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Backgrounds - any advice?

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*SpiraxDracowolf Aug 7, 2012  Professional General Artist
Can any one suggest some hints and tips on how to tackle backgrounds? I tend to avoid backgrounds but really want to improve and build confidence. I want to draw some streets with raining drizzle and some forest areas too (these are two scenes which I need to develop at the moment).

Does anyone know of good tutorials/books/hints and tips?
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Mood: Joy ~totalblaykout Aug 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
[link] this might give you a few ideas
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~Glori305 Aug 8, 2012
Work on perspective, 1, 2 and 3 point.

Draw backgroundy stuff. Buildings, rooms, furniture, trees, mountians, fences and anything else that occurs in the world that might be behind people.
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:iconredustheriotact:
~RedusTheRiotAct Aug 8, 2012   Digital Artist
You should look up speed paint tutorials. Here's this one [link]
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:iconspiraxdracowolf:
Mood: Wow! *SpiraxDracowolf Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thank you very much - the tutorial is amazing and has answered my question regarding painting backgrounds digitally! I know what I want to do but I always find it hard to choose the colours for the environment. It's brilliant that the artist has added reassurance to not be worried about spoiling a piece.

Thank you very much again!
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:iconredustheriotact:
~RedusTheRiotAct Aug 8, 2012   Digital Artist
My pleasure. Looking forward to what you produce :D
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*SpiraxDracowolf Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
:hug:
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:iconnelchee:
=nelchee Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
Read this comment to another fellow who asked a similar question: [link]

If you want to learn to draw streets, get out on the street with a sketchbook and practice drawing it.
If you want to draw a forest, go out in the forest and draw it. If you don't have a forest nearby, find nice photos and practice from them.
There are no tricks to draw "backgrounds". Backgrounds can be anything. You have to learn the basics, and one of the most important basics in environments is perspective (1 point, 2 point, 3 point, effects of atmosphere on the color etc.). All the light & shadow rules are the same as they are for figures.
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*SpiraxDracowolf Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
I'm not really looking for tricks but rather would like to see different styles of drawing backgrounds. I understand and can draw from different perspectives and draw from my surroundings but when it comes to digitally painting backgrounds I'm a bit lost.
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=nelchee Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
Look at what other people do and note what you like best? I mean, painting a "background" is the same as painting anything else.. you want the character and the background to be compatible, and not look like a collage.. so paint the background like you paint your characters then.
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:iconspiraxdracowolf:
*SpiraxDracowolf Aug 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
It might sound strange...but that never occurred to me.
It's possibly that's why my backgrounds never matched the characters as I have never considered drawing them both same way. Thank you, I've started on the piece I want to get finished and trying to get into the mindset.
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