I think this is the best toon shader I've ever seen in any type of 3D art. It is so consistent and polished looking, very impressive. With most toon shaders there's a clear flaw that break the illusion of such but this looks flawless. Splendid work.
Thank you so much Nook, it really means a lot. I'm working on another video that will go more in depth on this style. Next model that I will show took me 60 hours to make, while this crab took around 20 if I remember well. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
He mentioned in the comment that he did not use lighting, and most NPRs would look flawed because a large part of it is affected by lighting. I guess he only used img texture + emission as nodes. The advantage is that it only tests drawing ability, and the same results can be obtained with EEVEE or CYCLES, even if output to other software.
The flaw I always notice in most toon shaders is at angles on the model about 45-60 degrees on the model. It always seemed to taper off in a weird way. But this one handles that perfectly.
It's clean an polished because it's hand painted with no light or shadow simulation. Everything (shadows, highlights, base colours) is drawn manually so it's not a shader, it's "just" textures (which is still impressive since it looks so clean)
Yes, this is a texture based workflow. This workflow is inspired by Genshin Impact, since in Genshin all the highlights and shadows are painted on the textures. The shader is just used as a final touch, to give the models that Anime flare.
Why did you model the spikes instead of just using primitive cones? Also, I wish you spent more time on the painting process, since that's really what's so unique about your style.
No good reason for not using cones I usually make every shape out of a cube - out of habit. 😀 And as for the video format, I agree. I need to make my videos longer and more informative. I'm recording the new project right now. Let's see how the new video turns out keeping all the feedback in mind. 😀
@@arkraga5155 i think he painted on the lighting in the textures. hopefully not tbh cus a lot of people do that id love to learn how to get a npr lighting setup as well.
Believe it or not, I am editing a complete step-by -step course with voice over right now. So far I have edited 1 hour and 15 minutes of the video and that's not even half. Every step and every tool will be explained.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have another video in works on environment art. Then I would like to make some more characters. I hope to see you around.
Hey I'm finishing up a new video that will show how to make this outline in a ton of detail. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
this crab looks cute and menacing at the same time . if I met him I would be so confused I would not know if I should hit him with a stick or give him a hug . amazing work !!!
This video was like this. "Here is how to make a cake. First you grab the ingredients, now that you have the ingredients put them together (no detailed information, just do it!) And now you have a cake... you like?
I'm someone who values feedback! Your criticism is that the video wasn't informative enough and I agree. This is the 2nd CZcams video I ever made, so it's a bit inexperienced. I'm now planning to make a step-by -step tutorial soon, since there is a demand for it. I hope I see you around. Do you have any special requests for the step-by-step tutorial?
wow your models and your videos are awesome! keep up the good work do you use mouse for drawing the texture in photoshop or you use digital pen? btw subscribed to the channel you deserve it
I use mouse since I mostly use the vector tools in Photoshop, but I do own a pen. It's just that it's not really needed for this art style. Thank you so much for subscribing, more vids to come!
A better way to call this style would be toon texturing since most of the toon style comes from that. More videos to come. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe!
In my next video I will go into a lot more depth on that. I will show entire process. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
Great work. Looks awesome. Technical comment on the video. Your voice is pretty quiet and your background music is pretty loud. Try setting the volume levels closer to each other. I have to turn up the souls to hear you and then have my ears blown out by the music
I am actually working on a video where I will show my Blender journey. My modals looked very rough when I started out, but I really wanted to learn NPR in Blender since I wish to make a game one day. It would mean a lot if you subscribed, a new vid is coming out soon!
Yes, I am painting lighting into the textures and not using a shader at all. In the NPR community, this is called the "Genshin Impact" NPR style since that game does the same thing. So you want to paint the lighting the way it makes sense for your game.
Yes for eevee. And Outlines are made in Blender (some) and in Photoshop (some). I will show the outlining process in lot's of depth in my upcoming video. It would mean a lot if you subscribed.
@@Entikai Oi, Eu sou novo no Blender, eu Gostaria de Saber a usar a Ferramenta Grease Pencil, Pois eu acho mais fácil que modelar e depois aplicar o efeito Toon.
Grease Pencil is awesome, but I don't use it since I want my models to be potentially game ready. I say potentially since this one isn't, it's for portfolio lol.
I'm editing the vid right now and procrastinating. Textures are all done in Photoshop and I've recorded 30 hours of footage of making them. Gonna show that in the next vid.
Thanks! What are pts actions? Hey btw, it would mean a lot if you could subscribe, I have a vid coming up that will go into a lot more detail on how I make stuff in this style.
