Overview

It's the official RenderMan Shader Swatch!

This hip new version features improved topology, UVs, and more look development options than ever before, including glasses, cloth, liquids, fur, hair, and volumes...and with three lighting setups, it's easier than ever to get creative when building your materials.

The Official RenderMan Shader Swatch is available as a Maya or Blender project and in Alembic format to get started in your favorite Bridge Product.

Main

Solid Teapot
22cm (average length of human head)
Macbeth charts and spheres
Floor grid for refractive surfaces

Liquids

Hollow Teapot with Intersect Priority
Calm liquid with Garnish
Splash liquid
Splash liquid with foam

Cloth

Draped cloth
Cloth fuzz
Single sided

Volumes

It's a cloud teapot!
Embergen
VDB files

Hair

Type 1 hair - Straight
Type 2 hair - Wavy
Type 3 hair - Curly
Type 4 hair - Coily

Fur

Dry Fur
Wet Fur
Xgen IGS Alembic

About the Artists

The RenderMan Walking Teapot is the creation of Pixar artist Dylan Sisson.

The improvements in this version of the RenderMan Swatch have been made by Pixar artist Leif Pedersen.

Dylan Sisson

Dylan Sisson is a digital artist with over 25 years of experience in VFX and animation. Dylan is an illustrator, painter, and sculptor, who is actively exploring emerging media in VR and 3D printing. His artwork and animation has been shown around the world.

Leif Pedersen

Leif is a RenderMan specialist and CG Generalist at Pixar’s RenderMan team, where he loves to showcase some of the most artistic and technical aspects of the renderer.

Copyright

The Official RenderMan Swatch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This allows you to share freely as long as you credit the original authors.

Changelog

05/31/2022 - Blender version available! Thanks to artist Dario Morittu
08/28/2023 - Katana version available! Thanks to artist Valentin Nicolini