Materials and Shaders for Avatars

The standard shader is not tailored to work on hard surfaces, not features that are found on many character models such as skin, hair, eyes or cloth. If you are going for a photorealistic style, it is best to seek out more specialized PBR shaders to suit your needs.

VRChat’s shaders, mainly Standard Lite and Toon lit, are required for use on Quest Avatars. Outside of this use case they should generally be avoided.

Two of the most popular and versatile toon shaders for avatars are Poiyomi's and Silent's.

Poiyomi has many features and has an extensive video documentation.

Silent's also has many features and a written documentation.

You can try out both for yourself and see which one you prefer.