Sure, I could feature them in a future vid. But I don't use any for this art style. And I actually need to start deleting some old actions, since they are just clutter.
I think you should get a portfolio started on ArtStation or DevianArt or similar page. You can then show me the character and I can follow you as well.
@@Entikai I don't get it, when I would make, for example those spikes, the outline around them, touching the shell, wouldn't work, how did you do that? Did you maybe texture it?
If you watch my video about the Mushroom House, I talk about an addon called "Outline Helper". This addon lets you create an outline with 1 click and it's free. That's the very outline I use.
I will make a tutorial soon! Thank you for the kind words! Скоро сделаю курс! Спасибо за комплименты. Если бы вы могли подписаться, это бы много значило. (google translate)
Instead of that, I'm planing some step by step tutorials. And you can check out the model on my artstation dot com/entikai. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe, more vids are on the way!
I'm not actually using a shader, this is a texture used on an emissive material. You can't really export Blender shaders to a game engine, so I prefer this workflow. The good thing is that you can use this model in a game engine and it would look exactly like this.
Странноватый урок получился) для тех кто знает он нафиг не нужен) а тем кто учится очень сложно, на переходах очень многое за кадром, видно что автор старался и перемоделивал некоторые элементы и на кадрах эти моменты вводят в заблуждение и начинаешь путаться
Привет. Мне жаль, что видео показалось вам запутанным. Это был не пошаговый курс, а обзор того, что я делал для практики. Да, я переделываю многие части меша, иногда по нескольку раз, пока не получу желаемый результат. Надеюсь, видео хотя бы вдохновило. В будущем сделаю курс для начинающих. (написано с помощью Google Translate)
I thought it will be toon shaded, not toon textured. Yet you do not explained how to make texture, how to do unwraps and correlate texture with unwraps. Good made video but you missed the point of it. One part should be modeling, next texturing, and after that shading, so it would interract with lighting. You skipped texturing and never get to shading. Somehow your video called "toon SHADED crab". Maybe i'm too harsh and asking to much of a production from small channel. Up to you to consider.
Valid feedback. I never really thought of that term "toon textured" before, but I like it. I might choose to use that term from now on. I actually don't use shaders at all inside of Blender since I want these models to be game ready, and you can't export Blender shaders. My next video will show the full process of how to make this kind of art, textures included. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out when it's out.
@@Entikai I agree with Snegir, Would love to see how you did the toon textured and how you get it into game engine. I'm starting blender and my fear was that the shaders wouldn't translate to unity so now I know! Hope you can update us on the process would love to know more. Subscribed!
Another NPR project I did for practice. The concept art was created by Derek Laufman. The software I used is Blender and Photoshop.
ar you going to make your game😅😅😅
I do want to do it, but I need to set myself up for success. Which means I need to level up my skills and save up some money. :D
@@Entikai kip it going okay
Will do, thanks for kind words! 🥰
@@Entikai ok ty🥰🥰🥰🥰
I think this is the best toon shader I've ever seen in any type of 3D art. It is so consistent and polished looking, very impressive. With most toon shaders there's a clear flaw that break the illusion of such but this looks flawless. Splendid work.
Thank you so much Nook, it really means a lot. I'm working on another video that will go more in depth on this style. Next model that I will show took me 60 hours to make, while this crab took around 20 if I remember well. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
He mentioned in the comment that he did not use lighting,
and most NPRs would look flawed because a large part of it is affected by lighting.
I guess he only used img texture + emission as nodes.
The advantage is that it only tests drawing ability, and the same results can be obtained with EEVEE or CYCLES, even if output to other software.
The flaw I always notice in most toon shaders is at angles on the model about 45-60 degrees on the model. It always seemed to taper off in a weird way. But this one handles that perfectly.
It's clean an polished because it's hand painted with no light or shadow simulation. Everything (shadows, highlights, base colours) is drawn manually so it's not a shader, it's "just" textures (which is still impressive since it looks so clean)
Yes, this is a texture based workflow. This workflow is inspired by Genshin Impact, since in Genshin all the highlights and shadows are painted on the textures. The shader is just used as a final touch, to give the models that Anime flare.
Why did you model the spikes instead of just using primitive cones? Also, I wish you spent more time on the painting process, since that's really what's so unique about your style.
