If you missed Pixar's RenderMan Art+Science Fair event at Siggraph 2017 in LA, we were honoured to be able to preview our Non Photoreal Rendering (NPR) technology during the show! Some photos below of the event and presentation, view hi-res photos and animations below.

Since then we've shown presentations on our updated system and implementation on different feature film projects at FMX and Siggraph conferences in 2019: view our events page for more info.

Initially our Stylized NPR technology was developed for RenderMan Reyes as a prototype, we then ported it to the latest RenderMan RIS technology, OSL/Arnold, and Nuke compositing software. Email us at the address at the bottom of this page if intersted for more info or to see our latest demos that are not online.



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Painterly Plugin ported to Nuke - Demo video (Hi-res)
Special Thanks to the Foundry and Brandon Onstott with the port to Nuke



Painterly Plugin ported to Nuke - Wedge Test varying brush strokes offset based on ligthing (Hi-res)



Painterly Plugin ported to Nuke - Wedge Test varying brush strokes based on camera distance (Hi-res)



Stylization controlled on a per-light basis: (Hi-res)



Stylization rendering inside existing Physically Based Path Traced scene: (Hi-res)



Dynamic Hatching with Light Rotation - Rendered in RenderMan
(Hi-res Video 1)   (Hi-res Video 2)



Dynamic Hatching with Occlusion Animation. As the rays fire and hit the geometry, we "draw" in the hatching pattern.
(Hi-res Video 1)   (Hi-res Video 2)



Dynamic Painterly on top of Hatching with Occlusion Animation
As the animation moves, the artist-driven "amount" of painterly decreases going from broad to tight brushstrokes
(view here if video not playing in browser above)


If you're interested in this technology we'd love to hear from you! We're currently custom developing it out for clients on their projects and are open to working with studios in customizing it for their unique non photoreal looks all in 3d. For more info read our new FAQ.

Too see this technology used on a short film this year, view our case study with 9to3Animation for reference artwork, renders, and videos:



See this technology on our Internal Case Study - Lego NPR page: