Need the look of constant shading - How?

[KeeWe]

Hi guys,

Maybe Someone here can help me out. We are starting a new project going in a handpainted/cartoon/simple shading look. Therefore I need the look of "constant shading" from the viewport, like you can see in the attached pciture 1.

I can almsot 100% mimic the effect by simple using a texture emission node with surface brightness on and a value of 1 or 2. Disabling all the shadow options helps as well. The problem is: it influences the shadows on this objects of course.
See picture 2 where the look is right and picture 3 where the shadow is right. I would need a combination of those two.

Does anybody have an idea how to achieve it in octane? The last picture shows again what I need (right) and what I get (left)

I already searched online but couldn't find anything... maybe ther is an OSL script for that?

Thanks and all the best.

Edit: the order of the pictures is reversed.

[Tim_Twisted]

Would a diffuse aov multiplied with shadows work? Otherwise I would disable all the bounces, and try to mix an illuminated leaf material with a diffuse leaf material to catch the shadows.

[bepeg4d]

What about using a Toon material with 0 line thickness?

You need to add a Toon Directional light as a child of the DayLight Environment.

ciao,
Beppe

[KeeWe]

Thought of this as well but you still get shadows of the leaves itself. By using emission you can almost get completely rid of them, but other shadows as well.

@Tim_Twisted

yep, shadow AOV will probably be the way the go. I just hope the latest fix really works.