Talked to a 3D artist at a coffee shop who made me rethink my own work

He said "your backgrounds are too clean" and that hit me hard because I spend hours perfecting every pixel. Been a week now and I can't stop noticing how boring my scenes look without some grunge or clutter. Anyone else found that adding imperfections made their digital art feel more real?

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tyler61mo ago

Read this thing about how Japanese artists purposely add flaws to make stuff feel alive.

ruby_patel271mo ago

Yeah, the wabi-sabi concept, works great for pottery too (glazes crack in just the right way).

tessa_clark7426d ago

Yeah the "purposely add flaws" thing @tyler6 mentioned is spot on. I started throwing random dust specks and stray brush strokes into my backgrounds and suddenly everything looks lived in.