screentones

Screentone is a technique for applying textures and shades to drawings, used as an alternative to hatching. In the conventional process, patterns are transferred to paper from preprinted sheets, but the technique is also simulated in computer graphics, notably in Flipnote Studio and Macpaint.

Ben-Day dots is a type of screentone.

See also

• halftone
• dithering
• moire
• unmoving pattern

The following tags implicate this tag: ben-day_dots (learn more).