Unpopular opinion: I think the 'digital painting' tag is getting overused on ArtStation

I was looking at two pieces in the fantasy section, one tagged digital painting and one tagged 3D render. The digital painting one was clearly a basic 3D model with a filter, while the 3D render tag was on a piece with incredible hand-painted textures over a model. The difference was honesty in the process. Has anyone else seen this trend where the tags don't match the work?

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briancampbell3mo ago

So what tags would you use for that first piece instead?

miam1128d ago

I just went with "hand painted" and "traditional media" for mine. Stuck to what was true instead of guessing the technique.

maxmurphy3mo ago

Wait, you saw a 3D render tag on something that was actually hand painted? That's wild, it's like the tags got swapped as a prank. The whole point is to know how something was made. If people just slap "digital painting" on a basic 3D model, the tag becomes useless. Makes it impossible to search for actual painted work.