Guy at a gallery told me my neon outlines looked like a coloring book

Some random dude at a local show in Portland said my character art looked unfinished because I didn't blend the edges. I asked him if he'd ever heard of cel shading, but he just walked off. Anyone else deal with people who think everything needs to look like an oil painting?

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brooke_taylor4418d ago

Ugh, that coloring book comment is SO annoying. People just hear "neon" and think "kids craft project." Cel shading is a legitimate style, it's not "unfinished" just because it doesn't have blended gradients. Some folks can't see past their own oil painting preferences. Let them stay boring.

beth_park18d ago

Cel shading hides mistakes though? Isn't that the whole point of blending to fix stuff?

felixm2918d ago

Saw a tech artist on Twitter last week breaking down how cel shading actually requires more precision with shapes since you can't hide mistakes in gradients. @brooke_taylor44 I'm with you on the coloring book thing, people hear "flat colors" and think it's lazy when really it's a different skill set. The whole "unfinished" take just shows they're judging from their own comfort zone instead of looking at what the style is actually doing.