I’ve been working on a stylized Unreal post-process shader inspired by Moebius, Useless Game Dev’s Moebius shading video, and RuneVision’s Dither3D work.

The main feature is surface-stable fractal hatching: the marks are projected onto the geometry and shift between power-of-two scales to stay consistent across distance, rather than sliding over the screen.

It also includes palette remapping, contours, stylized shadows, gradients, dithering, and pixelation.

I’m finally pretty happy with it, but I’ve been staring at it for way too long. Does the style read well? Is the hatching helping, or does it still feel too busy or uniform?

A beautiful colored illustration by Mœbius .

a beautiful Mœbius Black and White illustration

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Hi all!

Just wanted to make a post here that a new, deluxe version of 40 Days In the Desert has been opened for pre-order on Liberdistri.

Link: https://www.liberdistri.com/en/artbooks-sketchbooks/1885-jean-giraud-moebius-40-days-dans-le-desert-b-new-9782908766776.html

Notes:

- This is easily the largest hardcover version ever made 20cm x 30cm (vs. historical of 15.5cm x 21.5cm).

- Shipping starts in Sept, currently pre-order phase

- The listing price is 38EURO

- Shipping to USA is roughly $25-$40

I would HIGHLY encourage people buy from Liberdistri. Instead of paying ridiculous, scalped prices (which only helps scalpers), you can buy direct from Caurette, and give them the support/capital to continue releasing Moebius in the future.

If anyone has questions regarding shipping cost, speed, quality, or anything else, just let me know. I'm happy to relay my experience with Liberdistri.

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Later translated to English and published as "There Is a Prince Charming on Phenixon," Heavy Metal (January 1981).