Maya has nice toon shading, but, as you say, the pricetag would keep you away from it. Another thing to consider is that Maya has a very steep learning curve.

I haven't tested Poser 6 toon shader yet, mostly because I am not much into toon shading, so I can't say anything about it.

As far as I know, A Scanner Darkly was filmed and then SOMEHOW turned into toons... I shall try to figure out how to do that some day, lol.

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