Digital Background Painting for Animation
Details
A course by Susan Yung , Designer, Illustrator, and Background Painter for Animation
Joined January 2020
About the video: Details
Overview
“Now that we have blocked in your colors and have all our layers of shapes it is time for the fun part! The details! Sometimes I cannot wait to get to this stage, I just want to skip the first part altogether! But it is important though to have everything prepared to make it easier to work on. We are maximizing workflow here, so let’s get started.”
In this video lesson Susan Yung addresses the topic: Details, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Background Painting for Animation. Learn the entire process of creating digital background scenes for 2D animations in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Details Now that we've blocked out the colors, we'll move on to one of my favorite parts: adding details. Let's get started. Now we have blocked in our colors and have our layers of shapes, it is time for the fun part, adding the details. Sometimes I cannot wait to get to this stage, and I wanna skip the first part altogether, but it is important to have everything prepared, to make it easier to work on. We're trying to maximize workflow here. Let's get started. Adding details to your piece will be straightforward. Just like the last lesson, pick the layers of each object and start adding d...”
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Course summary for: Digital Background Painting for Animation
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Animation, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Susan Yung
A course by Susan Yung
Since a young girl growing up in Hong Kong, Susan was captivated by eastern and western animations. This sparked a profound curiosity that would send her to art college in Los Angeles, California with the intention to fulfill her dream: working in animation. Although a Design internship at a motion design studio wasn’t what Susan hoped was her first job, it was where she discovered the art of background painting.
Through tons of passion and dedication, Susan got her first job as a background painter at Nickelodeon and hasn’t looked back since. She has worked on animation series for Netflix, Green Portal Studios (Solar Opposites for Hulu), Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and Cartoon Network.
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