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

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

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

use painting to draw a background

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.