Cinema 4D Tutorial - Creating a Cartoon Render Using the Cel Shader

[@conorbarron2389]

Great tutorial once again! Also, If you turn off Anti-Aliasing in the render settings you can get a cool pixel art look.

[@debabratachakraborty1672]

Your tutorials are so informative. I always get an in-depth knowledge of everything. Thanks a lot for putting this much effort to teach us.

[@diogoeskate3075]

Congratulations on getting this in 3D world mag!!!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks very much! A big honor for me, for sure! :)

[@ayylmao6113]

even though sketch and toon was never my style, i like things as realistic as possible or as abstract as possible and sketch and toon doesn't really fit into either. still i watch every sketch and toon video you make because of 2 reasons. first, you are awesome! and you make learning things awesome even if i don't necessary use what i learn. and second, it's always nice to know as much as possible about a subject even if you don't always use everything, just to get a wider perspective of said subject and the ability to think about all the possibilities and not just those in your comfort zone. this became a long comment, but the point was to say thank you for making these, and keep going!

[@eyedesyn]

That's awesome, man! I'm grateful that even though it's not your style you still watch! I really appreciate that! Thanks for continuing to watch! :)

[@dhaniels83]

Maaan! Just to see you working i learn new stuffs! Thanks EJ for sharing!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks! Glad you learned something new!!

[@eyedesyn]

Looks like a job for the Art Shader!

[@TheJopeToons]

Cel shader is one of the best things in c4d :3

[@eyedesyn]

Totally agree! Jiggle Deformer is a close second ;)

[@wiewiorka_ojoj4167]

Fantastic tutorial with many tips and tricks, love it! Thank U E.J.!

[@Vmshipe]

I have literally watched all of your tutorials over the past several years, you have taught me so much and I love your style!! I would love it if you did a tutorial of creating one of your characters from start to finish with some animation, sort of like 'Blink' here :)

[@eyedesyn]

I'm so glad! Perhaps Ill do one of those tutorials in the future! :)

[@deedaskein]

You're reading my mind E.J.! I really needed a tut" about cel & jiggles. Thanks a lot! Keep it up!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks Dee! It's all about the cel jiggles! :)

[@gandhiayres4560]

Hey dude, could you make a tutorial teaching do this from beginning! I get some troubles with riggin and 3d character modeling. Thanks from Brazil

[@juandiegoosoriorestrepo9272]

Gandhi Ayres Please!

[@eyedesyn]

Check out some of my previous live casts for some character modeling stuff, but I do plan on doing a live stream where i model Blink! :) Stay tuned!

[@DonkTroubl53]

hey ,i'm brazilian too

[@gandhiayres4560]

De onde ? Trabalha com cinema 4D ?

[@DonkTroubl53]

Sou de Belém/Pará,e sou estudante ainda de cinema 4d uns 3/4 anos mais ou menos...mas é muito legal ver que eu não sou o único de brasileiro que é interessado a aprender mais sobre o programa...

[@xinus2286]

okay. this video is awesome. exactly what i was looking for!

[@eyedesyn]

Woo hoo! Happy to have helped!

[@watevakid]

Awesome tutorial, thanks!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@film42tv]

Totally brilliant workflow. Thanks for sharing it👍

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the tutorial and appreicate you watching!

[@wesselvanwegen5872]

Thanks EJ, as always a great tutorial!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks so much Wessel! Always good to see you in the comments!

[@Dammne]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing, i´ll be using this on my next projects!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks Damne! Can't wait to see what you come up with! Be sure to share it with me!

[@chinillo]

Loved this one. Super useful. Keep rockin'!

[@dmellis]

I forgot about the selection object tool. That will save me a ton of time one day. I love the set driver/driven move but I wish it were less sloppy (xpresso nodules hiding behind each other and creating new nulls each time)

[@eyedesyn]

Its super useful! If you want to hide those Xpresso Nulls, just add them to a Layer and hide that layers hierarchy visibility!

