--- title: Texturing a Toxic Canon Inspired by the Arcane-Style description: Texture artist Arkady Nabirenkov shares his workflow for creating a game-ready Arcane-inspired weapon asset called the Toxic Canon. He explains how he studied... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/texturing-a-toxic-canon-inspired-by-the-arcane-style-1wdymplfj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Texturing a Toxic Canon Inspired by the Arcane-Style | daily.dev og:description: Texture artist Arkady Nabirenkov shares his workflow for creating a game-ready Arcane-inspired weapon asset called the Toxic Canon. He explains how he studied... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/texturing-a-toxic-canon-inspired-by-the-arcane-style-1wdymplfj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1WDyMplfj.png og:image:alt: Texturing a Toxic Canon Inspired by the Arcane-Style og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Texturing a Toxic Canon Inspired by the Arcane-Style **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Texture artist Arkady Nabirenkov shares his workflow for creating a game-ready Arcane-inspired weapon asset called the Toxic Canon. He explains how he studied Arcane frame by frame to understand its distinctive visual style, then replicated it within a real-time game production pipeline using Blender and Substance 3D Painter. The key insight is that the Diffuse map is the foundation of the entire Arcane look — it drives not only color but also the Roughness and Height maps, creating a cohesive hand-painted aesthetic efficiently. He details his masking-based painting workflow, UV straightening tips, bevel painting, and a custom shader in Blender that balances PBR shading with an unlit contribution to mimic the show's signature lighting. The full asset was produced in under five working days, with extensive reference study done beforehand. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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