# How to Create Stylized Toon Shading in 3D (https://academy.spline.design/collections/materials-shading-that-look-good/how-to-create-stylized-toon-shading-in-3d)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 4 min 16 s
- Published: 2022-07-07
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg
- Part of: [Materials & Shading That Look Good](https://academy.spline.design/collections/materials-shading-that-look-good.md)

## About this tutorial

Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create stylized toon shading or lighting using the Toon layer in Spline. You'll also learn how to combine this with the Outline layer to create a mecha/anime scene.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg&t=0s) Introduction
- [0:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg&t=30s) Creating the base 3 colors
- [2:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg&t=147s) Adding noise
- [2:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg&t=164s) Exploring other options
- [3:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tq9R2zQxYg&t=199s) Adding the outline layers

## Related documentation

- [Toon Layer](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/toon-layer)