The document discusses four artistic styles used in video games: photorealism, cel shading, abstraction, and exaggeration. Photorealism uses realistic rendering to depict settings and characters, while cel shading applies cartoonish shading to characters. Abstraction depicts elements like health bars unrealistically, and exaggeration takes a game's art style to unrealistic extremes. Each style is defined briefly with one example provided.

1. TASK 2 – ARTISTIC
STYLES
By Victoria Bell

2. PHOTOREALISM
 http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AleksanderAdamkiewicz/2012
1021/179846/Photorealism_In_Video_Games__A_Worthy_Goal.php
Photorealism is when the setting and characters are done in a realistic
way. This is done with most recent video games with new rendering
programs.

3. CEL SHADING
 http://jahovaos.com/groups/kb/wiki/8caf4/NonPhotoreal
istic_Rendering__Toon_Shading.html
Cel shading is when artists use cartoonish style shading for their characters.

4. ABSTRACTION
 http://friskymongoose.com/confirmed-okami-sequel-coming-to-
america/
Abstraction is when a character or items of the games are done unrealistically
e.g. a health bar.

5. EXAGGERATION
 http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/01/12/replay-the-
legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time.aspx
Exaggeration is when a art style in the game is done very unrealistic.