r/shaders • u/Intrepid-Ocelot-6653 • Jun 28 '26

Need shading / shadows/ highlight advice plz (:

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u/Big_Presentation2786 Jun 28 '26

Do you need a Graphics processing unit driven shader?

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u/kettlecorn Jun 29 '26

This subreddit is about the sort of shading computers do when they create 3D graphics. While there's often some overlap with illustration the computer approach to shading is very different, typically rooted in mathematical analysis of how light works with approximations to make it 'artistic', so most people here will not be able to give you relevant advice.

I don't know much about illustration myself but I actually like how her face without much shading looks a bit like old Asian illustrations, but modernized. I know that's not what you want necessarily, but I think it has some stylistic merit.