I find this art-style quite refreshing.

Radioactive said:
I find this art-style quite refreshing.

Is the background modified from a real photo?

I guess so, unless the artist is really, really, good.

Looks like cel animation style

Yeah. Everything is getting too 3D

it isn't even overpainted, as some artists do, it is just a cheap filter.

MG127 said:
it isn't even overpainted, as some artists do, it is just a cheap filter.

Really? How can you tell?

it's the details, they are highly accurate and it would be too much work to create them by painting over the photo, it is 100% cell shader

some artists are really patient https://twitter.com/BARD713/status/925543423070806016

Thx for the link.

I'm a bit late to the party but honestly, my guess was too that the background was traced from a photograph and then colored in.

The many distinct details seperated with clean lines, such as the 'tiles' in the sand and the waves in the water can simply not be achieved by merely using an automatic process on something as visually convoluted as a photograph of real life scenery.

Kawaiideath said:
The many distinct details seperated with clean lines, such as the 'tiles' in the sand and the waves in the water can simply not be achieved by merely using an automatic process on something as visually convoluted as a photograph of real life scenery.

simple reduce the amount of colors, add borders, done