How do i make Backgrounds?

otswe · Post by **otswe** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:05 pm

I wonder how to draw backgrounds and dont let them look flat.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:27 pm

Get any decent book about drawing/painting and learn to draw. Library. Free workshops on websites. Google.

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:41 pm

If you want AS specific, forum member Parker sells tutorials at Content Paradise on creating backgrounds.

Adamm · Post by **Adamm** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:19 pm

use painting to draw a background

Adrianny · Post by **Adrianny** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:46 pm

hi i also want to know about how to draw a background

hothead · Post by **hothead** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:34 am

just take a picture of your house and trace over it you the point that what the pro do like wise with character

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:00 am

hothead wrote:just take a picture of your house and trace over it you the point that what the pro do like wise with character

Honestly, hothead, I need the rosetta stone to translate this.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:05 am

I think he meant that the pros users trace their characters from photos or scanned images or something, which is false if it is the case!

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:35 am

GCharb wrote:I think he meant that the pros users trace their characters from photos or scanned images or something, which is false if it is the case!

I am guilty then, I almost always draw on paper 1st then scan it in to AS and trace over it because I am so bad at drawling. I have the artistic skills of a 2 year old.

Here is some monster sketches I did for Halloween but they were so bad I totally abandoned any hope at making an animation for the holiday.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:38 am

I think He meant from real world photos, like you draw over a photo of someone, but I may be mistaken.

I also draw on either paper then scan or directly in Photoshop, although I sometimes draw directly in AS as well, depends on the subject or the mood really!

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:01 am

I didn't mean to deviate from this thread topic.

To the original poster, Make the background in layers. Hills and mtn. in the distance with an x value blur and then the next layer that is closer(trees and shrubs) to the camera with a less value of blur.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:06 am

The A1 scene from the AS 5 scene folder is a good example of well laid out scene that does not look too flat.

Looks real good in stereo as well.

SvenFoster · Post by **SvenFoster** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:19 am

If sbtamu has the drawing skills of a 2yr old I'm still in the womb!!.

However, as thanks to the wonders of technology I can just about manipulate my sketches into something reasonable.

From my own journey from <insertexpletive> to not so bad I would say, read up on basic sketching and drawing, perspective and color theory. Of course you will end up with a mix of effort and natural ability to reach a skill level.

I dont really post my own stuff here as I'm not really happy with anything I do but below is a digital landscape I painted a few years back. I had been learning to draw/paint from online material only.

Its not bad(not intended as a background) but I can promise you. I had(still have?) very little talent but spent a month or so pretty much all day every day reading everything, sketching absolute rubbish, painting absolute rubbish and gradually learning a way that I could get something that looked 'right'(for me)
I'm still very unhappy with my drawing skills.. If you want a cute/comedy animal in various poses I can probably manage it.. humans? nope. Then again.. I haven't put much effort into trying and may never try lol.