Kinda weird question, but can you teach me drawing backgrounds? 👉👈🥺
I’m not the best person to ask when it comes to drawing backgrounds…
BUUUUUT!
I can give some tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years.
so when drawing backgrounds, what you need to know is what they’re used for. Not just for a place for characters to move around, but what feeling they give.
take for example of arcane, the city the show takes place gives a sense of wealth, prosperity, and upper class.
While in the depths of the under city, feelings of safety and security leaves as the colors mute and dull in color. Showing how the lower class is seen and acts.
which also goes along with describing some world building, like how they live, what’s the streets like, etc. give the feeling you want for the story and world.
Decorating the layout can even show what to know of your character, are they ambitious and an artist: their home might look like a mess or organized.
Speaking about layouts, you should also keep in mind where the focus should be depending on the scene.
Here is a better explanation on how to do it. Guide your audience’s eyes towards where you want them. Not need necessarily, want is what you’re looking for.
Items or lighting and color can help you in what you want your audience to look at. Especially for animation related backgrounds.
which now ties to what’s important to note, perspective and space.
Take a look at how storyboards work with backgrounds, they follow perspective and spacing. This is a little tricky to understand, but what helps me is just make it rough enough to not overwhelm you, but accurate to where the guideline is. Don’t worry on the details, focus on the guide lines, simple and easy to follow.
also not that you shouldn’t always follow perspective if it will mess with the scene.
Don’t make things flat, 2d isn’t real in real life, there are hills and low slopes.
Mess with where the camera is placed and follow its view point.
Another thing to note is to not make the background become the takeaway. They’re just a place for your characters to walk and talk in. Unless they live in a empty vacuum.
Mike Mignola is a great example for simple, yet effective, background art. His perspective can be off, or they can fade out, or they can be simple that a three year old can easily trace. But it works because it doesn’t drive away the focus which is the character.
comics like BONE by Jeff smith, can be simple yet atmospheric at the same time. You can be detailed if the scene needs it for cinematic effect, but mostly you will have a blank back space with the details becoming more complex the closer it gets.
if you want detailed backgrounds, then save it for illustration or painting. If it’s comics or animation, simplicity with that flare of personality is needed. Don’t overwhelm yourself.
but don’t listen to my advice, if you want real professionals: watch Bam animation on backgrounds.
glad I can at least help. Stay strong compadre.
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Morro from Ninjago is not a ghost. He has never been a ghost and should never be a ghost. Nothing against dead people but he has been alive for several years. We all grew up with Morro, and why would we let them change him for absolutely no reason? The writers should just create a new character who becomes a ghost, not rewrite one of the best lego characters in history. Sign this petition if you agree that Morro should instead be an old geezer. Once we reach a good amount of people who have signed, I will contact Cthulu himself and all will tremble in-
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Urgh, this Green Ninja stuff ruined Ninjago, my child can't watch it anymore now that Ninjago went wo- (the og post was a joke for anyone who didn't get it)
Lloyd is not the Green Ninja. He has never been the Green Ninja, and should never become the Green Ninja. Nothing against Green Ninjas, but the team has been without a Green Ninja for 10+ years. We grew up with Lloyd and why would we let them change him for no reason? The writers should just create a new character to be the Green Ninja, not ruin one of the best Lego characters in history. Sign this petition if you agree Lloyd shouldn't be the Green Ninja. Once we have reached a good amount of people who have signed -
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[ 🇵🇸From the river to the sea🍉 ]
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Can confirm that humans are in fact edible and quite easy to get a hold of
What percent of the characters are edible? :)
So the human body is a mix of multiple types of soft tissues and then bone (We'll exclude parts of the body made primarily of keratin such as hair and nails). If we are to break an average body's composition down into percentages based on weight it would roughly calculate to-
- 21.5% Fat
- 25% Organs
- 41% Muscle
- 12.5% Bone
So what percent of a human body is edible entirely depends on your preference! But assuming you don't want to let any soft tissues go to waste, that would be about 87.5%. Which is a decently high percentage! Obviously bones on their own aren't edible, but if you want to have a slightly higher yield, bones can be broken open to consume the marrow, or even better you can add all the bones, leftover meat scraps, onions, garlic, leeks, celery, carrots, bell peppers, and a pinch of salt to a pot, boil it for at least 10-12 hours, and create a deeply rich broth. So in that regard, a human being is almost entirely edible!
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