History Main / PaintedCGI

* ''Anime/{{Beastars}}''[='=]s animation style consists of flat colors with outlines drawn over CGI models. It also incorporates other hand-drawn special effects, such as trailing colors, smoke, and painted-looking objects.
* A very strange example from ''Anime/ExArm'': The main characters and backgrounds are in [[CelShading Cel Shaded]] CGI with outlines drawn on, while minor characters are traditionally 2D animated. Many special effects are flat [=GIFs=] or drawn on after the fact, though the animation is so disjointed that it's hard to tell if this is a style or a SpecialEffectsFailure.
* ''Anime/LandOfTheLustrous'' uses flat colors, outlines and cel shading over 3D models, intended to look more like traditionally animated 2D anime. However, all the jewels and gem-like aspects are given fully rendered lighting and shine effects, which makes them stand out and look a bit more otherworldly.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure''[='=]s ''Pretty Cure All-Stars'' movies starting from ''Spring Carnival'' used stylized cel-shaded 3D models and rendered outlines to mimic the coloring of the show it spins off from. The anime had used animation of this style in some of the regular series' ending sequences, leading to it fully being embraced for the films.
* In most Creator/StudioGhibli films, [[2DVisuals3DEffects 3D CGI]] assets are usually given hand-painted textures to better blend in with the 2D backgrounds.
* The opening credits in the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood first]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency three]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders and]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean sixth]] parts of ''Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are done in cel-shaded low-framerate CGI with some 2D effects. Mostly averted as most of the actual anime is done in 2D [[2DVisuals3DEffects with some 3D visual effects]].

* The real-world sequences of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' are designed to have a painterly feel to the backgrounds, though the characters are rendered more conventionally.

* The tree surfing scenes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' are 3D with a painterly style. Possibly the UrExample, as the film was released in 1999 and said effect was intended to blend into the otherwise 2D-styled animation.

* ''Anime/LandOfTheLustrous'' uses flat colors, outlines and cel shading over 3D models, intended to look more like traditionally animated 2D anime. However, all the jewels and gem-like aspects are given fully rendered lighting and shine effects, which makes them stand out and look a bit more other-worldly.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': This show can be given the credit for inventing the idea of an entire CGI show that "looks" 2D, but isn't, disguising the 3D nature of it with a dark colour palette, a strong cel-shading system, heavy usage of shadows, and a low framerate. The only thing that really gives it away are the faces, and even those tend to be obfuscated in shadow to keep up the look.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The shading is done in a "painting-like" style, including sometimes visible brushstrokes, and many of the effects such as fire and magic have blocks of flat colors in them. Especially prominent in scenes with the wolf, which are also animated on twos.

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* ''Anime/{{Beastars}}'' is likewise flat colors with outlines drawn over CGI models. It also incorporates other hand-drawn special effects, such as trailing colors, smoke, and painted-looking objects.

* The tree surfing scenes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' are 3D with a painterly style. Possibly the UrExample, as it the film was released in 1999 and said effect was intended to blend into the otherwise 2D animated film.

* The tree surfing scenes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' are 3D with a painterly style. Possibly the UrExample, it was made in 1999 and was intended to blend into the otherwise 2D animated film.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]'' 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.

* WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem: The first look footage shows off the film's deliberately sketchy style, inspired by notebook doodling.

* VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine has sketched outlines on all of the models to give them a "classic cartoon" look.

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': The art style for the series includes cell-shaded characters and environments with a painted feel to give the show a look resembling that of the works of early American painters.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' also uses a similar 3D style with outlines drawn on top, as well as flat effects such as motion lines hand-drawn into scenes.

* Using a similar technique, the wildebeest stampede in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' was animated using Creator/{{Pixar}}'s Renderman computer graphics technology, but colored by hand with Pixar's [=CAPS=] technology, which was used by the rest of the film.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderverse'' is sometimes considered to have [[TropeCodifier kicked off the popularity]] of this style. In order to look more like a comic book, shading often uses effects such as screentone or stippling, and the 3D models have hand-drawn outlines to them to give a comic book feel, as well as the use of 2D effects and textures.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' used black outlines and textures with penciled-in lines to give the game a stylized ComicBook-esque look, but the lighting and shading were done realistically. ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', however, used a combination of real-time filter and specially crafted textures to give the in-game world and characters the ComicBook-esque look, but had the lighting and shading exempted from the filter -- this allows the characters to look comic book-esque, but keep lighting and shadows realistic, at the cost of high GPU load [[http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-improve-borderlands-2-with-ini-file-tweaks/]]. Gamers have found that turning off the filter (by tweaking the .ini file) reduced the comic book-esque effect to almost nonexistent, but it does make the game run smoother on lower-end GPU hardware.

