Tutorial: Using a Photo For Background Art
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2022
- This is how you can draw better backgrounds for your art by using a photo as a base. It's great for getting a realistic look, or for learning to draw more types of backgrounds and scenes, since it won't be so intimidating as imagining it from scratch.
In this video I am still using my Huion Kamvas Pro 24 (4k) that I previously made a video about, and Clip Studio Paint for the art. Photoshop was used for a few parts as well.
Things mentioned in the video:
FotoSketcher: fotosketcher.com/
Pixabay: pixabay.com/
Unsplash: unsplash.com/
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter - James Gurney
Marco Bucci: / marcobucci
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I've seen too many anime paintings with these hyper realistic back/foregrounds and I always found myself feeling inadequate about my own attempts at hand drawing them. It was always like "Wow that person's SO much better than me, I'd get passed on by literally everybody if I were next to them". But I gotta remind myself that it's totally ok to use this method, and even encouraged in some sectors of concept art. Film and game artists use this technique all the time to composite their concept art.
Everybody seem to forgot that Makoto Shinkai used irl locations for his movies maybe because doing it is cheap, faster, and adds realism to the overall feels of the movie. If you watched "Your Name" you know what I'm saying.
Another example that comes to mind is Haikyuu. The studio that animated it also used irl location as a reference.
Familiar feeling. Then I stumbled across a nature photographers stunning piece of a misty road across fields, saw in my head my character in it and bought the picture. The photographer was exited to see the result and I have been struggling to find how to change a photo into painting. This tutorial came perfectly before I just give up.
@@stray8876What about Drifting Home? Did they also use this technique because their backgrounds looks realistic
You are a literal godsend! I've always wondered how this specific type of photobashing was implemented, what with all those super skilled artists on twitter doing highly realistic bg work. I'm now inspired to put all of this to practice immediately, thank you so much!
My thoughts exactly! She also breaks it down nicely, I’ve tried photo-bashing a few times but they always looked like lousy cut out jobs I crudely slapped my character into.
Ahhh i always get so afraid to use photo for drawings bc i feel like im not original enough y'know? But seeing that this type of thing is normal makes me relaxed and encouraged to start using photos study's!!! Ty 💋💋❤️❤️❤️ also love ur art!!!
Same 😭
As long as it's free stock photos or the ones you take by yourself with your own camera, or stuff you got from your art team. Make sure of the source first (the rights to use it) before deciding to use them.
There's nothing original in this world, everything has an inspiration from a precessor
@@KenSan1414 You're disrespectful to the artists that spent their whole life creating something original.
@@awman698 Bullshit everyone should get their worldview shaken from time to time, if you can't take it then you're not cut for people to look at your work and critique it yet. Though shit if that statement offends you but it's true, and as an artist, I find that statement relaxing. I don't have to enslave myself thinking about the most unique original piece ever created, I can just create whatever comes to mind and it will be fine, it will amount to the same because I worked hard on it. And hell maybe the familiarity might attract people to it too.
Right now we got so many artists the market is utterly saturated so even if you manage to create something completely "original" it might mean nothing if you're the only one seeing it, so the trick is to not overwork yourself trying to create the next Mona Lisa... But you might take inspiration from past artists that you like and do you own thing, your own personal take on the very unique concept of a 3/4 angle portrait.
Wow. How original...
you don't stop amazing me with your skills, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! ;w;
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its the real anny XD
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Oh wow i have been seeing alot of realistic arts like the background like this for a while now, and have been thinking if its hand drawn or like 3d art or something i have been wondering how it was done. But now that i knew its really cool to think that it’s actually using real photos for their backgrounds.
Didn't expect to bump into the artist of artworks that I love.
I've always loved anime drawings with realistic lighting. More than the colour & lighting, it is the choice of scenery that really expresses the artist's feelings towards art.
successfully photobashing is definitely a skill of its own! sometimes i end up drawing my own background because i couldn’t use this method correctly. this video is really helpful for learning that! thank you :D
A recommendation for the image in background… usually enabling HDR in camera app makes the image look lot better when there are under or overexposed areas
(Or using exposure {}bracketing if more advanced but requires an camera app for phone because usually built-in doesn't have it.)
This is a bit of a false notion, especially with art. Lighting plays a a huge roll in composition, and as such we should control it to make use of it for the end result. By using HDR, you’re deciding not to commit to an exposure structure. The posture shifts because that’s how light works in sensors - too much light means you have to compensate and shift your values down across the board in orrr to see it. It’s beneficial to have proper exposure, and an often-taught fundamental for painters - put your details in the light, or in the shadow, but not in both. Because this is representative of how our eyes actually work, rather than digital high dynamic range.
