Not all Blender projects need to look realistic - using a variety of techniques, you can achieve 'non-photorealistic rendering', like toon-shading. Over on the Bazaar, I've started a collection of tutorials and shader packs to help you get started with these rendering styles.
I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.
