Jason Driskill

I’m starting to tackle the task of creating background paintings for each scene of my storyboard.  As I begin, I’m realizing how important it is to maintain a specific style in the presentation of these backgrounds, since they’re pivotal to providing the atmosphere to my story.  I thought this would be fairly easy - just sit down in Photoshop and draw.  Wrong.  I mean, the sitting down in Photoshop and drawing is correct, but it’s going to take some time to realize and develop the style that I want for my backgrounds.  How much line do I want to show?  How much depth do I want to try and present?  I’m going to have to work really hard at working with muted color palettes.  Perspective will also be an important component.

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I’m trying to figure out which I like best: the top one with lines,  the second one that isn’t outlined, or the third that isn’t outlined and that doesn’t feature the bitmapped background/foreground.

Post Script: I’ve decided I like the third one best, but I need to change the background colors.  Also the composition needs to be horizontally longer.

Post Post Script:  Here’s the finished result:

I need to find some online tutorials for importing hand-drawn preliminary sketches into Photoshop and then coloring them in.  I’m scanning in my original sketch and digitally building on top of that, but I feel as if the software is designed to eliminate some of the steps that are slowing me down.  Must learn more faster.   Also practice.  I am elated to discover that being able to execute this project demands that I spend every moment of my free time drawing and writing in a way that I’ve never been motivated to do before!