Painterly Style

Pigment feel. Soft edges. Illustration lighting.

Sublooks

• Watercolor: paper grain, bleeds, light washes
• Oil: thicker strokes, richer impasto suggestion in texture

Tenets

1. Soft terminators
2. Pigment/paper overlays in mat or comp
3. Limited harsh specular
4. Composition like a canvas, not a game HUD shot

Recipe

Target a soft, warm, low-spec look: roughness 0.85+, wide soft light, glow and gentle vignette, paper/canvas texture added at the end.