OVERVIEW:

This project was alot of fun from the beginning. I wanted to create a cel shader and then work on adding hatching and stippling to the cel shader for cool effects.

I first started looking at page 329- 331 on the "Advanced Renderman" book. There I needed to learn what a dot product was and how it works. Once I understood the cel shading code, I then worked on going further.

I wanted to create a shader that would best represent M.C. Escher. So, I started looking at references of his work. From this I realized I need three main things: lines that had variance to them based upon spec, shifts of color for depth, and finally different directions for the lines.

Next, I searched to see if anybody had done any research on toon shading and came upon a students code. In his code he created some things that I needed. With his code and the "Advance Renderman" book by my side, I was able to start formulating my own code.

What you see here is Cel Shading(top left), Hatching (top right), Cross Hatching (bottom left), and Stippling (bottom right)

PARAMETERS:

inkwidth - stroke size of each line lineFreq - number of lines in a seed Jitter - noise in the stroke U_Switch - 0 means "OFF" / 1 means "ON" (This turns on your strokes) V_Switch - 0 means "OFF" / 1 means "ON" (This turns on your strokes) U_Color - Color of Ink for U direction V_Color - Color of Ink for V direction Matte - basic color underneath ink taperwidth - how much tapering based upon Spec Illumination RotateU - Rotation for the U direction RotateV - Rotation for the V direction Ka - ambient Ks - specular Kd - diffuse roughness - spec fall off Dots - 0 means "OFF" / 1 means "ON" (AKA - Stippling) SwtichOutLine - 0 means "OFF" / 1 means "ON" (This allows for the user to have a cel shading line on the shader) outlinethickness - Thickness of outline outlineColor - Color of outline ink

 

MY STRUGGLES:

I first had difficulty getting the illumination to work with my tapering for the lines. I eventually learned that I needed to change my math to get it to work properly.

When I worked with illumination as a key attribute, I did not take into account that lines or the dots would move so differently. I want to eventally go back and change this effect to not look like tv noise.

Attached is a video to demonstrate my problem.

SOURCE CODE:

Toon Shading

SW- Escher Shader