YYZ Halftone Shader for Maya (Arnold & MaterialX)

Procedural Halftone Shader for Maya / Arnold that creates the comic book halftone effect in 3D made popular by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

Features:
- Halftone Pattern effects in the Highlights / Halftones / Midtones
- 2 Hatching effects in the Shadows
- Toon shader tonemaps
- Rim Light & Rim Tone effects
- 12 AOVs for complete control Compositing in Nuke
- Custom MaterialX / LookdevX Nodegraph Settings Menus
- Bonus Included: My ORIGINAL halftone shader I made back in 2019 for Maya Hypershade!

Includes:
- YYZ Shader (.MTLX files), Basic Variant (light weight), 3 Presets (Skin / Sunburst / Noir)
- Simple Maya (.ma) shader preview scene
- Bomber Jacket 3D model for Shader Testing
- Shader Manual
- Ongoing Development

Requirements:
- Requires the most recent version of LookdevX (Maya 2026.3)
- Built in Maya 2026.3 and the latest version of Arnold (MtoA 5.5.5 - Nov 11, 2025)
- Good CPU recommended (I am using a i9-9900K from 2018, ideally nothing less)

Please be aware this is a CPU shader which means you cannot use GPU to preview in the viewport (this is a limitation of how to achieve these effects). It uses a combination of MaterialX and Arnold nodes inside of LookdevX, so while in theory one day this material can be used in multiple applications one day, this build is currently NOT software agnostic and is primarily meant to be used in Autodesk Maya.

This is a LIVE asset and I will be continuing to provide updates as MaterialX integration develops with LookdevX and other applications.