No good reason for not using cones I usually make every shape out of a cube - out of habit. 😀
And as for the video format, I agree. I need to make my videos longer and more informative. I'm recording the new project right now. Let's see how the new video turns out keeping all the feedback in mind. 😀
@@Entikaitutorial please 🙏
Also interested in the colouring process in photoshop as I would like to learn those skills to be able to use them in my projects
czcams.com/video/a4mV7sCewM0/video.html drawing outliner, gives that effect he has
Simple and cool style! I love it.
It would be great if you could do a well-explained tutorial on the process.
Hey, thanks for watching. I'll see what I can do about it in the future vid. 🙂
@@Entikai would love a tutorial on this, how you got the colors to work and the lighting setup and so on
@@arkraga5155 i think he painted on the lighting in the textures. hopefully not tbh cus a lot of people do that
id love to learn how to get a npr lighting setup as well.
@@Entikai well let me know when you do
Believe it or not, I am editing a complete step-by -step course with voice over right now. So far I have edited 1 hour and 15 minutes of the video and that's not even half. Every step and every tool will be explained.
What a beautiful style
Thank you so much!
Excellent and simple. Would love to see more tutorials, especially on rigging, if possible
Thank you for the suggestion. I have another video in works on environment art. Then I would like to make some more characters. I hope to see you around.
@@Entikai in me you have a new follower on both your CZcams and Instagram. Also sent you an email, so please check and get back
What i would love to know is how you worked that outline, great looking stuff!
lovely work.
Hey I'm finishing up a new video that will show how to make this outline in a ton of detail. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
@@Entikai That's great, I always wanted to make some cartoon shaded stuff but never got it to look like this. (subbed by the way, cool crab!)
Nice job! looking forward for other project!
Thanks a ton. Working on the next vid.
I love him, it's super toon, really great job man!
Thank you so much, it really means a lot.
Dayum, this is underrated! Good job!
Thank you so much!
It looks so cool
Thanks a ton! New vid on this art style on the way! It would mean a lot if you could subscribe!
"toon shaded crab isn't real, he can't hurt you"
toon shaded crab:
...attacks your weak spot for massive damage!
Dude, this is awesome! Keep it up
Thanks so much. More videos on the way!
Bro is addicted to using cubes and subdivision modifier
Lol, I'm taking the term "box modeling" a bit to literally.
This is awesome! A real time, step by step tutorial would be epic.
It should happen in the future for sure!
this crab looks cute and menacing at the same time . if I met him I would be so confused I would not know if I should hit him with a stick or give him a hug . amazing work !!!
Thanks! I would personally run away since he is about 2 meters tall. I forgot to scale him down to a more realistic size.
@@Entikai 🤣
this looks epic!!
Thanks!!! 💖See you around!
Awesome work!
Thanks!
wait this is super cool
Thank you so much!
Awesome.
Thanks so much! More vids to come!
This video was like this. "Here is how to make a cake. First you grab the ingredients, now that you have the ingredients put them together (no detailed information, just do it!) And now you have a cake... you like?
I'm someone who values feedback! Your criticism is that the video wasn't informative enough and I agree. This is the 2nd CZcams video I ever made, so it's a bit inexperienced. I'm now planning to make a step-by -step tutorial soon, since there is a demand for it. I hope I see you around.
Do you have any special requests for the step-by-step tutorial?
wow your models and your videos are awesome!
keep up the good work
do you use mouse for drawing the texture in photoshop or you use digital pen?
btw subscribed to the channel you deserve it
I use mouse since I mostly use the vector tools in Photoshop, but I do own a pen. It's just that it's not really needed for this art style. Thank you so much for subscribing, more vids to come!
I would love to see a complete tuto of that ❤❤❤❤
Thanks a ton! I'll keep that in mind!
beautiful
Thank you! More videos to come. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe!
@@Entikai I'm already subbed 😊
Te perfect lifeform
Nice! Old pokemon game vibe! Hope there were more details about the rendering!
There should be in next few vids!
Crab Battle!
Who's that Pokemon? :D
love มากๆครับ
it looks like he got inspiration from ben 10's brainstorm alien
Lol yeah, looks kind of like Brainstorm.
Came out really cool, although I was watching to see how you got the outlines.
Download a free Blender addon called "Outline Helper". On the addon, you have a button for adding and removing outlines. :D
@@Entikai Great thank you for the response! I will look into that for sure.
Гарненький краб) 🤤
Thank you!
2:40 Toon shading start from here.
A better way to call this style would be toon texturing since most of the toon style comes from that. More videos to come. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe!
Really awesome project dude, all of them are awesome! Do you plan on covering how you made the Toon Shader?
I do! There should be a video in the future. I hope to see you around!