HDR has a specific look, and it’s good in its use case - environmental photography. But for artists, where we’re typically aiming to set a mood or emphasize a focal point, often with lighting? I
ot recommended
@@AlexHuneycutt HDR is good to preserve texture and details and it usually makes the light look more like what human eye actually see.
what the hell are you talking about?
@@AlexHuneycutt I hope you didn't take it badly from me, If so I am sorry
But my personal experience with the 3 phones that I had more often than not was that shadows were underexposed and sky/clouds/etc were overexposed amd the photo felt desaturated whilst HDR or the photoediting+expo{} preserved the colour saturation and showed better "real look" and feel of it.
The hard one using real photo as background for art drawing is, to merged it so smoothly and balanced... this tutorial is great and not everyone can do it... i love this knowledge share...
Thank you! I would love to do this some day. I've been fascinated by seeing this form of art and I've always wanted to pull it off
The calming music, calming voice, calming painting. 10/10 great video 😆✨. Thank you so much for sharing your process, always love these kinds of videos.
Sunako, it's such a pleasure to listen to your voice! So clean, clear and friendly! And the video overall is super inspiring!
i've always loved realistic style, but also feel drawn to the simple anime drawings. this has been really helpful on the road to finding my style.
absolutely beautiful results!
Thanks Sunako this is amazing, I love your art style.
Great work and a stunning idea!
gives u a big smooch
THANK YOU SO MUCH
OMG TYSM FOR THISSS!! I've always struggled creating backrounds for my drawing and now I can actually try and do it!! tysm!!
This is such a cool idea. I've seen people do this before but I never tried it myself, after watching this I'm definitely going to give it a shot!
yesterday I found this art on my twitter, this is the art you made? wow yesterday I immediately fell in love with this art, and now I will become your fan.
Thank you! I learned a lot from this video. It was nice to see your thought process from start to finish
This is really impressive, kinda wanna try it. Thanks for the book reccomendation, i always struggle with colors.
Aaaaaaawwwwwwwwww, thank you so much for sharing this!!
I tend to overanalyze stuff and follow boring and structured drawrings, so the tip about winging it on what looks best was really nice to hear ✨
Thank you for this. I like how you explained it, its easy listening. You clearly know what you are doing, I will try to paint this way!!
Finding your channel so suddenly is such a blessing! Your thechniques, art and voice are so lovely! I definatley thought about this thechnique for traditional art, but using photos, magazine or news paper pictures! You've motivated me to finally try it!
this is such a great way to practice drawing characters with different lightings wow
This video came up in my recommendations, I was thinking of doing a technique like this and your guide is so good, also the art is gorgeous as well! thank you for the guide!
Incredible information you’ve shared here. A simple idea with so much practicality. I will definitely be keeping this video in mind for future work.
Your art is so beautiful!!!!! I cry when I think how much work you have put in to develop your skills!! I wish you all the best!
beautiful, beautiful, and simply beautiful.
Oh my gosh thank you!! I'll definitely be using this method!! Been struggling like crazy to draw backgrounds 😵
What a stunning work of art!
your voice is something so good to hear that calms the deepest level of the soul, I love your videos
Thank you so much for making this guide! I’ve been looking for one like this for months and couldn’t find any!
Thank you for this! Your artstyle is really beautiful!
ive been thinking of using real photos as backgrounds recently, and this video really helped! it's easy to understand and i know where to start now. thank you very much! :D
absolutely gorgeousss
Very awesome use of reference. The result is astonishing.
Ah this is so useful, thank you! I'd like to try this with some 3D bg as well eventually.
bless the algorithm for bringing me this video and bless you even more for making it! Every piece of information is extremely useful. I've been trying to hand paint backgrounds for years, and have only started playing around with photos. The difference is insane, and with the paint-over, it gives a beautiful result that makes the character fit in perfectly and creates a realistic vibe to the whole picture. Thank you so much for the video and the book recomendation. New subscriber!
That is so cool.
Gosh thank you so much for this. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for at the moment!
Thank you so much! It really helped. Great art.
Your artwork is also beautiful & enlighting! Also, thank you very much for your recommendations! Really useful & educative!
Fascinating video!
Thank you you're a lifesaver
10 seconds in and I'm already a fan of your art.
Amazing Video! Thank you for your work! 💚
Thank you very much for sharing your process. You helped me a lot!
