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How to make anime cartoons

Inspiration

Looks great, great colors, composition, and overall anime feel. Inspirational.

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Geometrynodes blast

Geometry Nodes Dust Trail (gumroad.com)  Uses blender 3.0

I made a page of nothing but cel shading type tutorials here.

Beginner

 

 

He goes over some of the ideas he had about making models specifically for anime. He has a really good, informative youtube channel about anime in blender.

Intermediate

Fire effects anime style

Nice anime looking cloudes, using procedural shaders.

 

Pierrick Picaut has a product called Alive, and looks promising.  His tutorials would give you all the information to make your own anime. (paid) You can find his courses here.

 

 

 

Advanced

Late as usual on Twitter: "geometry nodes https://t.co/fc4wHcbjTO" / Twitter

Geometry Nodes Yutapon Cubes (gumroad.com)

 

He has some great tips on what makes an anime look anime.  Specifically, animating on the 2s. Meaning every other frame.  (didn't know that)  He gives you an idea of what what's it's like as an animator.