Stylized PBR

Stylized PBR combines consistent physically based material response with deliberately simplified forms, colors and textures. Proportions and roughness can be exaggerated for storytelling while metal, cloth and other surfaces remain readable. Common in games and animation, it gives designed worlds tactile credibility and helps preserve their material identity across changing lighting conditions.

Kind

Aesthetic

Lineage

3D game art

Medium family

CG and 3D

Medium

3D render

Technique

Physically based rendering

Colour

High saturation

Key traits

1. 01Simplified forms keep coherent material response
2. 02Roughness and reflection support design
3. 03Exaggerated colors retain material differences