How do they design backgrounds?

[Lummy]

How do you draw 3d rooms, what program do you use for it?

[CodeMonkeyArts]

I too wish to know the technologies for 3d rooms and possible cityscapes.

[mariusthered]

there are citycapes for free on clip studio paint assets

[Lummy]

Really? I have clip studio paint but I didn't know about it. How do I open them?
Thanks for answering (

[kip]

sketchup is a great program for 3D modeling
blender is difficult, but you can load premade models onto it if you don’t care for designing your own thing

and honestly? the sims is a great and intuitive way to design a background and get all angles 3D references of it

[mariusthered]

dont have the time right now i will try and make a guide later. for starters look in your 3d menus

edit: found the time i hope this helps.

another thing you can do is open another search window and get English to Japanese translation put in the words your after like house or skyscraper and then copy and paste the Japanese word into clip studio assets

ps: you wont find the helm bucket showing as i made that myself!

[Lummy]

Cool! Thank you so much for it :))
Are there more Japanese resources or something? (Since you said try to search in Japanese)
And I liked the helm bucket xd

[Lummy]

I remember opening SketchUp and just getting so confused (for some reason I have difficulties with understanding 3d... There is a that 3d doll in clip studio paint for pose reference, so I tried to use it and I barely managed to move her arm lol)
And I also thought of sims but unfortunately I can't afford to buy the game for reference and just unsing it as a reference XD

[magnavarra]

I use Maya (students version is free to use) and sites such as turbosquid with free 3D models . Also Unreal Engine and unity have plenty of free content and its really easy to use those for taking screenshots. no need to know programming or whatever. Just watch a video tutor to get used to navigation.
I render albedo opacity and depth( or Z buffer) Which is a grayscale texture where pixels that are close to camera is black and farthest are white (or vice versa) . This texture is nice for making atmospheric perspective and coloring with gradient map. I don't use inbuilt 3d in photoshop or Clip Studio because I'm not used to it and I guess maya has more cntrol with camera fov and render quality. Also I use some 3D characters with maya rig so I keep all my scene in one software.
Most scenes though I leave with no background because it's distracting from characters

[magnavarra]

UE4 and Unirty also has some free postprocess assests that can make any models look like cartoon in various styles

[mariusthered]

yes the main is Japanese but more and more people are beginning to upload stuff using English. sadly people outside of Japan cannot sell stuff.

[kelchan]

I use Google sketchup and pictures of course but I was also a 2d/3d animator so I have alot of assets for my background parts.

This is not finished as it needs to be cleaned up for final render but I think you get the idea

[Cavechan]

One of my comics is based a lot from my life so I use my memories as a reference. So the school is my high school, the house is based off of a friend of mine's, etc.

For my other comic, many places are based off of actual cities so I look at Google Earth/maps a lot and change things around as needed.

I did a background earlier this week that just felt like it took forever. Maybe 2-3 hours. ooooooph. There were a lot of details and even doing short cuts like copy-pasting things it still took a while.

[summermcallen]

I use RoomSketcher Live 3D for the iPad.
It looks like this:

[Lummy]

Thanks!
Is the app also good for outside backgrounds?

[thesoulstinger]

Hi!
I've been doing some of my backgrounds for PontisSaga (a webcomic I'll publish soon) in Blender.
For example Peerless Dad Webcomic has some great backgrounds which rely heavily on 3d renders(stylized).

But first of all I think it is crucial to get some experience in drawing Backgrounds without any help. Then you could learn a 3d software that fits your need, mine is Blender.

My process varies a lot but sometimes I draw a sketch where the perspective and the composition is already worked out. After that I bring it into Blender and add it as an background image so I can fit the things I build there to my sketch. The modeling can be done at this stage or beforehand. Then I bring it back into ClipStudioPaint to use it in my drawing.
If you have worked on it a bit more in your drawing software you can still bring it back to blender (via backgroundimage) and add some 3d objects.
Repeat.

It is noteworthy that Clipstudiopaint has an awesome perspective tool (perspective ruler), you can set up as many vanishing points as you need!
You can also import 3d Objects directly to it.

Blender 2.8 is easier to learn then ever but it takes some time to get comfortable using it.
Boxcutter and Hardops are some super usefull (paid) addons for Blender. Check it out!

If anyone is interested in my workflow it's a good idea to follow me on twitter via thesoulstinger.
Just ask me anything there!

Hope that helps!

The following image is still WIP and I used the explained workflow on it:

[jcmraz]

You study perspective and practice a lot. Use references. Some people use 3-d models

[RyanScott]

I large part of the process for making FATTY involves me jumping in the car, driving to various locations to meet the locals, learn about the local food, and experience the landscape first hand. Hopefully in this way I can portray some of the spirit of the place... hopefully!

Did I say hopefully?

[indagold]

I do a mix of CGI and paintings but i'm not the best to talk about it since i'm better at backgrounds than drawing characters lol. Biggest things to remember is: Perspective, Atmospheric perspective and understanding good uses of foreground, middleground and background. Those can make or break your piece, even in 3D. Figure out how to be a background cheapskate as I put it, create only a handful of establishing shots and then you can cheat by adding a gradient or blank space for a few panels and the readers won't notice and you can save time from drawing backgrounds.

[summermcallen]

no only for rooms