A form of hybrid 2D/3D animation which uses CGI animated models as a base, and adds stylized effects in 2D on top of it, generally with the idea of making the animation look more like traditional art. Often used to mimic specific traditional styles, such as anime, comic books or paintings.

* Shading techniques which resemble brush strokes, giving the idea of a moving painting

* ''Anime/{{Beastars}}'' is likewise flat colors with outlines drawn over CGI models. It also incorporates other hand drawn special effects, such as trailing colors, smoke, and painted-looking objects.

* The real world sequences of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' are designed to have a painterly feel to the backgrounds, though the characters are rendered more conventionally.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' has painterly textures and outlines applied to the CGI models to make the human world more imperfect when compared to the sleekly designed machines. The filmmakers' goal was to make the final film look as much as like the concept art as possible. Some scenes also have animated versions of Katie's doodles superimposed on top (dubbed "Katievision") to show her state of mind.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The shading is done in a "painting like" style, including sometimes visible brushstrokes, and many of the effects such as fire and magic have blocks of flat colors in them. Especially prominent in scenes with with the wolf, which are also animated on twos
* ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderverse'' is sometimes considered to have [[TropeCodifier kicked off the popularity]] of this style. In order to look more like a comic book, shading often uses effects such as screentone or stippling, and the 3D models have hand drawn outlines to them to give a comic book feel, as well as the use of 2D effects and textures.

* WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem: The first look footage shows off the film?s deliberately sketchy style, inspired by notebook doodling.

* The works of Creator/ArcSystemWorks, despite being 3D, invoke the feeling of hand-drawn animation due to the various stylistic choices; cel-shaded materials, lowered frame-rate, all objects having outlines, VFX being hand-drawn, etc.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' used black outlines and textures with penciled-in lines to give the game a stylized ComicBook-esque look, but the lighting and shading was done realistically. ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', however, used a combination real-time filter and specially crafted textures to give the in-game world and characters the ComicBook-esque look, but had the lighting and shading exempted from the filter -- this allows the characters to look comic book-esque, but keep lighting and shadows realistic, at the cost of high GPU load [[http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-improve-borderlands-2-with-ini-file-tweaks/]]. Gamers have found that turning off the filter (by tweaking the .ini file) reduced the comic book-esque effect to almost nonexistent, but it does make the game run smoother on lower end GPU hardware.

* The Disney short ''WesternAnimation/{{Paperman}}'' looks almost as if it were cel-shaded, but noticeably different; the animation looks traditional, but it is also akin to a CG film. The animators actually drew lines by hand on top of the CG models to achieve this look.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderverse'' is sometimes considered to have kicked off the popularity of this style. In order to look more like a comic book, shading often uses effects such as screentone or stippling, and the 3D models have hand drawn outlines to them to give a comic book feel, as well as the use of 2D effects and textures.

* ''WesternAnimation/OliveTheOtherReindeer'' is CGI that is stylized as if it was a paper pop-up card. Released in 1999, it?s one of the earliest examples of this.

This is in contrast to more conventional {{All CGI Cartoon}}s, which generally attempt to mimic real-life shading, lighting and camerawork, making the animation look like a real camera filming animated people. Compare the inverse, TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects. Compare CelShading, a SubTrope of this, and {{Rotoscoping}}, drawing over a live-action base. Related to MediumBlending.

This can take several forms--

This is in contrast to more conventional {{All CGI Cartoon}}s, which generally attempt to mimic real life shading, lighting and camerawork, making the animation look like a real camera filming animated people. Compare the inverse, TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects. Compare CelShading, a SubTrope of this, and {{Rotoscoping}}, drawing over a live action base. Related to MediumBlending.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' used black outlines and textures with penciled-in lines to give the game a stylized ComicBook-esque look, but the lighting and shading was done realistically. ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', however, used a combination real-time filter and specially crafted textures to give the in-game world and characters the ComicBook-esque look, but had the lighting and shading exempted from the filter- this allows the characters to look comic book-esque, but keep lighting and shadows realistic, at the cost of high GPU load [[http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-improve-borderlands-2-with-ini-file-tweaks/]]. Gamers have found that turning off the filter (by tweaking the .ini file) reduced the comic book-esque effect to almost nonexistent, but it does make the game run smoother on lower end GPU hardware.

* Many games running on the Unreal Engine use outlined models, such as Trendy's ''VideoGame/DungeonDefenders'', [=SUDA51=]'s ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' and ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''. The models may be outlined, but the shading is realistic (more so on Borderlands-- ''Lollipop Chainsaw'', uses a more stylish shading technique.)

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