I am always been a anima fan ever since I was a kid，from a list of great animated directors，Makoto Niitsu has a unique style which stands him out. I am really into his work and appreciate the way how he tells the story. I always wanna try Cartoon shading in Cinema4D，and this unit provides me with the opportunity.I tried to remake one of the scenes from Makoto Niitsu’s best work “Your name”，It was quite fun to created a 2D animated scene in a 3D software.
I made the shape of the scene first，I’ve learnt from a friend how to speed up the workflow when it comes to the big scene，find resources online，and redesign them into something you want，texture it，and most importantly is the lightening.
For Cartoon shading，the difference between photo real render and 2D Cartoon shading are the textures.A bunch of great directors had used Cartoon shading in their work.For instance,Spirit：StallionoftheCimarron, Lion King,Prince of Egypt, Spiderman:In to the Spider-verse and a few to be named. This unique style somehow gives the audience another taste of animation.
2D Cartoon shading settings take both high diffuse&shadow volumes,so the contracts could be strong enough to illustrates the structures.More, you’ll have to use photoshop or procreate to make the details more real,like the dirts and stains on the railway ,the shadow on the leaves etc.