Tool to blend the shadow images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvzZ...

1. AnimeXD's version + tool DL link:    • Shader facial anime Genshin Impact in...  

2. Nhij Quang's version (contains node explanation and alternate shadow blending method if you don't want to download the tool):    • Blender Anime Face Texture Shadow ENG...  

This is imo the best middle-ground way to achieve clean face shadows on anime style characters. Instead of using actual shadows, we are using a texture shadow map which we draw by hand (meaning we can fully customize the way we want the shadow to look, even at different angles). This is easier than editing normals, but obviously not as flexible in terms of angles and exportability.

0:00 - Introduction, pros, cons, important info

1:05 - Tutorial starts

1:45 - Prepare the shadow guidelines
2:35 - Draw the shadow guidelines
4:35 - Creating the 7 shadow images in Photoshop

7:58 - Nodes
8:20 - Node sheet only
8:25 - Nodes manual setup

14:54 - Bonus: Detail layer

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