Paintematic

Adj. - Coined by beloved video game critic Matthewmatosis. A completely redundant word which describes something as painterly.

If you just look at Blighttown, for example, all the planks, all the scaffolding, all the pots, all the torches, all the tree roots, they all had to be put there by some level designer. There's a lot of attention to detail to the way objects are placed to make them look like they're in a natural position. To be fair, a lot of the time this has no bearing on the gameplay, but I still think the game would lose a lot if that stuff was cut. A lot of games these days try to be cinematic. In other words, they try to make their visuals resemble something out of a film. ... Dark Souls is 'paintematic.' You can't really say that Dark Souls is cinematic, if only because the camera behaves in such a bland way.

- Matthewmatosis, Video: Dark Souls Commentary

Paintematic by Surreal Dog May 15, 2026

paintimation 

the art of animation but with the use of paint.

look how the paintimation lays on the canvas.

paintimation by monkey bread May 12, 2009