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Backgrounds and Inspiration
Hi, all is in the tittle ! I just wanted to know where do u get ur inspiration for ur backgrounds ? How do you know what part will be good or not and how to create a great atmosphere ?
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It depends on what type of character I'm doing a painting of. If it's a fanart, I usually just think about where that character comes from, where they usually spend their time, where would you find that character, etc. and then I build my background off of this. If they are from a game or something, Don't be afraid to take inspiration from the original game. I've seen lots of great paintings of characters with backgrounds inspired from the original game. If it's an original character I'm painting I usually think about some of the same things like where is that character from and where would I find them? For example, if I have a character who is like a forest/plant person I might do some googling of forests or nature to inspire a background that would fit that character. I think the main thing for making a good background is something that fits well with the character and makes sense. Finding inspiration for one is hard but like I mentioned googling photos or taking inspiration from where that character is fun works well. Sometimes it's even fun to take photos or places from real life as inspiration for a background.
I hope this helps ^_^! I also struggle with backgrounds but these are the steps I usually take for inspiration so I hope you can get some value from them.