Show off the scenery in your comic!

[kkitty]

Backgrounds make me want to die so badly that I'm not sure if it's my motivation that's low or my actual skill

I usually just end up tracing backgrounds from 3d sources I construct by myself

So the fact you guys can actually do this amazes me

[demthorshie]

Background scenes from Cosmos Song. I'll be honest, backgrounds are my favorite part of the comic to draw. :]

[Michelle]

I don't mind drawing backgrounds. I think backgrounds are essential to setting the scene for a comic, and consider it a dealbreaker as a reader when characters are constantly in an ambiguous backgroundless purgatory (excluding simple gag comics ;d)

My comic Centralia 2050 takes place in a sprawling metropolis, so I've gotten very used to drawing cityscapes :u It used to be tedious, but now it's kinda nice to just zone out and draw tons and tons and tons of buildings.

[Michelle]

Your backgrounds (and overall art) look awesome! Also hahaha yes Los Angeles can be pretty ugly :u Though not all over! It's just... dry...

[UrMom]

Don't have any good scenery in Void, not the best with architecture honestly, but there were a few scenery shots from my main project that were fun.

[alaingrey]

Yo thanks! I gotta visit some day and do the comic Tour 8'D I've only been to California once and I was in middle school so I barely remember... plus I went to the north. I want to eat all the Los Angeles food!

I also gotta read your comic because it's cyberpunky (me fave,,, ) and the main dude has my same name 8'D I hope he will be the coolest.

[Michelle]

@alaingrey NorCal is better anyhow! Though I'm biased because I've spent 99% of my life there till now XD
And I'd be happy if you checked out Centralia! Grey IS a pretty great cool-guy name~

[shazzbaa]

Ahhhh gosh there are so many good environments here!!!! You guys are awesome!

I used to HATE drawing environments and perspective, and now I,,,REALLY ENJOY IT???? maybe its stockholm syndrom

[Tanisha]

Definitely looking back on this post for inspiration o
I don't have too many major ones but here's a few from Model Student^^b

[serverpanda]

This is like the best thread idea ever!!!! So many beautiful scenes! <3

And this one has a text error in it. First and last time I'll ever make that mistake. I chalk it up as a learning experience lol.

[gruetzi]

I´m a weirdo, I really like to draw scenery XD So, examples!

[Sanz]

heres a couple I was super happy with !

[SethJH]

Like more than half of my comic is background or full-environment shots lol...

[Shanny8]

Still in the stages of trying to launch my webcomic, so here's a few panels....

[Mane]

I have a few

[AnnaLandin]

I used to hate to draw backgrounds, because euuurghhh perspective, but when I started Grassblades, drawing proper environments was one of the challenges I set myself - and I really think it's helped me improve. Used to be when I drew a house, it was literally just a box with some holes in it for a door and windows, and a generic roof - there was no sense of personality to them whatsoever. It was like that house kids draw in preschool, only I knew what perspective and 3dimensional shapes were.

Now, when I draw a house, I feel like I know how to make it look like something specific and personal, rather than Generic House A and Generic House B.

This goes for all environments! I feel more confident drawing forests and rivers and grassy plains, etc., - than I did a year ago!

Examples:

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[mappypaint]

I don't really hate drawing backgrounds... sometimes I tend to overdo them.XD
For my comic U-speed, it's the race tracks, school buildings, city, etc.

[YuliaCandylun]

Hmm. In my imagination (remember, not on the paper ) lol is "japan 50-s" mixed with European villages and surreal fairy +current days stuff/ But not always it possible to show on the paper. For someone who drawing on the paper, nice solution -screen tones, it really helpful. On pc I guess It more easy to make.

I'm not really ever suffer to carry with backs, (coz I like minimalism in art), only problem sometimes is to draw them identical to each other and remember decorations and lil details on the back.

[gateofselidor]

Did someone say scenery? I hope you're ready for lots of images because I really love drawing scenery and I draw it at every reasonable opportunity. And probably at unreasonable ones too. It's my favourite thing to draw, even more than my characters. Here's a selection (and this really is just a selection - I wanted to post even more), from oldest to newest. They are all from Lemongrass.

[R.n.P]

here's town logene of THE LAST SAMURAI