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How to Create Stylized Toon Shading in 3D

Lesson 4 of 12Spline 3DBeginner4 min

Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create stylized toon shading or lighting using the Toon layer in Spline. You'll also learn how to combine this with the Outline layer to create a mecha/anime scene.

What you’ll learn

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 0:30Creating the base 3 colors
  3. 2:27Adding noise
  4. 2:44Exploring other options
  5. 3:19Adding the outline layers

Related resources

  • Robot 4 Legs - ToonTemplate
  • Toon LayerDocument

Overview

  • Spline 3D
  • 4 min
  • Beginner

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