Toon Shading in Blender is now possible through eevee, Blender´s real-time engine. That means we will not have to wait to see a full frame to be completed, it renders instantly.During July many great things were celebrated, but specially the brand new Blender Grease pencil branch version 2.8 along with the Blender main branch alpha version; and if you´re a subscriber you know the previous Grease Pencil series we´ve developed in our youtube channel.

In no particular order the surprises on this month´s were amazing:

Lots of birthdays

Independence days

2.8 Grease pencil´s new mirror modifier

2.8 Blender main branch BSDF principled hair shader

2.8 Grease Pencil recent updated branch at graphicall.org

And lots of great other great features… but, don´t take my word for it. Check the following amazing quick-clip overview.

This is how the Schiller tips are really intended to be to inspire you:

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*** UPDATE AUGUST 1 ***

Grease pencil is officialy release bundled into Blender 2.8 alpha. Here´s a quick glance of what you can see once you get today´s compile:

4 months ago the integration of Grease Pencil in Blender caught my attention. I did a series of videos which you have probably seen on youtube on how to setup the workspace, the tools you can work with and how you can produce results (renders) with it using effects and modifiers. All though those versions were separated from Blender, from a separated Grease Pencil branch (this is mentioned in all of those videos) we could already foresee to where all was coming to: A great unification from the 2D and 3D world.

All of Blender tools working together in a sensational combination!

And the top video on this page, where you see the anime robot: This “main merge on the Grease Pencil project” is what I have been preparing for since it´s the official Blender 2.8 Grease Pencil branch release back in march; and we´re so happy for these news today August 1.

Let the tutorials roll!

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