Clean Toon Face Shading with Object Normals in Blender

UPDATE: Article on implementing Generated Normals in Unity by @panthavma
http://panthavma.com/articles/shader-...

Tired of toon shading looking like crap on your model's face? Do you also hate doing Normal and topology editing to fix it? Here's another method! Our mesh Normals are the source of all our shading problems, so let's stop using them! Instead we'll build new, clean Normals out of Object Coordinates and math.

This video is an intro to this method of fixing face shading. I have not been working with it long, so expect more videos on this subject and improvements to the setup. (Blender 2.93)

Get the project file on Gumroad! ($0):
https://aversionofreality.gumroad.com...

The Cybergirl Full 3D model file is available in the latest BNPR.org BEER render engine fundraiser pack (it has not been updated with this setup yet):
https://bnpr.gumroad.com/l/BEER6

A discount code for the above pack is available for my Patrons of any level:
  / cybergirl-code-53976155  

Prop Driver Addon($0):
https://kolupsy.gumroad.com/l/propdriver

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Blog Post:
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00:00 - Title info card
00:10 - The problem and solution
02:13 - What we're covering
03:06 - The test setup
03:32 - Understanding Mesh Normals
08:16 - Understanding Object Coordinates
13:35 - The Depth issue
15:24 - Shaping the new Y Normals
18:44 - Shaping X
21:04 - Shaping Z
22:06 - Other shapes
24:28 - The nose
27:51 - Object Coord Rotation issue
32:48 - Accessing attributes
35:02 - Masking the generated Normals
36:11 - Limitations of the method
36:38 - Big deformations
37:49 - The jaw deform
38:54 - Handling other deforms
40:31 - Images for optimization?
41:05 - Do normal maps work? (yes)
42:37 - Note on game engines
43:06 - Setting it up (recap)
46:13 - Special thanks and some turntables
46:51 - Files are available and plz support me