Artist Showcased Experimenting with Hand Painting in Maya & Substance 3D

Character Artist Mani Salguero shared this video showcasing his experimentation with a hand-painting technique in Maya and Substance 3D Painter.

The creator shows an appealing cartoony hand-painted effect that gives the impression that the character was sketched with a pencil. The artist clarified that the look wasn't achieved with a pencil shader. Instead, it's the result of hand painting combined with tweaking node parameters to craft the stylized appearance.

Before, Mani Salguero joined 80 Level to discuss how he made this amazing 3D model of Zuko from Avatar resemble a 2D picture using Maya and Substance 3D Painter and showed how he hand-painted the textures. 

Also, the artist shared a shader that lets you add a painterly look to your 3D models:

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