Create Background Art in Adobe Photoshop

Create Background Art in Adobe Photoshop, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 34 lectures, based on 240 reviews, and has 2003 subscribers.

You will learn about Become an Animation Background Artist Create Colour Concepts for Background Art and Design Learn the techniques of digital art and concept painting Learn Principles for background art and design Create a background painting for animation Learn digital art techniques learn perspective Create a background art painting for a scene from start to finish This course is ideal for individuals who are Artists or Animators or Storytellers or Digital Artits or Anyone wanting to learn digital art, background art and digital painting It is particularly useful for Artists or Animators or Storytellers or Digital Artits or Anyone wanting to learn digital art, background art and digital painting.

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Summary

Title: Create Background Art in Adobe Photoshop

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 34

Number of Published Lectures: 34

Number of Curriculum Items: 37

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 37

Original Price: $129.99

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What You Will Learn

Become an Animation Background Artist

Create Colour Concepts for Background Art and Design

Learn the techniques of digital art and concept painting

Learn Principles for background art and design

Create a background painting for animation

Learn digital art techniques

learn perspective

Create a background art painting for a scene from start to finish

Who Should Attend

Artists

Animators

Storytellers

Digital Artits

Anyone wanting to learn digital art, background art and digital painting

Target Audiences

Artists

Animators

Storytellers

Digital Artits

Anyone wanting to learn digital art, background art and digital painting

Background design, concept art, digital painting. All of these skills come together in this course.

Welcome to the world of background art and environment design! This course is going to teach you the fundamentals of creating art for animation, including concept art, color keys, layout drawing and final background painting.

This is your chance to learn the skills and concepts to become a background designer!

You are going to learn how to paint digitally, how to draw backgrounds and how to develop a sketch to a fully realized background for a scene.

In this course you鈥檒l work on 2 background projects that I鈥檝e crafted for you so that you can learn and practice different and varied styles of background art. 

Along the way you鈥檒l also learn all about the principles of background design for animation, as well as tips and tricks that I鈥檝e used as a background artist throughout my career in the animation industry.

In the first project, you鈥檒l get to learn:

鈥?all about the color wheel, and explore color harmony rules.

鈥ou鈥檒l learn about lighting, and how to use light and shadow in your painting.

鈥ou鈥檒l learn to use a specific brush pack and show you brush and painting techniques.

鈥ou鈥檒l also learn how to create amazing atmospheric effects in your paintings and paint up a concept art fantasy scene.

Then, we鈥檒l dive into the world of creating a background for a scene in an animated film. The second project is based on my Pirate Project and for this, we鈥檙e going to choose a scene from the storyboard, I鈥檓 going to show you how to draw a detailed rough layout with all the elements and props. Then I鈥檒l walk you through my entire process of painting this up to a finished background, step by step. I鈥檒l teach you how to block in flat colours, how to craft shapes and objects within the scene and then how to add layers of textures and effects to make the final painting look like you can step into it and experience it yourself.

This course is packed with insights into the creative process of designing artwork for animation. I鈥檝e worked really hard to make sure that in every video you can learn something new, from practical photoshop tips and techniques, to advice on how to speed up your workflow and be a better, more efficient background artist.

When you join, you鈥檒l have access to the downloads I鈥檝e left for you, you鈥檒l also be able to contact me directly, get feedback on your work and ask me any questions that you have.

This course distills everything I鈥檝e learned over my 15 years experience creating art for animation. I鈥檝e worked as a professional background designer for animation studios in Dublin, and Vancouver, for clients such as Disney, Sony Pictures, HMH Publishing and I鈥檓 really passionate about teaching the skills and processes that took me on that journey, so that your can have the opportunity to learn this amazing skillset. In my opinion background art is the best job in animation, it鈥檚 rewarding, highly creative and above all it鈥檚 easy and enjoyable!

So I hope you are ready to start your journey to becoming an animation background artist.

See you in the course! 馃檪

Siobhan.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setting Up Your Workspace

Lecture 3: Photoshop Tools and Controls

Chapter 2: Colour Concepts

Lecture 1: Introduction to Colour Concepts

Lecture 2: Principles of Colour and Light

Lecture 3: Painting and Brush Techniques

Lecture 4: Creating Thumbnail Ideas

Lecture 5: Starting a Painting from a Thumbnail

Lecture 6: Highlights and Textures

Lecture 7: Atmosphere and Effects

Chapter 3: Intro to Background Design for a Scene

Lecture 1: Intro to Background Design for a Scene

Lecture 2: Principles of Staging and Framing

Lecture 3: Perspective

Lecture 4: Practice Cubes!

Lecture 5: Drawing Drills: Perspective Grids

Chapter 4: Drawing a Background

Lecture 1: Making a Rough Sketch

Lecture 2: Drawing the Base

Lecture 3: Drawing the Interior

Lecture 4: Finalizing the Drawing

Chapter 5: Painting Phase 1 – Blocking In

Lecture 1: Intro to the Painting Process

Lecture 2: Base Colours

Lecture 3: Blocking in the Overlay

Lecture 4: Layer Order and Structure

Chapter 6: Painting Phase 2: Details, Textures and Effects

Lecture 1: Creating the Floor Boards

Lecture 2: Walls and Ceiling

Lecture 3: Creating Texture

Lecture 4: Window Frames

Chapter 7: Painting Phase 3 – Interior Items

Lecture 1: Table and Carpet

Lecture 2: Table Items

Lecture 3: Chest and Wine Barrels

Chapter 8: Final Painting Pass

Lecture 1: Overlay Items

Lecture 2: Adding Shadow Layers

Lecture 3: Final Lighting

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Wrap Up and Conclusion

Instructors

Siobhan Twomey
Artist, Animator & Figure Drawing Instructor

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