[@zewnatury2010]

Great tut! Thanks!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks very much!

[@Krish-sg4zh]

Great Tut !!! thanks for making this

[@eyedesyn]

Glad you liked it!

[@irakligariba]

Nice one EJ. i think you showed this on NAB right? thanks for sharing and keep amazing work up!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks Irakli! I shared some of this at NAB, but covered a few things I didn't have time for (Specular and Isolated Lights, Jiggle Deformer, Wind Object)

[@tourlangosta]

Great tutorial!!! thank you so much for this!

[@PhilippeMoesch]

I really would love to see how you made this character from the very beginning ;-) :-)

[@eyedesyn]

Maybe sometime!

[@theodoredaley2229]

Really incredible! I was wondering do you have any videos walking through the hair set up? How to create the hair itself / attach so when you move the model, the hair dynamics work as you have it?

[@subhoghatak]

Sketch n Toon for the win :) my workflow with After Effects is getting much easier and a cool pipeline tech can be done wew! Thanks EJ for sharing soo much goodness! keep'em coming..

[@gabeeet]

'Blink is really cute :3

[@eyedesyn]

Haha thanks, he thinks so too! :)

[@MindSukys]

Hey, can you point me to the right direction on how you've made those eyes on head's surface?

[@eyedesyn]

A simple circle gradient with a circle gradient in the alpha!

[@Kar-1989]

Hi EJ, Great tutorial as always! Is there any way to get the bump noise on the specular light? I hope that Blink doesn't have much hangover ;) Thanks!

[@eyedesyn]

Hey Adrian! Thanks for the question! So the bump noise should be on the specular light as well if activate the Specular in the Cel Shader. Is that what you were asking?

[@Kar-1989]

Yes! Now It works, Thanks EJ! If you ever come to Spain I owe you a beer :D

[@eyedesyn]

Ooh boy Ill take you up on that one! ;) Are there any good craft breweries in Spain that are popular?

[@Kar-1989]

Of course! I'm from Galicia, northwest of Spain, here are several, my favorites: Áncora, in Ourense, The Basset Beer Club, in Pontevedra. I would also recommend "Estrella Galicia" aaand "1906", they are not craft beers but they are very good. If you dare with something a little stronger in Galicia we have some interesting drinks "Queimada" and "Licor café". You are invited when you want to come :D

[@eyedesyn]

awesome thanks for all that info! someday! :)

[@superturbomira]

Hey, great tutorial ! i still have a problem, it seems that my lights aren't taken into account by the cel shader even when following the exact steps of your tutorial... what can i do ?

[@马玉媛]

hey EJ! how did you model this little dude's hair? and what if you need to wrap the hair around the head(like real hair does)? what would you do? by the way, thank you for much for the subdivision tutorial. You saved my C4D life ;p

[@beegebeeg7079]

Is there anyway you can do an oil paint shader?

[@KrishnaKaipa]

Hi, I am having problem with sketch and toon. Need to create some pipes going from wall to underground. I need to make the ground transparent at a point of time. But the display tag doesn't effect when in Sketch and toon. please advise. thanks in advance

[@TheRobotKiddo]

Is there any way to mix this kind of look with a more realistic look, not so flat?

[@eyedesyn]

not sure what you mean but you can mix anything with anything if you try!

[@birjuraikwar]

Hi Ej, As always, great stuff explained in the most simplest way.. just love the way you explain the possibilities instead of just showing how to make a particular look or effect. May i Request you to upload the your NAB 2017 Presentations?

[@eyedesyn]

MAXON will be uploading them in the coming weeks to Cineversity.com!

[@happywasabii]

Looks Sharp and tight man!

[@eyedesyn]

thank you sir!

[@miranim1527]

As always ,thank you for cool tutorial! X)

[@GRAPECANVAS]

Thanks for video. Good stuff!)

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks Alexander!

[@forrestp8647]

thanks for your great tutorial. how can I cancel the texture connection created by xpression - set drivor & set driven?

