History Main / PaintedCGI

** ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTalesOfTheJedi Tales of the Jedi]]'' all use textures designed with digital brushes that replicate the look and grain of hand-drawn and hand-painted art, giving the show a general oil painting-style appearance.

* ''WebAnimation/BidoofsBigStand'' uses flat colors on both the characters and the effects, similar to ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' to give a hand-painted feel.

* ''VideoGame/FatalFuryCityOfTheWolves'' uses 3D models like SNK's newest games at the time, such as ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown2019''. As displayed in its first gameplay teaser, everything has a filter applied giving the impression of an inked illustration, similar to SNK artist Creator/{{Shinkiro}}'s signature style.

* In most Creator/StudioGhibli films, [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects 3D CGI]] assets are usually given hand-painted textures to better blend in with the 2D backgrounds. Said textures are usually not painted digitally and were painted on paper before being scanned on computers to be mapped as textures for 3D models.

* An interesting example InUniverse in ''Literature/{{Remnants}}''-- the characters travel through a huge [[{{Hologram}} holographic]] world based on the famous painting of the Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder. The 3D holographic world looks like a painting, down to the landscape having brush-strokes and the water looking more like shifting paint than water.

* An interesting example InUniverse in ''Litereature/{{Remnants}}-- the characters travel through a huge [[{{Hologram}} holographic]] world based on the famous painting of the Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder. The 3D holographic world looks like a painting, down to the landscape having brush-strokes and the water looking more like shifting paint than water.

* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSuits Suits,]] [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsBlindSpot Blind Spot]] and [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheTallGrass The Tall Grass]] are animated in this style. Blind Spot even features some rat-like creatures that are entirely hand drawn animated.

* Flat special effects like motion lines, drawn particle effects, or {{Written Sound Effect}}s.

* Adding outlines to characters, making them look more like drawings.
* Flat special effects such as motion lines, drawn particles, or {{Written Sound Effect}}s.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'': The film uses four separate art-styles; 3-D props and character models that use {{Cheated Angle}}s to follow 2-D animation conventions and to keep everyone as close to their designs from the strip as they can be. 2-D effects are used when someone shouts, blushes, falls over, or just with Pigpen' dust mites ([[ThePigPen for obvious reasons]]). There are several 2-D black and white {{ImagineSpot}}s that replicate the strips' art style at numerous points too, and it all takes place in a world with realistic backgrounds and lighting. It is also largely animated on two's to match the classic TV specials (and it released at a time when this was ''unusual'' for films to do so); In fact, ''The Peanuts Movie'' is often considered one of the first theatrical film releases to use PaintedCGI to make deliberate contrasting use of two or more art-styles for effect.

* Deliberately distorted character models, so their silhouettes and features more resemble 2D figures, along with the use of techniques like Cheated Angle or smear-framing to preserve the posing and movement style of the same.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'': In trying to translate the Peanuts characters to CG, the animators avoided using fully 3-D models as they couldn't match the look of Schulz's drawings, so instead they liberally used models with {{Cheated Angle}}s so that everyone is as accurate to the strip as they can be. The film is also largely animated on two's to match the classic TV specials, and hand-drawn effects and linework were also added onto the models and particles (like with Pigpen [[ThePigPen for obvious reasons]]). In fact, it's often considered one of the ''first'' modern theatrical releases to use PaintedCGI, with other films in this folder would later iterate upon.

* Flat colors or CelShading, common in {{Anime}} or {{Animesque}} versions.
* Shading or texturing techniques that resemble brush strokes or similar on surfaces, giving the impression of a moving painting.

* Flat special effects such as motion lines, drawn smoke, or {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* Stylized coloring and highlight techniques, like BlushStickers or crosshatching.
* Deliberately distorted character models so their silhouettes or features more resemble 2D figures, along with the use of techniques like CheatedAngle and smear-framing to preserve the posing and movement style of the same.
* A lower frame rate; 3D animated films and shows are usually animated on 1s (i.e., a new "drawing" every frame), but a lot of these works will have character movement and other elements animated on 2s (new drawing every two frames) or more, to make the movement have a flow and impact closer to traditional 2D animation (the money saved by doing this is a nice bonus).

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'': In trying to translate the Peanuts characters to CG, the animators avoid using fully 3-D models as they couldn't match the look of Schulz's drawings, so instead they liberally used models with CheatedAngles so that everyone is as accurate to the strip as they can be. The film is also largely animated on two's to match the classic TV specials, and hand-drawn effects and linework were also added onto the models and particles (like with Pigpen [[ThePigPen for obvious reasons]]). In fact, it's often considered one of the ''first'' modern theatrical releases to use PaintedCGI, which other films would later iterate upon.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'': In trying to translate the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' characters into CG, the filmmakers found that fully three-dimensional models couldn't match the look of Schultz's drawings exactly, so they settled for using models with {{Cheated Angle}}s. They also animated the figures on twos to match the animation of the classic TV specials, along with hand-drawn effects and linework on the models.

* Flat colors or CelShading, common in {{Animesque}} versions.