Pastel Shader

🎮 Check out the live web demo here

🎁 Bundle Deal: This package is included in the Neko Legends - 3D & VFX Starter Bundle.

The Pastel Shader is a more stylized and fine-grained effect than my Painterly Shader, offering greater control over stroke style and surface texture. However, it's less forgiving—your 3D models must have clean UVs.

To help you see the importance of clean UV maps, I've included an example scene (Demo_SeamDebug) that shows the difference between well-made and poorly made UVs when using this shader. The accompanying SeamDebug shader is included in the Shared Assets folder as a utility.

✨ Features – Neko Legends / Pastel Shader 🎨

🎨 Stylized Pastel Look

Transforms any texture into a soft, hand-painted pastel aesthetic in real time.

🖼️ Custom Canvas Effects

Works on any model or material—great for creating painted, dreamy surfaces.

🖌️ Mask Support

Use a mask texture to control exactly where the effect appears.

🌫️ Noise-Based Distortion

Adds subtle softness using grayscale noise textures for natural brushy distortion.

🔄 Dynamic Controls

Adjust saturation, brightness, and contrast directly from the material.

🌪️ Rotation & Angle Tweaks

Control distortion angle and noise rotation for a personalized painting style.

🔁 Invert Noise Option

Flip the grayscale noise to vary your pastel stroke pattern.

🧵 Seam Blending (Hidden Debug)

Hidden edge detection controls allow for advanced blending at UV seams.

🎛️ Tweakable Strength

Fine-tune the pastel strength to balance clarity and softness.

⚡ Real-Time Performance

Optimized for real-time rendering on URP with minimal performance cost.

🖼️ 22 Unique Canvas Surfaces

Includes a collection of canvas-style base textures for instant variety and inspiration.

🏺 Bonus 3D Vase Model

A beautifully crafted vase model with 13 texture variations, perfect for showcasing the shader.

📦 Dependencies

To experience this asset as intended as shown in the video and web demos, you’ll need the following assets from the Neko Legends collection:

✅ [Shared Assets URP (FREE)]

• Contains core demo GUI, reusable scripts, and shared 3D models and textures across all Neko Legends assets. The SeamDebug scene also relies on the shader provided in this package.

✅ [Neko Legends - Anime Cel Shader] is not required for this shader to work, but it is used in the Shared Assets URP scenes. Without it, materials in those scenes will appear pink, which would cause this asset submission to fail.

🎵 Music is included in this scene.