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Background Study - The Great Mouse Detective
Another quick background study, yet another movie I haven't actually seen. You can find the link to the reference I used here: http://animationbackgrounds.blogspo.....SE%20DETECTIVE
I took a roughly square crop of one of the pictures in the link above.
Mine is pretty rough and messy, but to he be honest I'm not really worried about that- my little studies are drawn on relatively small pieces of paper, and I suspect that the original artists would have drawn things quite physically larger, allowing for details to be more easily managed. But fine details and prettyness aren't really necessary for these, I'm just trying to get a basic feel for methods that might be used to render such a scene.
Even with all that considered, it's really not very good. x3 Straight lines are my enemy, which are most of the reason I dislike indoor scenes. Straight lines everywhere! I just don't have a steady hand, and it's really not feasible to use a ruler with a brush. Just a matter of practicing more I suppose... there are lots of other problems too. But for a little watercolour study I guess it did it's job.
Anyway, not a great result this time but I'm posting it here anyway 'cause that's just sorta what I do. Enjoy!
I took a roughly square crop of one of the pictures in the link above.
Mine is pretty rough and messy, but to he be honest I'm not really worried about that- my little studies are drawn on relatively small pieces of paper, and I suspect that the original artists would have drawn things quite physically larger, allowing for details to be more easily managed. But fine details and prettyness aren't really necessary for these, I'm just trying to get a basic feel for methods that might be used to render such a scene.
Even with all that considered, it's really not very good. x3 Straight lines are my enemy, which are most of the reason I dislike indoor scenes. Straight lines everywhere! I just don't have a steady hand, and it's really not feasible to use a ruler with a brush. Just a matter of practicing more I suppose... there are lots of other problems too. But for a little watercolour study I guess it did it's job.
Anyway, not a great result this time but I'm posting it here anyway 'cause that's just sorta what I do. Enjoy!
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That's a very difficult question. I'm not sure I have a favorite... truth be told I'm not a huge movie watcher. I enjoy one occasionally, but I don't think I'm invested in them enough to have a favorite one.
Were I forced to pick I might go with the 'how to train your dragon' series just 'cause the dragons are damn adorable, if those count. I should probably go back and watch some of these older animated movies though, I feel like I could learn a thing or two from 'em!
Were I forced to pick I might go with the 'how to train your dragon' series just 'cause the dragons are damn adorable, if those count. I should probably go back and watch some of these older animated movies though, I feel like I could learn a thing or two from 'em!
Well, the easiest way to pay online is to get a Paypal account. That's pretty much what everyone 'round these parts uses, and if you plan on getting into the commission-buying scene it'd probably be a good thing to have!
Once you've got that done, you need to hop on my waiting list and wait your turn, which can admittedly take a while. :P
Once you've got that done, you need to hop on my waiting list and wait your turn, which can admittedly take a while. :P
Not necessarily. When you create a paypal account you're able to link it to your bank account, and can transfer money from your bank to paypal- no credit card needed, I believe. It's been a very long time since I signed up though, so I don't know if anything has changed!
From your bank account. You'll really need to do some googling or browsing around Paypal's help section to figure out how to do everything, it's been far too long and I don't remember exactly what goes into it. With some reading you should be able to get there though.
I think this came out quite nicely. Despite mentioning you have a shaky hand, things seem pretty straight for the most part. With your watercolors, having perfectly straight edges to the background would most likely seem out of place rather than impressive. A more natural edge is good for your style, in my opinion.
The major area that I see that needs work is your perspective on the table and chair to the left. The legs on the table imply that the viewer is low to the ground, and can see under it, while the chair directly next to it shows us a view of being higher up, since we can see the top of the cushion. I think the table needs to change more than the chair to fit the room.
Overall, this looks like a good study, and I'm glad you're getting some nice results from it!
The major area that I see that needs work is your perspective on the table and chair to the left. The legs on the table imply that the viewer is low to the ground, and can see under it, while the chair directly next to it shows us a view of being higher up, since we can see the top of the cushion. I think the table needs to change more than the chair to fit the room.
Overall, this looks like a good study, and I'm glad you're getting some nice results from it!
The perspective was actually more or less copied from the reference I was using, warts and all. I actually noticed quite a few silly perspective issues in the background but kept them in because fiddling with minor details wasn't really doing to teach me what I was trying to learn here.
That's not to say I didn't take small issues and make them even bigger in my poor reproduction, but I wasn't really going out of my way to fix them either. :P
That's not to say I didn't take small issues and make them even bigger in my poor reproduction, but I wasn't really going out of my way to fix them either. :P
Wow, this came out gorgeous! BS, you can't do straight lines!
One thing I've learned is that it's actually easier to hide 'little mistakes' like that when they're not the focus of the viewer's attention. Have you ever tried watercolor pencils? You can definitely use a ruler with those. Otherwise, there's always the trick of using masking tape to get straight, hard edges in watercolor. I found a really cheap roll of tape that does a good job of keeping paint in line, but doesn't lift any when removed.
One thing I've learned is that it's actually easier to hide 'little mistakes' like that when they're not the focus of the viewer's attention. Have you ever tried watercolor pencils? You can definitely use a ruler with those. Otherwise, there's always the trick of using masking tape to get straight, hard edges in watercolor. I found a really cheap roll of tape that does a good job of keeping paint in line, but doesn't lift any when removed.
Apparently I forgot to respond to this one! I have tried watercolour pencils, but not for a long time... I'm not sure if they would be able to do what I'm after, but it may be worth exploring those again, so yeah. Good idea there!
As for masking tape, I've used it before indeed, but this background has about ten billion straight lines and it seems like it'd take an unreasonably long time to mask them all out. I also kind of worry about putting tape on top of actual painted areas, makes me nervous, haha. That said, for individual areas it might not be a bad idea. Another thing for me to look into!
As for masking tape, I've used it before indeed, but this background has about ten billion straight lines and it seems like it'd take an unreasonably long time to mask them all out. I also kind of worry about putting tape on top of actual painted areas, makes me nervous, haha. That said, for individual areas it might not be a bad idea. Another thing for me to look into!
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