#backgroundlearnersanonymous — Public Fediverse posts

This one's for anyone who struggles with drawing trees--like me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmZEpEFNAk

What I like about this is that he addresses the common (but I think rarely discussed) problem of "seeing too much" and then the followup problem, "wanting to draw the impossible." I've been reading and watching art tutorials for a while, but this vid's the first time I've seen that addressed.

#trees #art #tutorials #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #Backgrounds #StephenTravers #video #drawing

Late for this one! Not...too bad? Done on my Android tablet.

#MapCrunch14 #MapCrunch #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous @SeanThurlow

My first painting in Android app "Sketchbook." Had the ref image on its own layer at 30% transparency with my painting above it but I wound up turning off the original and painting my version off the layer thumbnail.
Worked back to front, inspired by Bob Ross.
I have no idea what I'm doing--in either landscape painting or using Sketchbook! 😅 ~2 hours watching "Accident Man."

#MapCrunch #MapCrunch12 #art #SketchbookApp #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #landscape #study #DigitalArt @SeanThurlow

@SeanThurlow That's wonderful! I tried to start a hashtag #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous and this is perfect for it!

This one's for anybody who wants to learn "cheats" on digitally painting landscapes a little faster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0TmJISoGfE

#art #tutorials #landscape #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #TrentKaniuga #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt

This one's for any artist struggling with where they're at right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vok75zBVMlE

(Plus you can learn a lot about painting buildings just by watching.)

#ArtTalks #Art #TrentKaniuga #tutorials #encouragement #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting

This one's for anyone trying to make foliage brushes in Photoshop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mOLKnhYWdw

Part of a full article:
https://www.mclelun.com/2016/11/creating-custom-photoshop-leaves-and.html

(And if you already know how to do this Krita, let me know, cuz I need to learn ASAP!)

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #tutorials #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #Landscape

This vid's for anyone wanting to learn more about textures, backgrounds, and photobashing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZ06msSZgc

#tutorial #DigitalPainting #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous

“Dragon City” runner-up compositions

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2021/04/28/dragon-city-runner-up-compositions/

#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #city #composition #dragon #mastoart #practice #sketch #wip

“Dragon City” practice compositions (2019 background sketchbook)

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2021/04/27/dragon-city-practice-compositions-2019-background-sketchbook/

#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #city #composition #dragon #mastoart #sketch #wip

Sketchdump from my 2019 background practice book

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2021/04/26/sketchdump-from-my-2019-background-practice-book/

#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #lifedrawing #mastoart #moxiekitten #pencil #StillLife

Rock texture study in pencil

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2021/04/17/rock-texture-study-in-pencil/

#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #mastoart #pencil #rock #studies #texture

Sleeping Beauty tree technique for artists

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2021/04/06/sleeping-beauty-tree-technique-for-artists/

#art #arttips #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #HowTo #markerart #mastoart #moxiekitten #SleepingBeauty #tutorial

I know some artists here use SketchUp to help with their scenery and perspective; are there any web-based applications (or #Linux) that y'all use? I need to make a room and be able to float a camera around in it so I can use the model for reference. I'm warily eyeing #Blender , but it looks awful complicated.

#Sketchup #Perspective #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #Rooms #3D #Art #3DArt

A treasure trove of art tutorials!

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2020/05/29/a-treasure-trove-of-art-tutorials/

#art #ArtLessons #ArtTutorials #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #DigitalPainting #Environments #HowTo #lessons #Mclelan #tutorial

Learn to draw environments and backgrounds easier with this fantastic exercise for beginners!

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2020/05/25/learn-to-draw-environments-and-backgrounds-easier-with-this-fantastic-exercise-for-beginners/

#art #ArtTutorials #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #backgrounds #composition #conceptart #DrawBetter #Environments #lessons #tutorials

Marker Kitties on a Rug

https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2020/03/04/marker-kitties-on-a-rug/

#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #catart #CatsofMastodon #markerart #markers #mastoart #TraditionalArt

@sandycyborg Oh man. Speaking as a member of #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous , I ask for you to teach us, O environmental guru! Mad background skills are on display here!