This is so cool, thank you for making this video!!
another really good technique is using the sims (custom content or base) to create your characters house/environment
Underrated
great idea much better than building everything on blender
You can also build environments in Minecraft and use them as a base!
with paralives coming out it might be extra pleasant to create your own scenes because they have advanced object placing, stacking, transforming and colour wheels in base game right when it releases : )
I LOVE DOING THIS!
Everything works perfectly
This is so cool, thank you for this!
this was so clear and inspiring. thank you
ah this makes me relaxed I like your art very much.
I was thinking about doing this for study.
It should help a lot with realistic rendering and spatial awareness (perspective).
Ty for sharing yr knowledge
I love your illustrations so much, particularly how well you do foliage and greenery. If you make a tutorial on it, that would be so so so great!!
Hey, I'm not her, but a good rule of thumb is to start with an average dark value and paint in bigger shapes, then break them down into smaller forms. You can communicate a surprising amount with just two colors in this regard, too :) I recommend a video by moderndayjames on digital painting (it helps understand what people like Bob Ross are doing), I'd link it but I don't wanna come off as a bot LOL
Wonderful demonstration! You used all the tools at your disposal combined with your knowledge to effectively create this artwork.
I'll give this method a try as I got a little more into photography recently and it might increase my productivity.
this is my favourite art video ever on RUclips now, thank you for the amazing informations!
Love your videos! Thanks for the book recommendation!
I was thinking these days about learning this. Thank you very much...
Thanks for the very nice tutorial video!
This video is so helpful!
Interesting technique. I constantly use photos as references, but I've never thought of using them as part of the artwork itself. I might try it out
Beautiful! You're spot-on with showing how the character can be drawn to look in place by receiving the same lighting as the rest of the scene.
The only thing I would add is that, your character - Miss Elf, is reflecting a ton of light. See how the tablecloth is pretty much the same color as her shirt, and it under-lights the wall behind it?
Having areas of soft light on the wall near her arm and hair would further sell their presence in the composition.
Having her give light back to the environment is the only way I can think of to improve this; you've even taken the shadows into account with her chair's armrest! I love it so much! 😁
Looks pretty amazing.
This is so cool :) And creative
this video is so random i meant random youtube recommendation but DAMN her arts are something of a masterpiece truly beautiful
i know i am bat at arts but i love seeing beautiful arts this is a must to subscribe
amazing tips and video, thanks!!
We got a low key photography tutorial lol, I love it
lovely!
Thanks so much! This helped a lot!
It's like the gates of art have opened to me. Man I was in such a dour mood about my art but this is attempting to restart my motivation.
Wow this turn out great!
I just found your illustration a minute ago and I didn't realize I already sub to your channel ^^
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is really amazing!
Oh wow! I just recently saw your art on my twitter recommended and followed you! Your drawings are amazing!! :)
So true! I also think about this technique before. I hope I could paint again, got busy on other stuff. 😆 Your had a splendid work! Love it! ♥️
Wow I like this. very beautiful
Thank you for making this!! This was really helpful. Subscribed! I saw your first piece on twitter! It was the elf in the field with the flower crown. I love the colors you used in that piece! It feels warn and calm to look at.
I’ve been doing this for over a year and I thought I was the only one, I’m glad to see someone else does this. I used to feel bad about it because I felt like it was cheating but I realized it’s not because a lot of Japanese manga artists do it. I took photos of my childhood areas and draw my oc there. Like my profile picture :)
Actually impressive shading work indeed.
I saw the first 10 seconds of this video and instantly subscribed, your art is sooo pretty ❤
thank you so much these tips are very helpful!! Also your voice is very soothing
Ive always wondered how some artist achieve this, makes me a lot more excited on doing art and trying to convey whats in my mind!
Thank you so much for this! Very helpful! orz
Just seeing your art b4 I watched the video made me like and subscribe
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I'm gonna try this soon for my art xD
This was pretty helpful, thank you and God bless you and everyone else
Ooh, your way of drawing your character is pretty neat. Might try it one day!
What an awesome tutorial!
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Love your arts!
God, I'm glad I finally understood how to do it... For a very long time I thought about the creation of these backgrounds.
That masterpiece 😭💕💙🖤
Very interesting by using real photo for your artworks, Great tutorial!
THIS IS AMAZING
I saw yours art on Twitter this other day and darn it I don't how to express it, but
It felt so much Refresing just watching your art and artstyle 😆
bruh this just opened my eyes
Beautiful
Love it
THIS IS AMAZING OMG