Shader (or post work) to look like a drawing?

ZentropyMedia

So... wow, been gone a while (10 years maybe), looks like a lot has changed. Seems like V3, M3, A3, etc aren't the big thing any more. What I would like to accomplish is renders (or renders with post work) that look like black & white drawings. Are there any sharers that are capable of this? Or post work techniques? Seems like someone had some Photoshop actions back in the day. Anyone that can nudge me in the right direction would be appreciated. Bonus points for including a pic or two of the results you're able to get. This would help me out tons. Commercial products welcome, I don't mind throwing some money at this to get the right results. Thanks in advance to anyone that can put me onto the right track. -Zentropy (Yeah, it's a new account, I don't even remember my old user name, luckily I have my old Runtimes reduntantly backed up)

Richard Haseltine

Something like https://www.daz3d.com/skunkville-noir ?

ZentropyMedia

Richard Haseltine said:

Something like https://www.daz3d.com/skunkville-noir ?

That looks alright but doesn't seem as the technology has advanced much in this area. That one also seems to have a bit of a fixation on halftone, which is great if you need it, but I don't. The Sketchy for iray looks interesting, but even that for as fun as the results look would still require post work for what I have in mind.

mindsong

line render 9000, and and freebie geoshell shader from the visual-style shaders and manga-style shaders package creator released/shared will help get some good outlines. search for 'NPR' renders for some great leads/tips/technique threads. pwtoon and daz native toon shaders might be of interest as well.

fwiw, these all only work with the 3delight render engine, not the newer iray renderer.

welcome back!

hope this helps!

--ms