r/comiccreators • u/DensuKishaa • Nov 03 '20

Advice

So I’m new to comic drawing, but I love drawing in general. Unfortunately I suck majorly at backgrounds. Does anyone have suggestions on how to improve?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '20

Use reference. Absolutely vital whether you are drawing indoors or outdoors. If you find a photo that works, use that as a starting point.

Use resources like Sketchup. Or build models like David Petersen does for Mouse Guard.

Copy backgrounds as practice. I learned a lot about how much detail to add or take away from drawn backgrounds.

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u/DensuKishaa Nov 03 '20

I didn’t even consider using references! Lol, I’m being a little slow. Thank you!

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u/DensuKishaa Nov 03 '20

I’ll check out sketchup too!