I've noticed that no one is really using the sketch renderer. Why is that? I found that you can do pretty cool things with it.

I agree there are only and handfull of us that use it on a regular basis. I for one love what you can do with it. Great image

I think you can do really neat things with it. Problem I have with it is that there are so many damn parameters to change that it is hard to get the appearence I want without playing with it for quite a while.

I use the sketch renderer alot, and have created several of my own sketch styles by modifying the existing ones, but you are probably not going to see downloads of sketch styles in Fun Stuff like you do for, say, poses! :-)

I stopped using the sketch renderer because you don't have complete control over it it'll draw lines where you don't want them, and not put enough detail in places you want detail it would be nice to select "hotspots" of the image where it should take more or less care, like you would by hand when drawing nevertheless, it's a great tool even 'tho I don't design stuff for it, I usually throw a rendering through it just to see what comes out SewerRat

That is true about the lack of control. I have to use the largest window possible to get enough detail, and alot of trial and error on my modified settings, but once in awhile I get something that looks like a woodcut from an ancient book of spells, or a Toulouse Lautrec poster from the 1890s, or a scratchboard drawing by Virgil Finlay from a 1940s science fiction pulp magazine. -Talos