--- title: This Flat Blender Model Will Blow Your Mind | daily.dev description: A viral viewport vs. final render comparison from the Japanese sci-fi animated short film Dust of the Simulacrum reveals that a seemingly 2D-looking character... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-flat-blender-model-will-blow-your-mind-blkob7nb7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Flat Blender Model Will Blow Your Mind | daily.dev og:description: A viral viewport vs. final render comparison from the Japanese sci-fi animated short film Dust of the Simulacrum reveals that a seemingly 2D-looking character... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-flat-blender-model-will-blow-your-mind-blkob7nb7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BLkOb7nB7.png og:image:alt: This Flat Blender Model Will Blow Your Mind og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This Flat Blender Model Will Blow Your Mind **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A viral viewport vs. final render comparison from the Japanese sci-fi animated short film Dust of the Simulacrum reveals that a seemingly 2D-looking character is actually a 3D model with an intentionally flattened head adjusted to follow the camera angle. The technique compensates for wide-angle lens distortion and can be replicated in Blender using the Lattice modifier. The film was largely a solo production by director Eit Mitsufuchi, taking about two and a half years, and a crowdfunding campaign is now running to bring it to Japanese theaters. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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