@@Entikai Awesome! Really looking forward to it
👏👍
Thanks!
Liked And subscribed!
Thanks so much! I'll make a tutorials soon!
you should make a crab game i think it would be really cool if you did!
I totally want to make a serious game at some point. I'm learning game programing. I've made lots of smaller games already.
@@Entikai thats awsome, ill check them out soon, if i find the right
game..
So good! Can I ask how did you achieve the lineart?
In my next video I will go into a lot more depth on that. I will show entire process. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
@@Entikai of course! great stuff, thanks!
Great work. Looks awesome. Technical comment on the video. Your voice is pretty quiet and your background music is pretty loud. Try setting the volume levels closer to each other. I have to turn up the souls to hear you and then have my ears blown out by the music
You are right, I'll make sure the music isn't loud in the future videos. That's always the worry when I add music, is it overpowering the voice over?
without any reference? what tutorials did you use to learn to 3d model when you were first starting out
I am actually working on a video where I will show my Blender journey. My modals looked very rough when I started out, but I really wanted to learn NPR in Blender since I wish to make a game one day. It would mean a lot if you subscribed, a new vid is coming out soon!
@@Entikai your Brazilian fan is waiting!
If you worked at gamefreaks, pokemon games would look damn good
I always wished that Pokemon games were made by Arc System Works. They know 3D anime like no other studio. Oh, and thanks by the way!
Wait, is that actually using a cel shader? Looks like you used no shading and instead painted the highlights directly into the texture.
Yes, I am painting lighting into the textures and not using a shader at all. In the NPR community, this is called the "Genshin Impact" NPR style since that game does the same thing. So you want to paint the lighting the way it makes sense for your game.
Great work man, bravo! But there are no links in the description
Ups, sorry about that. It's /entikai on all platforms. I'll have to add the links in.
Great texture shading! Can you tell me the song's name that you used?
Thanks! The song is "Upbeat Event Travel by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Good Vibe".
@@EntikaiThank you!
Can i ask what are the advantages of using Photoshop over Substance painter for this type of textures?
You could use Painter to do this as well, but Photoshop is good too. It's up to you. Photoshop has a lot of tools for vector art.
So, you did the borders via texture in photoshop ? and the output you're showing in Evee right ?
Yes for eevee. And Outlines are made in Blender (some) and in Photoshop (some). I will show the outlining process in lot's of depth in my upcoming video. It would mean a lot if you subscribed.
@@Entikai Yes, it looks so cool that I am curious about the process.
Hi there, nice video btw...may i ask how you did the multiple loop cuts in 0:27?
:)
Start the loop cut operation and then roll your mouse wheel.
@@Entikai Wow your fast thx for the response xd
"Phaiden...island!" oh wait wrong thanapod
I had to google to get the reference
супер
Большое спасибо! Скоро новое видео! (Google Translate)
Eu tenho uma Duvida, como que se faz para aplicar o Cel Shading? precisa do Grease Pencil?
I did not use Grease Pencil. I created a toon texture. It's basically a normal texture but toon style.
@@Entikai Oi, Eu sou novo no Blender, eu Gostaria de Saber a usar a Ferramenta Grease Pencil, Pois eu acho mais fácil que modelar e depois aplicar o efeito Toon.
Grease Pencil is awesome, but I don't use it since I want my models to be potentially game ready. I say potentially since this one isn't, it's for portfolio lol.
Megaman StarForce enemies be like
how do you make the texture to be like that, like an anime/genshin
My next video will go into more depth on that. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out.
@@Entikai smooth 😏😏 you deserve it
I'm editing the vid right now and procrastinating. Textures are all done in Photoshop and I've recorded 30 hours of footage of making them. Gonna show that in the next vid.
can you make a tutorial about the texturing?
I'm making a video right now that will show that process in a lot more detail.
Please do a tutorial. I'm willing to watch for hours. I want to learn a friend! Make a tutorial, at least for a few hours)
I'm hoping to make a longer form tutorial in near future. It would mean a lot if you subscribed so you can check it out!
awesome, can i see more of your pts actions?
Thanks! What are pts actions?
Hey btw, it would mean a lot if you could subscribe, I have a vid coming up that will go into a lot more detail on how I make stuff in this style.
@@Entikai oh, my bad, I mean photoshop.
Sure, I could feature them in a future vid. But I don't use any for this art style. And I actually need to start deleting some old actions, since they are just clutter.
Would you by any chance create a 3D model of a character I drew?
Maybe I could. Do you have a portfolio I could check out?
