Aaron Kenny
Kazoom - Quincas Moreira
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[@Mclelun]

I forget to mention that, there is no "glass" for the window. it is better to leave them empty, if we dont need the reflection on them

[@rillaaa5740]

i notice people always refine the scene in photoshop but how would you take the photoshop image and reuse it in blender for a 3d scene after adding the details especially if your trying to add animated characters sitting at the desk and a teacher

[@Mclelun]

@@rillaaa5740 to convert 2d painting to 3d environment, look for "projection mapping" tutorial. I usually dont use this method, but I will consider doing one in the future

[@agyabcg1999]

also saves rendering time with no glass

[@zaks7]

The motion blur trick for the god rays is the best thing I've seen this year omg.

[@kewa_design]

Same haha

[@MaitlandJones]

Your voice over is actually pretty pleasant to the ears. Don't know jack about blender or photoshop, but it's nice chilling and watching you work.

[@Mclelun]

Thanks! 😃

[@mutle]

It was so awesome! The amount of patience you have to draw every single line is astonishing! The end result is so so beautiful! 😍
Thank you so much for sharing! ❤

[@Mclelun]

Thank you so much

[@TheRealEreez]

Love the tutorial's structure; the use of text and color to emphasize.

[@Acefishy]

This is a really great tutorial and VO is really good. Keep it up! I'd love to see more tutorials from you 😄

[@uzairmirza4540]

Heaven has a special space for just you. Thank you for this.

[@junjae.]

glad you're still around, dude. I became interested in blender and 3d because of you.

[@johnt.mickevich2772]

This is fantastic. And your English pronunciation is great!

[@Mclelun]

thanks!

[@jefm32]

You have an awesome voice and your English is very very good!

[@activemotionpictures]

The touch up part with the extra details in PS was fantastic! Thank you for another amazing video!

[@AsamiChanVocaloid]

I rarely comment but this is extremely helpful and on the nose of what i want. I learned a lot and am amazed by your editing style between this and your previous video, I hope there's more to come or even livestreams! thanks for the video!!!!!! (also your english and pronunciation is perfectly fine very clear ) 💕

[@CakemanVR]

I love the new format, very informative! Thanks for making it

[@mikeceo5351]

Woah, impressed. I enjoy watching you create these scenes.

[@ismartfire1306]

Please do continue and give us more tutorial of blender software

[@sanokun6472]

You are so underrated amazing video btw 😍 helped me alot

[@daveluma]

Amazing tutorial. Thanks for the follow up!

[@BuckyTheRedDeer]

Another great gift from the master!

[@blue-R39]

man you are the boss when it comes to these tutorials. thanks a lot!!

[@robertao7564]

Wonderful. Thx for your dedication.

[@PoiTorres]

Really great tutorial and Voice-over. 👏👏👏👍

[@lemmeknow9584]

it was amazing, thank you! when you added the trees i was like THIS is what was missing 😁

[@dodgey6568]

Love this new style!

[@brant-bi8563]

This was REALLY helpful! Thank you!!

[@tokiko220]

Aah you're incredible!! That was amazing and broken down perfectly.. Thank you

[@skmourya1]

Amazing detailed tutorial. Waiting for your photoshop brush tutorial.

[@ismartfire1306]

Thank you soo much bro this is much valuable think for who is beginner in blender software
And again thank you 😊

[@ItzZomboyMC]

Great tutorial! Thankyou so much!

[@meta.5studios]

That's a clever way for the Godrays

[@amydavis7137]

Very informative
Thank u so much ❤

[@JAAK47]

Wow

[@muhammadnaufal2798]

amazing tutorial, thank u so much.

[@26ix-abhrigu2]

CANT WAIT

[@na7698]

Nice tip on the godly rays! Thank you for sharing your art work!

[@Mclelun]

Glad it was helpful!

[@edge83mediallc]

Wow, you are amazing. Thank you so much

[@Mclelun]

You are so welcome

[@victorbernat264]

This tutorials are gold, thank you so much for this. You are a legend.

[@Mclelun]

Glad you like them!

[@victorbernat264]

@@Mclelun could you make one with night light? Would be awesome.

[@aiversesM]

Amazing work ❤

[@ElRotura]

Thanks a lot Master for another episode of your Knowledge :)

[@jostasizzi818]

Let's gooo

[@ZodiakGFXNovato]

You are amazingly talented I have no words

[@tri-aayam]

Amazing

[@timcameron9023]

awesome tutorial

[@123sokker123]

THIS IS SO COOL

[@BaimnfArts]

Ouhh yeahh🔥🔥

[@w99910]

Dang !!! I have always wanted to do such an artwork

[@dikia.8357]

this is very amazing

[@helenakri7282]

This is so very helpful, hope we get some stuff with less dramatic interior lighting - though I understand that this is the style you like most. Well, of to try it!

[@Mclelun]

You can achive any mood by changing the color and intensity for both sunlight and the world shader.

[@Leuss-3D-Modeling]

The result is wonderful great job man

[@Mclelun]

Thanks

[@dontgiveup2663]

sir u r just awesome thanks for help.

[@ClERCE]

Beautiful

[@Mclelun]

Thank you

[@JerryDaBerry]

Omgg thank you! :)

[@takikun1427]

Thank you so much , this is exactly what i was looking for! :D

[@Mclelun]

Glad to hear that!

[@wahidjrahmawan9831]

amazing!

[@user-zp8zq4pc8s]

I MUST TRY TO DO THIS.

[@pablo_parra_]

great, I've watched a ew of your videos, I've taken notes. Now I will try it!

