Dungeon Meshi's Laios Reimagined In Beautiful Hand-Drawn 3D Style

Amber RutherfordSenior Editor09 November 2026

Huge Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions vibes.

Mani Salguero, who recently spoke with us about his 3D portrait of Serie from Frieren, has unveiled another anime-themed project, this time featuring Laios Touden from the fantasy anime and manga series Delicious in Dungeon, also known as Dungeon Meshi. The portrait is based on a fan art piece by Maeka, and as Mani shared, one of the biggest challenges was getting the hair right and turning the original 2D shapes into 3D while keeping the original piece's illustrated look.

The style also has a strong resemblance to Akihiko Yoshida's artwork, with its muted colors and ink-like lines. Mani explained that he mainly used Grease Pencil for the outlines, while the outer contours were created using an inverted hull method.

"It was mostly modeled in ZBrush, and the blocking in Maya; after that, I decided to go and add the final details in Blender. Substance 3D Painter for the textures was really fun too! But the most difficult area was, for sure, the hair! It took me so much time to understand and translate the shapes to make them work well in 3D. A lot of Grease Pencil, noise, and Eevee for the final render."

Scroll down for a closer look at the model:

If you'd like to see more, Mani has published the modeling and texturing process on his Patreon. And if you'd like to learn stylized 3D art from him, he also offers a complete project walkthrough based on his Serie portrait. It includes all the project files, along with a detailed video explaining how everything works.

We highly recommend checking out Zha Art's video, where he shares some of the most important lessons he's learned over six years of working with NPR art:

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