[@jessicajessica4514]

hey ej i need some help about rendering. but It's hard to explain it by words, how can i send you screenshots about my problem? basically after i render my work, the reflection glossy look is gone ;\ this is my first time using c4d so i don't really know how to explain it :(

[@jessicajessica4514]

ok i figured out on how to show you my screenshots! before: postimg.org/image/tvphmoow7/ after rendering : postimg.org/image/yz00yt2gl/

[@xample222]

I don't know if you got the problem fixed already, but it looks like the polygons are poking through each others. Make sure the polygons aren't intersecting each other and then try to increase the mesh density by applying a subdivision surface modifier.

[@by_robin4083]

nice tutorial, just want to know if you will do this tutorial from the beginning ?

[@eyedesyn]

This tutorial is about shading, not modeling the character so thats why that part wasn't covered! I do have plenty of modeling tutorials you can check out, though!

[@by_robin4083]

:((((( I really wanted to know how you do the hair but is ok nice channel BTW

[@eyedesyn]

Subdivision surface modeling! I plan on doing more modeling tutorials in the future so stay tuned!

[@valentinairurita3328]

im sooo beyond in love with your tutorials

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks! Awesome to hear! Come join the C4D side! ;)

[@Darkautismrising]

Awesome tutorial man, only question I have is that I cant see the changes of the toon shading in real time like in your video, I have to render to be able to see any differences in the shading. I'm wondering why that is.

[@eyedesyn]

You need to turn on Interactive Render Region to be able to have a live rendered view, unfortunately!

[@terribadda2912]

Didn't expect to see Mr.PoPo this episode @4:05

[@eyedesyn]

Hahaha! Yes! Love me some Dragon Ball references! :)

[@nappy155]

so good, thank you

[@eyedesyn]

Glad you like it!

[@lievtenant9313]

great tutorial -- thanks! ive been waiting to see what you were going to do with Link after I saw him on your instagram, haha

[@eyedesyn]

Now you know! :) Thanks for watching!!!

[@bogscave]

How did you connect the hair, and other parts to the head? Is it possible to animate only the head and the rest of the elements to follow that animation?

[@eyedesyn]

Just making the objects a child of the head object, it's super easy. Then you jsut animate the head and the hair moves along with it, as in this animation.

[@bogscave]

Oh right, I thought that you have used some expressions and stuff like in AE. That's really simple ☺ Thank you!

[@pnvgordinho]

We almost had a bald Link. His hair looks cool. Congrats.

[@eyedesyn]

Haha we did indeed. Almost had the 80 year old bald link. Thanks for watching!

[@DavidSolace07]

cool work

[@eyedesyn]

thank you!

[@EMVF]

how can i take a image sequence and put it in a animated texture in c4d?

[@eyedesyn]

Theres tutorials out there on how to do that that would explain it better than I could in a comment!

[@EMVF]

in texture i just calculate animation with the first image and it works

[@eyedesyn]

Yep thats all you need to do!

[@laissez-faire496]

Can C4D shaders be exported to maya

[@eyedesyn]

I don't believe they can unfortunately.

[@trentkuhn]

Does this not work with infinite light though? my infinite light is acting like an omni

[@eyedesyn]

Hmmm...the infinite light should not act anything like an omni light

[@3drenders_]

hey man, how did you model that hair?

[@muhammadzazulirizki1000]

Is it possible to mimic this in other 3D apps? Like, Blender, perhaps.

[@eyedesyn]

All apps have some sort of cel shading feature, and Blender definitely does. Just do a search on KZbin and I'm sure you'll find all kinds of info!

[@muhammadzazulirizki1000]

eyedesyn thank you sir!

[@jumpbrick]

very cool

[@eyedesyn]

Thank you!

[@julien.missaire]

Awesome! :)

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks Korsak!

[@munguriekjoel6396]

EJ Thanks

[@eyedesyn]

You bet, thanks for watching!

