First things first, I would like my result to end up like the attached image. Not that exact character, I just want that shading (and required lighting) If someone has something like this could they post a .blend? most anime / manga shading i’ve seen rendered with blender has been really soft, not sharp / abrupt. I have freestyle, but have no clue how to use it, and I can’t quite get the correct shading using toon… screenshot or .blend or perhaps a tutorial please!!
I have a couple of ripped DBZ characters in my arsenal of files that are toon shaded, but I have no idea how to post files. Just help me out with that and we’re good to go!
check the thread ‘maid-san’, which I think is in finished projects, and probably the gallery as well. I think there is an included tutorial, and the toon shading is probably the best I have seen so far.
The particular style you posted, especially with the nice black outlines is close to impossible to achive with blender only and its edge tool. Cellshading/Toonshading can achieve the shading though.
I´d suggest to look in the cartoon shaders of Freestyle:
http://freestyle.sourceforge.net/GALLERY/CARTOON/dirindex.php
You can also google for “blender Freestyle integration”
IIRC there are also blender freestyle builds on graphicall.org
This might also be of interest:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=187731&page=1
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=95491&highlight=maid+san
http://vimeo.com/7520764
http://bleble.s321.xrea.com/RealtimeFakeEdge_bpoj2009.zip
Found how to get the wanted results, it involves using ramps with constant and result selected. If anyone requests I can post an example blend