Simulating "Cell-Shading" in Java OpenGL

Talking about cell shading technique, 1st example in my mind is XIII (the pioneer 1st-person shooter who embedded this 3D technique in their game). Ever since then, cell-shading been over used in the new game titles. :P

Example of a 3D-skeleton using cell-shading technique ... (thick outline, cartoonish shading)

OK, so much of the idea ... thinking of simulating the same technique here in JOGL (OpenGL API for Java).

For this simple tutorial, instead of creating my own ... I borrowed this brilliant work from Nehe tutorial.

Grab a copy of this and download the JOGL latest release.

The good news is, I have compile it and successfully run it on my machine ... so just grab my working copy.

Copy all the "*.jar" files from the JOGL release folder to lib folder of "jogl_cellShading". Copy all the "*.dll" (for Windows) OR "*.so" (for Linux) files to "java.library.path".

If you are unsure where is your "java.library.path" pointing to ... uncomment following line in "../jogl_cellShading/src/Lesson37.java" to print it out.

//System.out.println("DEBUG =" + System.getProperty("java.library.path"));

sh> cd /home/root/docs/jogl_cellShading <return>

sh> ant run <return>

C:\> ant run <return>

Then you'll get the beautifully rendered model in cell-shading technique.