[@Crimsonpattyletsplay]

was wondering is there anyway to stop the hair going through the body? iv tried using rigged bodies and stuff but NOOOOO it exploded haha!

[@eyedesyn]

If they objects are already intersecting theyll explode like that, but I'd maybe try joints and use IK dynamics, hope to do a tutorial on that soon!

[@estudionato5041]

You shoud teach us how to make the character too

[@eyedesyn]

I'll do a character live stream soon! :)

[@zhoujj]

You are fxxking awesome...

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks for watching!!

[@gone7512]

What if I want to cell shade but have textures, What do I do

[@eyedesyn]

Using a Layer Shader will allow you to stack up Cel shaders & textures and use blending modes just like in photoshop!

[@gone7512]

@@eyedesyn thanks just subbed

[@fitimshehu4730]

NIce Tutorial :P

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

[@adriantink2]

somebody help for the render setting for this cel shader, is it sketch & toon?

[@닮은살걀-t3j]

Do you solve this problem? I also can't find cel effect,,,I can't even find the luminance in c4d 2024,,,

[@adriantink2]

@@닮은살걀-t3j No, i don't. I still figure it out 😁

[@Danhanado]

how do I give the shadows the same grainy effect?

[@eyedesyn]

I cover grain shadows in this tutorial!

[@eyedesyn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSrf6aBn9N0ndU

[@Danhanado]

Appreciate the response, I had a go at it with my character (imgur.com/hn58sbF). I like the outcome but as you can see it looks different than my shading as the noise is spread out. Is there a way for the shadows to be 1:1 with the shading? Cheers

[@Danhanado]

I'd also like to add how much I love your channel. Your tutorials are the only ones that have ever intrigued me even when I'm not specifically looking for them. To that alone i say thanks, keep up the amazing videos and inspiring designs.

[@MadsShades]

Respect!!

[@mustafahalc2460]

god bless you!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks very much for watching!

[@thenikhilray99]

Thanks EJ sir 😊😊

[@eyedesyn]

Youre very welcome! Thank you so much for watching, Nikhil!

[@AdictiveGaming]

How do you render without outlines?

[@AdictiveGaming]

When I use this kind of material I don't have any power anymore about the render. Any settings I do make no changes

[@eyedesyn]

wihtout outlines? none of the workflow i show here uses outlines?

[@alonsotifano5287]

how to make animation of eyes flat toon please :)

[@eyedesyn]

That was just a circular gradient with no interpolation, or you could just make 2 disc objects! super easy!

[@EMVF]

cool

[@eyedesyn]

thanks!

[@ericko666]

I LOVE YOU

[@eyedesyn]

Right back at ya buddy!!!

[@cecisoloaga]

I love you

[@eyedesyn]

Right back at ya! :)

[@mdproForPC]

May have to much coffee 😂😂

[@eyedesyn]

You can almost never have too much coffee ;)

[@mdproForPC]

you got that right :D

[@STFSTUDIO]

Like Your Video

[@eyedesyn]

Much appreciated! :)

[@razu_gif]

I WAITING FOR CREATING ANIME ON C4D *HYPE*

[@eyedesyn]

Woop!!!

[@EMVF]

αrc+icho! me too 😁😄

[@zootmade]

same!

[@EMVF]

sxnvids i make anime Vs battles but i want create my own characters xD

[@eyedesyn]

Hope you guys enjoy! Be sure to share with any of your friends who wanna make some fun anime!

[@GradeFX]

This character is high af

[@eyedesyn]

Been hittin too many Hyrule mushrooms maybe

[@GradeFX]

eyedesyn :D

[@Unk87327]

That's Toon Link! (A.K.A Wind Waker Link)

[@eyedesyn]

Yeahh buddy!

[@empireranger]

Was a good tutorial until you got distracted with the Jiggly stuff, which isn't toon renderings.

[@eyedesyn]

Dude i ALWAYS get distrated by jiggly stuff, adds to toon animation! :)