I personally don’t really know and it’s really hard to say… Those pics I provided are the most realistic I got. The one main pic of the thread looks quite realistic per se but her facial traits look too Asian (Flandre being of European origins). First pic of this post is not so much realistic and I think Flandre looks too mature on this one. Still a nice pic though. Second pic is more realistic but still retains many anime features. Third pic has quite realistic mouth and nose but the eyes are way too big. Fourth pic is realistic but she looks a bit too mature. Fifth pic is not that much realistic (and her body is way too mature) but there is this hard to explain vibe that makes it look real. I won’t post pics of people cosplaying as Flandre because I really don’t imagine her to look like these at all.

>How do you imagine your waifu’s face if she was 3D? I don't even try. I rarely feel attracted to 3DPD and realistic pictures of her are generally uncanny valley material. Pic related. I guess realistically she'd look East Asian with very fair skin, but otherwise realistic facial features would stray too far from the 2D art style.

Maybe something like this? While it'd be kinda obvious that she has Asian characteristics, because of her name, I have my doubts, because of that old talk about anime characters trying to imitate Western people. I'm fine with either way.

Hm…this isn't something I think of that often, since I don't often try to imagine her as being realistic, just stick with her show appearance. That being said, here are a few slightly more realistic pictures that I find nice. I think she'd look primarily white but with some very minor 'asian' (Mistralian?) characteristics.

If i have to imagine her as 3D i'd go for full asian traits, obviously. First one it's the most realistic i found, not my favorite but it has it's charm, she looks cute in it. The second it's fine too, it's almost good as the next one her eyes are red, not blue. Third pic it's perfect, well balanced between realism and beauty. I actually imagine her 3D version being like this, absolutely gorgeous! The last one it's not as realistic like the others, probably doesn't even count as such. Though i like the artstyle and how it mantains certain realistic traits while keeping cartoony, so it's worth mentioning.

I guess this is the most realistic picture of her that I have. Most others are very stylized. Obviously the eyes would be smaller and her features overall more Asian. I had thought about commissioning someone to draw her in a super realistic style just to see what it would be like, but then again it'd probably be a lot of money spent and the artist might interpret her looks in a way that I don't really agree on.

my favorite

There is this Pixiv artist that reproduces paintings by replacing the characters with Touhou ones. Many Touhou characters therefore look realistic in his drawings. All Touhoubros here should take a look at what he does, it's quite interesting. https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=1500528

That frame picture is, what I think, the most realistic portrait that they ever drew of Marisa. The second one is beautiful, although it still has those large anime eyes, and assumes she will look more Western than Eastern.

>>67085 As many others have said, realism is not something I think of often. I prefer to imagine something in the middle, like her MMD model. But if I have to tell, these are the best around. She'd look like a tall chinese girl, of course. With red hair and ble eyes tho, so kinda rare. And obviously fit.

>>67107 Also thanks, nice artist. Followed.

Both these pictures capture how she`d look was she real very well. Especially the rather full lips.

>>67107 Great artist indeed.

A quite realistic Flandre here. I wish the artist would have drawn her eyes realistic too. Another detail: Although a cute single fang is aesthetically beautiful in anime-style characters, it seems kind of out of place on such a realistic drawing. Also, bonus realistic pics of Miku that the same artist did. https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=2003608

not entirely sure how i feel about this tbh

She has 3D models and I think they're alright, though I prefer her in 2D. I guess her defining features would be "Asian" and "Androgynous". I like these two drawings, the second one is pretty good.

I don't usually like realism style art because it rarely captures him right. The best I have is something like this.

This is the first commission I made.

Realism isn't an art style that I like seeing her in very much. I've only found about ten pictures that I liked enough to save.

I imagine she would look like this

Like this, I suppose. I think I've seen one or two others.

They usually fall into the uncanny valley so I don't tend to save them, but I do like this artist. I imagine her looking very typically Japanese.

I really like that 3D model of Flandre! It's probably the most realistic depiction of her I have ever seen! It was made using Honey Select. If any other Touhoubro is interested, the artist also did a lot of other Touhou characters. Be warned, most of his work is of NSFW nature, so if you don’t like, don’t click! https://ecchi.iwara.tv/users/ins8901 https://twitter.com/INS8901 https://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/57469873 https://ch.nicovideo.jp/INS_hakurei/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-cz05gist_R-e2ZAhZ36kA https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=478320

>>69747 Why not create your own Honey Select model instead? I think that's the best part about those programs anyway. Unfortunately, Honey Select seems to be optimized for rather tall characters. I took a look at the guy's iwara account and of course his only Youmu video is a sadistic rape video.

>>69753 >Why not create your own Honey Select model instead? Maybe I should take a look. But I doubt I could do better than what he did with Flandre. I am not familiar with that kind of software. >Unfortunately, Honey Select seems to be optimized for rather tall characters. That's bad. But I think the guy made a very great job with Flandre's model. >>I took a look at the guy's iwara account and of course his only Youmu video is a sadistic rape video. I'm sorry to hear that! I mostly just looked at the vids with Flandre and they all implied consent. Here’s two respectful Youmu pics that he did. I think he should have given her longer hair.

>>69755 >I am not familiar with that kind of software. It has a simple character editor where you select things and use sliders. It's not harder than any other fairly complex character editor. >I'm sorry to hear that! I mostly just looked at the vids with Flandre and they all implied consent. No problem, I'm used to it. Youmu is an easily teasable character and even artists I otherwise respect sometimes take it too far. >Here’s two respectful Youmu pics that he did. I think he should have given her longer hair. Thanks. I think he was tying to base the hair on her design in Ten Desires and in that sense, it doesn't look bad. I'm still experimenting with the hair myself. The one I used here feels a bit too voluminous.

The most "realistic" depiction of her would be the one her seiyuu has. Most cosplayers of her are utter shit. I also have made her in Koikatsu and COM3D2.

In my neighborhood there was actually a girl that looked very much like Hifumi and had some other similarities with her >long dark brown hair, covering forehead >light eyes (hers were blue or grey I think) >similar facial structures >tall, liked basketball >people called her weird for talking very very fast, like a waterfall She moved away but I kept seeing her sometimes on the basketball court of our school life is full of mysterious happenings …

Another great one! I really love it!

I suppose something like this.

She is so cute!

Too old/mature look as compared to how I imagine Flandre, but still nice.

Oh boy…not so sure about this one…

I would not expect Flandre to look like this if she was 3D, but wow, it seems like 2D Flandre coming to life! Damn, I need this doll…

>>67084 She will probably look like this since she is Negev.