Fondant Character Tools

Welcome to the Fondant Character Tools documentation. This collection of Blender addons provides tools to enhance stylized character creation workflows.

Available Tools

Custom Normals Addon

Laplacian Smooth Normals

• High-quality normal calculation for any mesh topology
• Get quad-like shading on non-quad meshes
• Topology-independent normal smoothing

Face Proxy Normals (New in v2.0.0)

• Rigged bezier curve system for stylized face normals
• Intuitive bone-based control of normal directions
• Shape key integration for expressions
• Automatic boundary masking

Features

• Easy management through a dedicated UI panel
• Non-destructive workflow with real-time preview
• Integration between both normal systems

Start here:

• Installation Guide - Download and install the addon
• Laplacian Smooth Usage Guide - Learn the basics in minutes
• Face Proxy Usage Guide - New curve-based workflow

About Fondant

Fondant is building authoring tools and a realtime engine for artists and developers working with stylized 3D characters. Our focus is on creating efficient workflows that tackle common challenges in stylized character creation and rendering pipelines.

We are enabling illustration-style rendering in real-time engines, and building a set of tools to help artists create stylized characters faster and easier.