@shiverjay Oo, a landscape enthusiast, huh? I don't know if you paint landscapes or just follow landscape artists, but if you're trying to learn and improve your environments, there's the hashtag #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous for those of us trying to improve! c:

@Ypsilenna This is super and I'm going to tag it #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous because it's great to see people studying landscapes!!

Some environmental practice! Displays from our Friendly Local Game Store (I call it Crazy Ray's Discount Space Wolf Emporium), service windows at a government office, a plant in a waiting room, and these plastic chairs from church (AKA my childhood!).
#Environments #TonedPaper #PencilArt #MastoArt #Art #Sketch #EnvironmentPractice #FLGS
#BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #LifeDrawing #StillLife #StillLives #ChurchArt #Chairs #Plants #Succulents

@helenmclaughlinart This is great! I think folks learning backgrounds and environments (That's #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous ) would love to see this.

@rinvenieris Psst, there's a hashtag for us trying to use more backgrounds, it's #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous
And I think your background here is pretty good! Definitely sets up that this is a thief! 🤑

Tackling the scanning backlog. I got the girl in 2 different angles, but she only looks accurate in one, haha! Plus: my organist buddy, and a cool glowy paper lamp I saw at a doctor's office.
#MastoArt #Art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #ChurchArt #ChristianArt #TonedPaper #PencilSketch #LifeDrawing #Portraits

Mirrors I drew in a waiting room. #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #Art #MastoArt #TonedPaper #PencilSketch

@lithiumreflections Hey, #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous , I think these photos would make some nice simple photo studies (one of the keys to getting started in rendering environments).

OK FOLKS now that we have a Public Tag page, we need to revive #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous, for those of us who are learning how to put characters in environments!
https://mastodon.art/tags/backgroundlearnersanonymous
C'moooon pleeeease
#Backgrounds #MastoClass #Art

@MalevolentRaven Tagging this #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous for my fellow environment-learners!

@lores Is there any chance you have an in-progress of this beautiful forest? I (and other #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous practitioners, I'm sure) would love to know how you even start a composition like this. Like, do you start with a light background, do the lighter trees in the background, then work your way up to the foreground?
Love the loose brushwork, too.

@chengeling Tagging this as #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous because that is what this tag is ABOUT!! roar!

No #Introduction, just my Summary of Art, 2018 (with template thanks to DA's DustBunnyThumper). I've been blessed(?!) with the ability to emulate a variety of different styles.
Cheated a little on the bottom row so it wouldn't be empty. The last one's a photomanip book cover for a #novella I wrote! #Art #MastoArt #SummaryOfArt #2018 #Meme #Progress #Dragon #Skull #BookCover #MoxieKitten #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #IndieAuthors #Hands #Cats #CatsofMastodon #Scenery #Sharpie #TraDigital #Krita

@Styxcolor Hey, #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous , so apparently it's #SettingTember - go get em, tigers!
#BackgroundPractice #Learning

Coy Dragoness
For #Smaugust. I referenced actual animals for some of the parts (for once)! ...
https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2018/08/08/coy-dragoness/
#art #BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #backgroundpractice #colerase #dragon #dragonart #dragons #pencilart #sketch

It's #Smaugust ! So here's a coy lady dragon for you. I referenced the headfins from a bettafish! AND I added a backdrop!
#BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #DragonArt #art #MastoArt #ColErase #PencilArt #stairs #HawkFeet #sketch #dragon #dragons #fantasy #CreativeToot @LensaMoon

STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM manuscript art challenge - Institute exterior
About This Project: The rough draft of my novel STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM came out to over 800 pages of paper. I finished the pencil edits ice ages ago, but since it felt wasteful to toss ...
https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2018/07/23/steel-city-veiled-kingdom-manuscript-art-challenge-institute-exterior/
#art #backgroundlearnersanonymous #backgroundpractice #exteriors #markerart #scvk #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge #sharpieart

STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM manuscript art challenge - Parents' apartment
About This Project: The rough draft of my novel, STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM came out to over 800 pages of paper. I finished the pencil edits forever ago, but since it felt wasteful to toss o ...
https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2018/07/21/steel-city-veiled-kingdom-manuscript-art-challenge-parents-apartment/
#art #backgroundlearnersanonymous #backgroundpractice #interiors #markerart #scvk #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge #sharpieart

Supernovel's rough draft came out to over 800 pages of paper. So whatever’s happening on the printed side gets drawn on the other side–action, characters, or scenery.
This shot: a rabbit teleportation demonstration, + some environment practice of the lobby where the main char escapes to (the rabbit demo didn’t go over so well).

#myocs #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge #scvk #backgroundlearnersanonymous #backgroundpractice #practicemakesperfect #backgrounds #mastoart #rabbit #art #scifi

STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM manuscript art challenge - Institute Lobby
About This Project: The rough draft of STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM came out to over 800 pages of paper. I finished the pencil edits eons ago, but since it felt wasteful to toss out all the reams, I’ve giv ...
https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2018/06/27/steel-city-veiled-kingdom-manuscript-art-challenge-institute-lobby/
#backgroundlearnersanonymous #backgroundpractice #myocs #scvk #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge #sharpieart #sketches

BLASPHEMOUS-inspired composition thumbnails
BetsyIllustration has a SUUUUUPER set of tutorials on drawing backgrounds (and a free downloadable eBook!) that are inspiring me to practice backgrounds more often. She says it's important to have an idea of what you want to draw going in (I think sh ...
https://pixelvaniastudios.com/2018/06/21/blasphemous-inspired-composition-thumbnails/
#art #backgroundlearnersanonymous #backgroundpractice #blasphemous #composition #pencilsketch #practice #thumbnails

Exterior of my OC's workplace (a sort of huge MINORITY REPORT-style lab ina skyscraper) from my supernovel, STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM. Done after thumbing some GIS photo refs--skyscraper entrances and the like.

Remember, if you're PRACTICING BACKGROUNDS, use the tag
#backgroundlearnersanonymous
so fellow learners can cheer you on!
#backgrounds #thumbnails #exteriors #practicemakesperfect #practice #sharpie art #storyart #sketches #scvk #settings #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge

Interiors of an apartment from my huge scifi novel. I am not so good at scale.
Remember, if you're practicing backgrounds, use the tag
#backgroundlearnersanonymous
so fellow learners can cheer you on!
#backgrounds #thumbnails #interiors #practicemakesperfect #practice #sharpie art #storyart #sketches #scvk #scvkmanuscriptartchallenge

Using the background drawing tutorials currently pinned to my profile, I thumbed out these compositions for "A monster smiles upon its cult of worshipers in a CAAAAAAVE!!" #allhailkingjulien
#backgroundlearnersanonymous #blasphemousgame #backgroundpractice #backgrounds #compositionpractice #thumbnails #monster #mastoart #art

GUYS!!! I think I just found the most useful background tutorials ever. Parts 1-3 OPENED MY EYES. (Those first 3 examples she gives hit me where I live.)
https://betsyillustration.deviantart.com/art/01-Here-s-the-Thing-About-1-Pt-Perspective-488662055

If you like those tutorials, download her free ebook on drawing BGs
https://betsyillustration.deviantart.com/art/How-to-Draw-Backgrounds-with-Character-669909842

#backgroundlearnersanonymous
#mastoclass #art #tutorials #howto #backgrounds #scenery #lessons #artschool #bestyillustration

The upcoming game BLASPHEMOUS has got my creative juices flowing...Makes me want to play with scale and groups of characters...and monsters.
Always monsters.
#games #blasphemousgame #hillies #monsters #art #mastoart #fanart #sharpie #sharpieart #backgroundlearnersanonymous #monsterdesign #creaturedesign

Oops! Meant to post this here for the background learners, too! Did these in watercolor with references from Unsplash.com.
I...Used to be able to watercolor. But these turned out lackluster. Unless my paints are just too old? #tenyearoldwatercolors
#art #mastoart #watercolor #architecture #backgroundpractice #octopus #tentacles
#unsplash #backgroundlearnersanonymous

This one's for all you background learners out there! Pencil studies of things I was looking at at the doctor's office last month. Gotta learn to draw things to put *in* my rooms.
#BackgroundLearnersAnonymous #pencil #mastoart #art #studies #lifedrawing #doctorsoffice #waitingroomart #doorsarehaaaard