3D Artist Krysidian is seemingly developing a new tool that may be of interest to NPR artists. No compositor is involved: the shader-based system is designed for fake, customizable lighting that responds to real light color and intensity.

Krysidian wants to keep it highly flexible, with support for both Cycles and Eevee.

Currently, the setup is limited to 10 point lights and 10 sun lights. More information is expected soon, so follow Krysidian on X/Twitter for updates.

Krysidian previously released a free and very customizable rig of Hornet from Hollow Knight:

Pixar-inspired SMIRK is another free Blender tool from Krysidian that helps artists create expressive "detached" facial features:

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