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TheAdorableOshawott — Adeleine! (Diffuse vs. Principled)
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Published: 2018-11-05 00:41:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 6129; Favourites: 150; Downloads: 8
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FruitMage (AKA Fruib) gave me some tips to improve my renders and one of those tips was using another kind of shader in the Kirby Star Allies textures.So, I'm uploading a comparison render to see the difference and I must say, it looks better than I expected. If you wanna see the difference:
The one in the left is the render I made a few months ago, with a Diffuse BSDF and normal mapping. On the other hand, the one in the right is the new version, with a Principled BSDF, MRA textures and normal mapping. The one in the right looks pretty much as if it's right out of the game, and the detail is more noticeable; so I'll try to use this kind of shaders on my future Kirby renders.
The main reason it looks like that now is because I finally updated my version of Blender from 2.78c to 2.79b (because my now dead GPU wasn't supported in the newest version), and it brought this new shader which really improves how the textures look.
So, which one do you like? Tell me in the comments!
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Honestly, the Principled one looks like a render for SSBU.
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the render on the right looks like shes from an actual Kirby game or could fit in one!
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That's the same thing I was thinking!
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Okie. I've seen that everyone likes the one on the right.
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The newer one does look more like the render from the game; amazing work as always my friend!
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After some modifications to her texture's setup, and a helping hand, I managed to make those models look like they're straight from the game, and I absolutely love it!
Thank you, mah d00d!
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Well the collab was a success!
And you're welcome!
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Principled is actually pretty cool and useful because it's a shader that pretty much compiles most of the other shaders in one simple node. Although it still lacks a couple of functions that require a bit more complex node setups, like real fresnel, but for the most part Principled can be used alone to get really good simple results <3
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I kept using Diffuse shaders on my renders since they did the work well and I had no issues with them. But I got tips from someone who actually recommended me to use Principled shaders instead, at least with the Kirby Star Allies renders, due to the fact that they have MRA textures which have different functions.
I still have to learn a lot about Blender, I probably have been using it for 3 years but I'm not an expert yet. c':
Also, thanks for commenting!
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I love the right one so much
it looks so bright and happy!
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Yee, I'm starting to like the one in the right too.
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Like
The socks and the shoes are the obvious biggest improvement imo
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Yee, I love how they shine. uwu
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Yeah, I liked that one too.
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