Imitated medium

Watercolor games

Transparent washes, soft blooms and paper showing through.

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD screenshot: stylized 3d, painterly, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HDStylized 3D2021

GRIS screenshot: painterly, hand-drawn, side-scrolling, interior lines, soft gradient (environment)

GRISPainterly2018

Cuphead screenshot: hand-drawn, painterly, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, character, combat)

CupheadHand-drawn2017

Child of Light screenshot: painterly, hand-drawn, side-scrolling, soft gradient (environment)

Child of LightPainterly2014

Yoshi's New Island screenshot: painterly, stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)

Yoshi's New IslandPainterly2014

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword screenshot: stylized 3d, painterly, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordStylized 3D2011

Often combined with

Painterly 6 Soft gradient 6 Vibrant 4 Side-scrolling 4 Exaggerated 4 2D 3 No outlines 3 Hand-drawn 3

Other imitated medium styles

Ink / Sumi-e 5 Crayon / Pastel 3 Oil / Gouache 2 Woodcut / Print 2 Paper cutout 4 Clay 1 Felt / Yarn 2 Comic book 23 Storybook 3