Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Realism vs. Stylization

The decision to put stylization over realism is mainly an aesthetic choice- the nature of comics and cartoons is to be economical, stereotyped renderings of reality. But it has also been a choice driven by considerations of time and money.
3D artists can make his or her cartoon creatioms look absolutely real, at least in the sense that they will project certain visual surface cues we expect from real objects.

For 3D toon animations, realism at any level is hardly a requirement.

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