A screenshot of a curved portion of a smooth mesh rendered with `MeshNormalMaterial` in Three.JS. There are notable shading artifacts along the curve which show up as trianglular discontinuities in the coloration.

A screenshot of a curved portion of a smooth mesh rendered with `MeshNormalMaterial` in Three.JS. There are still some minor shading artifacts along the curve, but they're very significantly reduced and appear more as subtle smudges rather than sharp discontinuities.