A good one and also applies to games: this is why Batman Arkham Knight feels real, and Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad aren't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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The retro game made with clay is currently on sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2912430/Platypus_Reclayed/
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This may sound stupid, but because of the yellow tint in The Witcher 3, I stopped liking its visuals this time. AI ruined sepia for me, all yellow images cause a pure disgust.

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After the art director of Marathon was fired, the company proudly announced a way more generic look of the game. Since alpha, they mostly got rid of toon shader and now it's Apex Legends 2 kind of thing.

Do you prefer the new look?
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Logo prototypes for AKIRA (1988)

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Mirror's Edge art style was an accident: the company was originally making a typical UE3 game with yellow filter, but players got horrible motion sickness.

After a few tries they discovered that simplified colors and geometry can significantly improve the preserved stability and eliminate motion sickness.

(VIA, sadly - paid access)
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Stepped into a pit of color grading my monitor (without any equipment by the way). I just was like: yeah, I'll figure it out.

Kind reminder that color representation is a context-based thing and so a human can't and should never do colors outside of their context.

Anyway, I'm happy with how it is now, but can't recommend it to anyone. And the solution is to use RTNGS graded file + NOVIDEO_SRGB, as usual.

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And to continue "characters art direction" discussion, here's the notable example:

This is Elex II and Elex. The wife of the main character looks so strikingly different in the second one (above) and their overall human rendering and modelling system was simply the worst part of the whole sequel.

The original was way too stylized, but it definitely stood out. Their skin shader was so much better and consistent. The new one is glossy, like they are all made of plastic.

Also, both games are one of a kind RPGs with unmatched freedom. You can pick factions to only become a spy inside for a totally different faction or join the underground thieves guild (you can easily miss). A lot of dialogues depend on your current squad, like my ex-wife forced a guard to give me back the bribe TWICE, since she's his boss.

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Now imagine that it changes 60+ times a second 😭 (via)

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Yes, good and short video + absolutely applicable to games!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRNcVw-bjXk
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