Photoshop adventures:
As part of this project, we are asked to copy compositions of existing animation backgrounds. I saw a lot of my course-mates AMAZING photoshop skills and decided to give it a try!
My approach has always been more hands-on when it comes to creating backgrounds, I'd draw and create textures then bring them on to photoshop to tie it all together. I've never done it entirely on photoshop so I thought this was a good time to attempt it. (attempt being the main word)
I took a dramatic still from Beauty and the Beast, and below is a small section of the whole picture that I'm working on. As it's a screen-shot of a section, it's a lot easier to focus on the finer details, like the stars in the night sky etc. Overall my style has always been sketchy and loose, and the backgrounds for mainstream films rarely do that so I'm trying to be as precise as I can.
Adding my own twist to these classic backgrounds is something I can't help but do. So far the style is looking similar to that of Quentin Blake, famous illustrator for the Roald Dahl books. There's something pushing the lines to settle together and repel against each other at the same time.
It's a shame that the details won't be as noticeable in the finished piece, hopefully it won't look too thrown together and terrible. Fingers crossed, ey.
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