HAELE 3D Portrait Studio Pro Launches On Steam For Face Drawing Reference
The Pro release positions a paid, feature-expanded version of a June 2026 Lite tool as a full reference suite, with the anatomy mode giving artists skeletal and muscular views that static photo reference sets do not carry.
Key Facts
- HAELE 3D - Portrait Studio Pro - Drawing References launched on Steam on September 24, 2026 at 3,850 yen including tax.
- A release sale cuts the price 15 percent to 3,272 yen through October 8, 2026.
- The tool includes more than 30 preset characters and more than 50 preset scenes, all editable.
- HAELE 3D - Portrait Studio Pro carries more than 90 blendable facial expressions with adjustable gaze direction.
- A reduced-feature Lite version of the tool was released in June 2026, and a demo of the Pro version is available on Steam.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
HAELE 3D released HAELE 3D - Portrait Studio Pro - Drawing References on Steam on September 24, 2026. The tool is priced at 3,850 yen including tax, with a 15 percent release sale bringing it to 3,272 yen through October 8. It is a 3D reference tool for artists drawing human faces and heads, built for practice in portraiture and sculpting and aimed at realistic, stylized, cartoon, and anime styles. The Pro version adds more than 30 preset characters and more than 50 preset scenes, all editable. It carries a library of more than 90 blendable facial expressions with adjustable gaze direction, plus an anatomy mode for checking the skull and facial muscles and models with eyes, nose, and mouth separated. A VR mode is supported, and a demo is available on Steam. A reduced-feature Lite version shipped in June 2026. Developer Ige Olwen is credited with the tool.
The Pro edition arrives two months after a Lite version that HAELE 3D released in June 2026, and the preset counts are the clearest measure of the gap: more than 30 preset characters and more than 50 preset scenes, compared with the reduced feature set of the earlier build. Developer Ige Olwen is credited with the tool. Users can adjust face shape, hairstyle, lighting, and camera to build a reference, and presets are starting points rather than fixed assets, since each can be edited.
The expression system stores more than 90 types, ranging from preset smiles, and lets users blend them against one another while changing gaze direction, so a reference can be tuned toward a specific expression rather than picked from a fixed list. The anatomy mode covers the skull and facial muscles, and the tool also includes models split into separate eyes, nose, and mouth parts. VR mode is supported. One limitation is stated plainly: the tool is for creating and viewing references inside the application, and it does not export 3D models. A demo is on Steam alongside the full release.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.