Style is a function of visual language. This is the signs used to convey the message. In order to change your style you change the signs you are using. While the DOTA style guide is very thorough it doesn't really cover the actual style of the characters. This is assumed to be understood purely from looking at the existing…
Drawing and 3d can be thought of on a few ways, but in terms of illustration and 3d i think the best way to think about it is an optical illusion to stimulate parts of the brain to trick the brain into seeing certain things. Most styles are exploits of the optical illusions that the brain uses to make sense of the world.…
I'm not claiming to be the best or anything like that. I'm only stating a preference I feel comfortable with. I'm not asking anyone to follow it. For example, originally I wanted to make a thread discussing the rise of chromatic aberration in people's art. But I figured if someone wants to use chromatic aberration, that's…
there's a distinction to be made with 'style' because it means different things in different contexts. For example, for one project I might do realism and another I might do cartoony - these are both STYLES, and both /in/ my STYLE. So we have two things that use the same word here. So for me, I prefer to think of my…
CA is apart of photography, I wont attempt to deny that. However, I don't see CA being "desirable" in photorealism. It's actually something photographers attempt to remove from their photos as opposed to keeping it. You can also tell the difference between a photo shot with a top of the line DSLR vs a very cheap $100…