[@abibackground]

I think you deserve more subscribers. Thanks for your tips and now my scene with Eevee engine looks stunning

[@Mclelun]

Thank you too!

[@rafizahranpratama9956]

finally! 😍

[@arvyza]

Thank you :)

[@dekechonghe]

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉

[@Mclelun]

Thanks

[@EdgyEmoLoliconBoy]

thank you

[@rag035]

Cool 😘

[@mosthatedpersonn]

Your panting skills 🔥🥴

[@yezzzsir]

This is very well put together and easy to understand. You should use your voice more in future. 🙂

[@olivercromwell1967]

you are the best

[@Mclelun]

thanks

[@arthuryeh1112]

@mclelun there's an addon called cavity pass that does the fake bevel thing you manually paint in photoshop.
the feature is also available in workbench rendering engine which I find japanese 3d models downloaded online use

[@Mclelun]

Cool, thanks for sharing. I will look into it

[@donny_lu_]

Amazing, could you make your brush library available for download?

[@suzanneVD0203]

Yes give me your secrets 🔥🔥

[@wjdqhrlwl]

Thank you so much for the great tutorial!
I was wondering if you would be willing to do another interior (not using sunlight) rendering tutorial in the future?

[@Mclelun]

sound like a good topic, I can look into it

[@aashay]

Amazing tutorial. How can we add anime style character to these scenes? Btw, your voice is perfectly clear :)

[@Mclelun]

There are several way to do that in Blender3D.
- If using 2d drawn character, we have to use the compositor
- If using grease pencil, you can put it in the 3d scene, but I am not familiar with grease pencil
- if using 3d, it is just like regular 3d model, look into toon shader, and inverted hull outline method. You can try Pixiv Vroid to generate anime character

[@user-fj2ot1qk5h]

[@StanleyKubick1]

I enjoy your videos much more with your narration instead of the AI bot

[@Spooky_Adler]

I`m learning a lot with your tutorials! thanks
I`m curious abt where do you get the textures? You made them yourself?

[@Mclelun]

I paint the textures myself in photoshop

[@jmundart]

This is very cool and super helpful but what if I want the scene in blender how will I maintain the same results without Photoshop paint over

[@Mclelun]

Usually we will have to UV unwrap the model, and paint the texture for the model.

[@navedbhati9260]

where I
can get that classroom model for free

[@anggelelgiafrilianiskuswia2078]

wow great tutorial. what tool do you use? do you use pentool or mouse?

[@Mclelun]

mouse for 3D, wacom for painting

[@anggelelgiafrilianiskuswia2078]

@@Mclelun .What series is Wacom bro?

[@gusmaiawork]

that's a lot of manual touch up for the lines, is there any way we can automate a simillar result so we can do animation in Anime style without having to paint all the frames?
keep it up!

[@StanleyKubick1]

you could probably do some thing similar with grease pencil and shaders

[@fey6690]

Do you think Baking Global Illumination will make the render look more Anime-ish?

[@Mclelun]

I am not sure, but you can try. I still believe the color choice is more important

[@snigodff3154]

I have a question - what if we move our camera inside the class from different angles , will it still looks like an anime ? , Or we can only see it like anime from one angle ?

[@Mclelun]

if we want to move camera angle, then the 3D model have to be texture properly instead of bringing it into photoshop.
There is also another method using Projection Mapping, which convert 2D to 3D, which could be use too

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

2:36 Why not use workspaces for this? Those tabs across the top are not just there to clutter the UI.

[@lord_lucario3429]

If i was to make this scene at a sort of afternoon time rather than a sunset/rise, what colour would the lights be?

[@Mclelun]

For the 2nd sun light and world shader use a brighter color. You can look at 13:38 for example.

[@lord_lucario3429]

@@Mclelun thank you so so much, i am using this to make a christmas card!

[@lord_lucario3429]

@@Mclelun at 13:42, there are 3 colours in the top left , what lights do these colours correspond to? Which ones are the sun light, ambient light, world shader and additional lights?

[@mosthatedpersonn]

Bro where you find some special brush 🖌️ presets ? Like clouds and tree's 🙄

[@Mclelun]

that will be another tutorial on making special cloud and tree brush

[@mosthatedpersonn]

@@Mclelun Thank you for making next tutorial on this topic 🥰

[@atharvalangote8258]

@@Mclelun That is a great idea.

[@bruhwhat7863]

you didnt show how you textured the classroom itself

[@m_mdi0]

Thanks that really helpes,
But i have question.
Where do you learn drawing or in another word where should i start learning that😅

[@Mclelun]

I learn from books mainly

[@m_mdi0]

@@Mclelun witch book?
im really interested about this😥
You know there is no good tutorial on CZcams, the many of them is just single ep tutorial that not cover the whole subject.

[@muffinessence]

0:05 how do you make a robot sound like this?

[@Mclelun]

search for animal crossing animalese

[@muffinessence]

@@Mclelun omg, thank you so much

[@officialpegasis6375]

Bro a Tutorial with voice over is much better than sub titles, I was alomost gonna click off

[@Mclelun]

Tq, will make more tutorial with voice over when I am free

[@user-wj2ez2zo3m]

请问国内有直播吗？

[@Mclelun]

目前只用油管

[@user-wj2ez2zo3m]

@@Mclelun 无所谓反正我百分之90的视频都在youtube看

[@iREM0015]

ineed this file classroom free

[@kyrie7007]

𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖 ❗

[@formforms2136]

How do you apply it in blender y u don't show that part..its most important