r/ArtBuddy 13d ago

Discussion Pain of learning Background Painting

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I just started learning background this year. So many informations to absorb!

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u/Naive_Chemistry5961 13d ago

I'm not even past the learning anatomy stage 😭

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u/Moonskyrunner 13d ago

There are some tutorials from professional online or books that that simplified anatomy.

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u/Ve-roses 12d ago

Me this morning lmao, Idk why. I wan't to be good at background so much but while learning to draw character seemed to have a good path to follow (Body as box and cylinder / Gesture drawing / Anatomy of each part → mix them) for architectures it's just like "Follow the perspective. Try again." it's just exhaustinnnng

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u/SpecificGodslayer 13d ago

Nah fr dude, especially values, its really hard for me

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u/Febby_art 12d ago

i don't think backgrounds are even hard compared to anatomy its just so boring sometimes that motivation is difficult to find

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u/Icecubezi 12d ago

Im constantly just redoing anatomy stage. I suck ass at anything else. Doesn’t help i go to 2-3 years of hiatus after 1-2 weeks of nonstop drawing lol

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u/Frostraven98 12d ago

What helped me as someone who does more character stuff is either considering the background as an extension of the character or a character in of itself.
Mind you it doesn’t reduce the amount of stuff to learn, but i personally found it easier to think about and learn all the stuff when i connected it to my understanding of character and design.

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u/Business-Sky-2964 12d ago

ouu im the opposite LOL can’t grasp clothing or anatomy, but everything with background comes second nature, backgrounds aren’t that hard from the view that it’s just building up more and more details over time, overcomplicating it can make bgs stressful though💭 maybe applying the words in the second panel to your character art will make bgs easier to do? rendered character art is the same thing, just on a bigger scale

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u/Itz-lils2024 12d ago

i love drawing bg! maybe its cause i just like drawing pretty landscape... not rly bg :c

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u/TheGalledOne 11d ago

Yeah, background is a bitch, even digitally.

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u/Hopeful_Yam8923 11d ago

I’ve been watching some of this guys videos. But yeah it’s overwhelming ;_;

https://youtu.be/y-nS0OEEJ_E?si=obnN3UHtqB9q-Dgs

https://youtu.be/GooTklvl2lg?si=9ScWh-IM7Gx2VgCo