Gabriel GAB Fonseca
@gabrielgabfonseca.bsky.social
Astronomy Undergrad (UFRJ) ⬢ Producer & Science Advisor for The Sojourn Audiodrama ⬢ Retired Minerva Rockets/Sats ⬢ Occasional writer-of-things
He/Him ('They' in a pinch)
Blog: https://orangehexahedra.blogspot.com/
He/Him ('They' in a pinch)
Blog: https://orangehexahedra.blogspot.com/
Love this thing, but alas, it sports lacklustre performance in-game
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Love this thing, but alas, it sports lacklustre performance in-game
Reposted by Gabriel GAB Fonseca
Every artist eventually draws a dude with a staff overlooking a landscape.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every artist eventually draws a dude with a staff overlooking a landscape.
I've snooped around a bit more, and this guy has a simpler setup that could maybe get the results you want:
youtu.be/7iaMv5ho_OY
youtu.be/7iaMv5ho_OY
Basic toon anime shader with Image Textures - Blender NPR
YouTube video by Ibrahim 3D
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I've snooped around a bit more, and this guy has a simpler setup that could maybe get the results you want:
youtu.be/7iaMv5ho_OY
youtu.be/7iaMv5ho_OY
Giving this some extra thought: you might want to combine the above technique with your painted textures. Between the colour ramp and the output node, I'd add a Mix Colour node set to multiply; into one knob would go the texture map, on the other the shader setup.
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Giving this some extra thought: you might want to combine the above technique with your painted textures. Between the colour ramp and the output node, I'd add a Mix Colour node set to multiply; into one knob would go the texture map, on the other the shader setup.
Hmmmm.
I wonder if using a toon-like shader would allow you have the softness of the unlit version whilst also having it react to light?
Stuff like this: youtu.be/My56vAOr77k
I wonder if using a toon-like shader would allow you have the softness of the unlit version whilst also having it react to light?
Stuff like this: youtu.be/My56vAOr77k
Proper Toon Shader in Cycles, Blender (multiple colors, sharp boundaries, no side effects)
YouTube video by Aldo's log
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hmmmm.
I wonder if using a toon-like shader would allow you have the softness of the unlit version whilst also having it react to light?
Stuff like this: youtu.be/My56vAOr77k
I wonder if using a toon-like shader would allow you have the softness of the unlit version whilst also having it react to light?
Stuff like this: youtu.be/My56vAOr77k
Scorp, it is no exaggeration to say this is one of the best designs I've ever seen. Absolutely nailed the TMP look while doing something wholly new.
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Scorp, it is no exaggeration to say this is one of the best designs I've ever seen. Absolutely nailed the TMP look while doing something wholly new.
I rather like the mental image of Pundus' avatar just opening his mouth like a Pez Dispenser, rummaging inside with cartoon rattling sound effects, and just producing entire starships somehow.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I rather like the mental image of Pundus' avatar just opening his mouth like a Pez Dispenser, rummaging inside with cartoon rattling sound effects, and just producing entire starships somehow.
Alex, dude, not cool inciting self-harm like this, man...
[Obs.: Joke(?)]
[Obs.: Joke(?)]
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Alex, dude, not cool inciting self-harm like this, man...
[Obs.: Joke(?)]
[Obs.: Joke(?)]
It is a work of art, that's what it is
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It is a work of art, that's what it is
Seconded, it's just a fantastically well-put together game, irrespective of IP.
It's borderline criminal they are being forced to take it down.
It's borderline criminal they are being forced to take it down.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Seconded, it's just a fantastically well-put together game, irrespective of IP.
It's borderline criminal they are being forced to take it down.
It's borderline criminal they are being forced to take it down.
Elite: Dangerous being so high on your list comes as a (positive) surprise to me!
Hope I can someday stumble into you out there in the black 😁
Hope I can someday stumble into you out there in the black 😁
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Elite: Dangerous being so high on your list comes as a (positive) surprise to me!
Hope I can someday stumble into you out there in the black 😁
Hope I can someday stumble into you out there in the black 😁
Blink twice if you are being held hostage
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Blink twice if you are being held hostage
Have them in millimetre-sized spheres in canisters, and maybe, just maybe, we can have Traveller's Sandcasters...
... probably not, but one sure can hope!
... probably not, but one sure can hope!
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Have them in millimetre-sized spheres in canisters, and maybe, just maybe, we can have Traveller's Sandcasters...
... probably not, but one sure can hope!
... probably not, but one sure can hope!
Fun Fact: this is arguably the most prominent ship design so far not designed by me, but rather by our very talented @ethanleroith.com.
He'd been doing many "background" ship designs already, but this is the first "big name" ship he designed, and he nailed the assignment!
He'd been doing many "background" ship designs already, but this is the first "big name" ship he designed, and he nailed the assignment!
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Fun Fact: this is arguably the most prominent ship design so far not designed by me, but rather by our very talented @ethanleroith.com.
He'd been doing many "background" ship designs already, but this is the first "big name" ship he designed, and he nailed the assignment!
He'd been doing many "background" ship designs already, but this is the first "big name" ship he designed, and he nailed the assignment!
Not to mention authorial intent by the modeller was for it to he a smaller ship.
And besides, we have enough enormous ships already – where are all the patrol boats, picket ships, shore protection vessels?
Small ships deserve love too!
And besides, we have enough enormous ships already – where are all the patrol boats, picket ships, shore protection vessels?
Small ships deserve love too!
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not to mention authorial intent by the modeller was for it to he a smaller ship.
And besides, we have enough enormous ships already – where are all the patrol boats, picket ships, shore protection vessels?
Small ships deserve love too!
And besides, we have enough enormous ships already – where are all the patrol boats, picket ships, shore protection vessels?
Small ships deserve love too!
Bridge and rollbar, hands-down.
The Nacelles aren't even actual Excelsior nacelles; they're two excelsior nacelle *undersides* glued to make a single nacelle.
Easier to accept a different nacelle type than gargantuan windows/docking ports/torpedo launchers.
The Nacelles aren't even actual Excelsior nacelles; they're two excelsior nacelle *undersides* glued to make a single nacelle.
Easier to accept a different nacelle type than gargantuan windows/docking ports/torpedo launchers.
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Bridge and rollbar, hands-down.
The Nacelles aren't even actual Excelsior nacelles; they're two excelsior nacelle *undersides* glued to make a single nacelle.
Easier to accept a different nacelle type than gargantuan windows/docking ports/torpedo launchers.
The Nacelles aren't even actual Excelsior nacelles; they're two excelsior nacelle *undersides* glued to make a single nacelle.
Easier to accept a different nacelle type than gargantuan windows/docking ports/torpedo launchers.