Comments on: Name that drawing style

Question: Name that drawing style

twine42 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:35:30 -0800

What's the proper name for the style of painting where pictures are created from large blocks of colour with very few details? It's the style of painting I associate with Cuba and South America and which was used for the artwork in GTA San Andreas.

By: not sure this is a good idea

not sure this is a good idea — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:00:40 -0800

not sure i follow, but could it be the "mexican mural movement" (aka m.m. renaissance)? diego rivera et al.

By: le morte de bea arthur

le morte de bea arthur — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:02:11 -0800

Not sure that it's a specifically South American thing.

In computer art, it's often called Cell Shading when generated from 3D, or Vector Art if it's an drawing from something like Adobe Illustrator.

From a more art-centred standpoint, it's probably derived from comic-book art and/or Pop Art (specifically Roy Lichtenstein).

By: notsnot

notsnot — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:22:58 -0800

Reminds me of old WPA posters from the 1930's, a la Ranger Doug.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:06:02 -0800

Poster-style. For some early art in this style see Lucien Bernhard

By: clearlydemon

clearlydemon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:34:00 -0800

Poster style, the Mexican muralists have a different styles.

By: newmoistness

newmoistness — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:43:26 -0800

When it's applied to photographic sources, it's called posterization. The word refers to the look of hand-pulled silkscreen and, to a lesser extent, color woodcut and lithographic posters. It's a "style" that's purely a choice now, but was pretty much imposed on the artist by those older printing media.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:20:15 -0800

Photoshop has a decent posterization tool. It works better on some photos than others, of course, and I'm sure someone with better PS skills than I could do a better job, but the effect is groovy.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:37 -0800

Ah, here is the obligatory Wiki link.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:11:30 -0800

I'll ditto le morte de bea arthur and say that when found in a video game or movie (done by computer) I'd call this cell-shading.