Gaku Tada's latest Deep Paint scene created in Blender looks like a children's book illustration brought to life, and it's a reminder that distinctive artistic style matters more than ever.
For decades, 3D artists have been told that realism is the goal. Better lighting, materials, simulations, and ray tracing are the message we hear with every new release of Blender, Maya or Unreal Engine; it seems to promise another step towards renders that could be mistaken for photographs, renders people can't believe aren't real. It's impressive, sure, but it's also become a little predictable.
