Rei
360° procedural Stylized Sky World in one click
Making a stylized sky for 3D scenes usually takes heavy node tweaking and volumetrics, or painting a full 360° sky in detail for hours. I combined the complex technical side with the subtle artistic side and made it an addon, so you don't have to go through that anymore!
Stylized Sky World Generator is a fully procedural sky, cloud and sun system built entirely in Blender's World Shader, designed for NPR and stylized work (anime, cartoon, painterly, semi-realistic…), whether you need a sky behind an animated shot, a base to paint over, or an environment image baked out for a game engine. One click gets you a finished stylized sky. Everything after that is yours to art-direct.
Works in both Eevee and Cycles, from Blender 4.2 to the latest.
Entire Sky Instantly
Download, drag-and-drop in Blender, one-button click, done. You're ready to make the sky of your dreams!
Start from there or, with the Preset Pack, from one of the 12 presets (including 9 full sky presets and 3 clouds style presets). Use them as starting points and push them wherever you want.
Multiple cloud layers (cumulus, altocumulus, cirrus, cumulus horizon) are available for you to toggle independently. Each one moves at different speed to add a sense of depth to the scene.
Take Full Artistic Control
Choose to color your scene with the "Time of Day" input using semi-realistic hand-picked color palettes…
… or take full control and customize any color you see: from the sky gradient to lights and shadows of each cloud.
Then, shape your sky to fit the mood you need for your scene.
Finally, place your sun/moon and light your scene. A Sun Light is automatically created and synced to the shader's sun position and color.
Make Dramatic Transitions
In need of something more dynamic? Every input is animatable simply by adding animation keys. You can then create stylized timelapses, transitions from day to night, or to entirely different moods.
Bake it!
Background Artists: Paint over, and bring it back
An automated Bake function is included. Export your sky in different layers (each clouds layer separated) to facilitate retouches, and paint over it as a base in any software. Then using the other function "Switch to Texture", bring back your hand-painted sky in Blender.
Export to Game Engines
With the same Bake function, select your resolution, file path and hit "Bake" to export your custom sky as a 360° Environment Image (similar to HDRI).
For Beginners to Art Directors
Three different modes of control available: from the quick and easy "Smart" mode (only straightforward inputs) to complete control in "Full" mode (the total 133 inputs), and a balanced middle ground "Custom" mode.
Extra Content
The Preset Pack also includes the 9 full sky presets pre-exported as Environment Texture/HDRI (2K to 16K, including separated layers) ready-to-use as is or as a base to paint over.
The addon was made by prioritizing user-friendliness without sacrificing creative control. But for those still exploring the depths of 3D art, a comprehensive User Guide is included with detailed explanations as well as common problems and their solutions.
I trust that this Stylized Sky World Generator will prove invaluable for crafting your ideal stylized background and push your scene an extra step further. Feel free to share your creations with me, I'd love to see them!
Also, your feedback is crucial to make this tool and future ones better, so if you have any questions or feedback, don't hesitate to reach out to me :