@@Entikai I could gmail you some drawings if that's alright?
Yep, for sure. I don't promise that it will be a video, but it could end up be.
@@Entikai sweet, I'll get it sorted after work today, do I just send it to @Entikai or something?
I think you should get a portfolio started on ArtStation or DevianArt or similar page. You can then show me the character and I can follow you as well.
Is It possible to make a vídeo about painting and those things? i'm a beginner and painting in Blender is very confusing
Yes, I should make a video on that soon. Painting in Blender is being reworked, so I prefer using Photoshop for that for now.
@@Entikai Oh Okays, thanks and ur videos are very Cool ^^
PLEASE TEACH HOW TO MAKE THIS SHADER
I'll do it in the near future for sure!!! I hope I see you around!
What outlining method did you use?
I've used the "inverted hull method". It's very powerful for this art style.
@@Entikai I don't get it, when I would make, for example those spikes, the outline around them, touching the shell, wouldn't work, how did you do that? Did you maybe texture it?
If you watch my video about the Mushroom House, I talk about an addon called "Outline Helper". This addon lets you create an outline with 1 click and it's free. That's the very outline I use.
Как он сделал обводку вокруг модели?
Установите бесплатный аддон "Outline Helper". Вы можете добавить контур одним щелчком мыши. (google translate)
Черт побери, дайте гайд на эти текстуры, я очень хочу понять как делать нечто подобное
I will make a tutorial soon! Thank you for the kind words!
Скоро сделаю курс! Спасибо за комплименты. Если бы вы могли подписаться, это бы много значило. (google translate)
Where is the link to artstation?
Goggle Art station Entikai. 😁
Could you share the blender file?
Instead of that, I'm planing some step by step tutorials. And you can check out the model on my artstation dot com/entikai. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe, more vids are on the way!
Pls can you make a beginner tutorial
It will happen in near future, I am planning it!
Bro get slow-motion voice irl
My voice is already in slo-mo.
аееееееее миста краб
Eugene Harold Krabs.
bro name of the add-on?
Hey, on my channel there is another video, the one with a mushroom house. In that video I list all the addons I use.
@@Entikai Thanks bro you are the best
what if he exported into roblox
I'm not sure to be honest. 😅
where are links ?
/entikai on all platforms. Sry for not adding them in.
@@Entikai It's ok bro
where is link
Hey, on both platforms it's /entikai. Some people advised me not to put links in the description.
You didn't say anything about how the shader works.
I'm not actually using a shader, this is a texture used on an emissive material. You can't really export Blender shaders to a game engine, so I prefer this workflow. The good thing is that you can use this model in a game engine and it would look exactly like this.
@@Entikai Is this the thing where you make a copy of the mesh that's all black and slightly bigger but only visible from the inside?
Ah, you mean the outline? Yes, that's exactly how you make it. Slightly bigger, but normals are inverted. It's called the "Inverted hull method".
Странноватый урок получился) для тех кто знает он нафиг не нужен) а тем кто учится очень сложно, на переходах очень многое за кадром, видно что автор старался и перемоделивал некоторые элементы и на кадрах эти моменты вводят в заблуждение и начинаешь путаться
Привет. Мне жаль, что видео показалось вам запутанным. Это был не пошаговый курс, а обзор того, что я делал для практики. Да, я переделываю многие части меша, иногда по нескольку раз, пока не получу желаемый результат. Надеюсь, видео хотя бы вдохновило. В будущем сделаю курс для начинающих. (написано с помощью Google Translate)
no mouth 🤐
lol who needs them.
I thought it will be toon shaded, not toon textured. Yet you do not explained how to make texture, how to do unwraps and correlate texture with unwraps.
Good made video but you missed the point of it. One part should be modeling, next texturing, and after that shading, so it would interract with lighting. You skipped texturing and never get to shading. Somehow your video called "toon SHADED crab".
Maybe i'm too harsh and asking to much of a production from small channel. Up to you to consider.
Valid feedback. I never really thought of that term "toon textured" before, but I like it. I might choose to use that term from now on. I actually don't use shaders at all inside of Blender since I want these models to be game ready, and you can't export Blender shaders. My next video will show the full process of how to make this kind of art, textures included. It would mean a lot if you could subscribe so you can check it out when it's out.
@@Entikai I agree with Snegir, Would love to see how you did the toon textured and how you get it into game engine. I'm starting blender and my fear was that the shaders wouldn't translate to unity so now I know! Hope you can update us on the process would love to know more. Subscribed!
shut up immigrant
Nani??