Breakdown: Spidey’s Vintage Comic Suit Shader

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ArtStation is all about Spider-Man’ art dump, so you have a chance to study the team’s work in details.

ArtStation is all about Spider-Man’ art dump, so you have a chance to study the team’s work in details. One of the coolest things shared is a quick breakdown of Vintage Comic Suit Shader from the J Tuason’s page.

We have to admit that it’s actually our favorite skin for Peter, so we were really happy to see the artist’s post. The skin is all about this vintage comic look that makes you feel like you’re holding Amazing Fantasy #15.

So, what is the process behind this cool look? Here it goes:

Base color > Vertical gradient (to add depth) > Color adjustment (since reverse tone-mapping loses color) > Screentone > Reverse tonemapping > (Shading) N dot L > Hatching map > Shading applied to hatching > Fresnel for “bounced light” (see: old comics) > Mask out shadows from red > Final

And here are some details on the team: