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Anime Background Painting Tutorial of Small Plant

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Here is a really cool beginner background painting tutorial of a very simple small plant using only four colors. If you checkout the Youtube channel there is actually a video before this one on how to draw this plant first. This is a screen shot from the video of the finished painting. For this tutorial I ordered Japanese background paints from Nicker and had it shipped to the U.S. Thanks Nicker for the beautiful paints! I love them. Very exciting to use the very same paints used in some of my favorite anime. Here is a link to the  Nicker Online Store  . This is the animation background paints used in real anime movies and TV shows. I'm very happy to use these paints. I highly recommend buying and using it. Flows very smooth. My first copy. Accidentally used the wrong color choices. Such as using a dark green for the shadow instead of black. The middle green should be the dark green. Didn't even notice until I was done. So I did a second one using the correct colors. Second co...
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Japanese Background Painting Tutorial - Digital Basics

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These are my studies from tutorials I found on Youtube by a Japanese animation background painter. The name of the channel translates to Background Lab. These are the basics of the digital. It shows in one video how learning these basic shapes applies to more complex forms. For example, the basic principles of painting the cube applies to painting a bed in a room.  Here is a link to one of the videos. Cube in Black and White Cylinder in Black and White Sphere in Black and White Cube Color Cylinder Color Sphere Color
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PS1 CGI Study

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I've set out to learn CGI animation. The hyper realism of today is too advanced for a complete beginner like myself. So I'm starting with low polygon work. I grew up playing Playstation One video games, so that is what I am studying. I never owned an N64, but I am also studying that as well. Maybe it's the nostalgia factor for me, but I really like this look. And also, both doing things simply for the irony and Millenial nostalgia for the 90's is such a trendy thing that I'm hoping making the graphics worst than what everybody else is doing can actually work in my favor. The first study is of a bathroom scene in the game Parasite Eve 2. I am using the program Blender to model this. Original My Study My study in wireframe mode without textures. I made the mistake of making the floor size too big. You can tell by the space between the open door and the toilet. I realize that a smaller space is better because it adds the effect of claustrophobia...
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