Hi
I have made some tests with Freestyle for the line and blender internal for the cartoon color, the result is fine (I think :-)).
With some "Hand painting Corrections" :
Without "hand painting correction" :
I would like to find a way to create picture like in French comics (BD).
I have made some post-prod in gimp (to clean a little the head, and had some line (arms) and add the rust and lights.
The lights can be made with the node in blender in fact.
So Thank you (the dev) a lot For the good work you do with Freestyle, it's a big and great tool
Hope you like it

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In french :
Merci Encore maxime pour tout ce que tu fais avec Freestyle, c'est excellent

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