Special effects artistdescribed "Shrek 3" as "a new stylized realism", which is to make the picture more natural, and then add some special visual enjoyment elements.
Lawrence D. Cutler’s work and Lucia Modesto are responsible for the character design of the film, but all the supporting actors except the protagonist are responsible for filling the world in the film with all kinds of people. With different and complex secondary roles, they had already designed nearly 5,000 roles before the production of the film began. Corresponding to so many roles, costume designer Israel Segal () has a huge workload. Although there are more than 5,000 possibilities here, he thinks it can be narrowed to 2,500 different clothing styles. Especially for scenes that require large-scale crowds.
