An example of a rendered image

Rendering in visual art and technical drawing means the process of creating, shading and texturing of an image, especially a photorealistic one. The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography A technical drawing is a form of graphic communication This type of Drawing is used in the transforming of an idea into physical form Photorealism is the genre of painting based on making a painting of a Photograph. It can also be used to describe the quality of execution of that process. This is synonymous with illustrating. An illustration is a visualization such as a Drawing, Painting, Photograph or other work of Art that stresses subject more than

Another common use for the term, is to cut an object from a background.

The emphasis of the term is on the correct reproduction of light-and-shadow and the surface properties of the depicted objects, not on the emotional impact, composition, or other more generic qualities. In the Visual arts — in particular Painting, Graphic design, Photography and Sculpture — composition is the placement or arrangement Unsurprisingly, most often it is used in relation to the more exacting, meticulous techniques like pencil or airbrush. A pencil is a Writing or Drawing instrument consisting of a thin stick of Pigment (usually Graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or An airbrush is a small air-operated tool that sprays various media including Ink and Dye, but most often Paint by a process of Nebulization

In an artistic rendering visual information is interpreted by the artist and displayed accordingly using the chosen medium. Techniques and materials related to Art: Traditional techniques Acrylic paint Charcoal Clay The non-photorealistic rendering area of computer graphics develops tools and techniques to enable interpretive rendering in digital media. Computer graphics are Graphics created by Computers and more generally the Representation and Manipulation of Pictorial Data

See also

• Non-photorealistic rendering